In Reply to: RE: AC Plugs: silver vs rhodium posted by Mikey8811 on September 5, 2013 at 11:17:45:
I found the rhodium + silver Oyaide P-037 AC plug to sound tipped-up in the treble, and to present the soundstage perspective in a strange manner with odd imaging, as if an attempt to sound "hi-fi-ish" was the fundamental goal of the design. As such, I reckon your dissatisfaction is based on the rhodium + silver SWO-DX Ultimo outlets, so replacements would be advisable. There are a number of options to consider.
The gold Oyaide SWO-GX AC outlet is also disappointing, as it sounds too warm/lush/sluggish, if not somewhat congested in comparison to the gold Oyaide P-079 AC plug when evaluated individually. On the other hand, the palladium + gold Oyaide SWO-XXX AC outlet provides excellent synergy with gold plated AC plugs, an unplated copper AC plug such as the Furutech FI-11M(Cu), and rhodium Valab AC plugs which benefit from the vivid liquidity of the Oyaide SWO-XXX.
I would suggest replacing the Maestro AC outlet at the wall with an Oyaide SWO-XXX, replace one of the Oyaide SWO-DX in the Oyaide MTB 6 with the Maestro AC outlet, and replace the other two Oyaide SWO-DX with yet to be determined make/model AC outlets based on your particular audio components and specific system tuning goals, since a mix-and-match approach can be a very good thing from an audiophile POV if experimentation is not too much of a daunting thing to explore.
You also might consider simple x-cap filters installed on each of the Oyaide MTB 6 AC outlets.
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