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In Reply to: RE: Power Port dissected posted by MylesJ on February 04, 2021 at 19:24:39
The article lists the Hubbel at $25, and at that price it might be worth a try. The Acme at $40 is a little bit too much. The others I can do without. Given the descriptions though I thought they'd all be much more. Nothing under a grand can be audiophile grade, can it? ;) There is one reason that I do believe in terms of needing a higher grade outlet and that is the physical scraping that goes on inserting the plug. I don't want to scrape off my gold plating with a cheap outlet.Overall though I don't believe it will make any difference but I've never tried. For that matter I've never tried an upscale power cable, but that is about to change. I've ordered the parts to build a VH Audio power cable that will be hard wired to my amp since it doesn't have an IEC. I couldn't figure out why I would want an IEC added in spite of some replies to a query I made here a few weeks ago. Why add another part? Isn't the point to reduce these things? I'd have to solder either way but cutting metal is a real PITA. If I decide I want to try something else I'll solder something else, or maybe it is screwed down? I'll have to look. It goes through a cheap power switch and a fuse before going to the cloth covered transformer leads. Oh, it is a highly modded ST-70 I'm using this for.
Edits: 02/04/21Follow Ups:
zakster - my bad, I did a little too much cut and paste and neglected to take the IG off the Hubbell part number.
I built the Chris VH power cables for my monoblocks and hear a good improvement. I put Wattgate plugs on them and realized I needed duplex sockets that were tighter. I got some NOS Pass and Seymour spec grade (I guess from before they had hospital grade) which have quite a grip.
Here you go, zacster.
Hubbell HBL5362W - Bare Brass AC Outlet:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hubbell-Wiring-Device-Kellems-Hbl5362w-20A-Duplex-Receptacle-125Vac-5-20R-Wh/333855137267
https://www.ebay.com/itm/164324280806
Hubbell IG5362I - Bare Phosphor Bronze AC Outlet:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hubbell-IG5362I-Isolated-Ground-Duplex-Receptacle-Outlet-Ivory-20A-125V/324456845102
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