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Pinging Tangram _ Jon L.

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Posted on March 15, 2023 at 10:33:27
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Hello young men,

I'd like to know what were the results of placing your Copper Colour silver plated copper AC | IEC connectors onto the Accuphase 40th Anniversary Chinese clone power cord?. I'm curious more than anything | as I've found myself rather reluctant to change the stock Gold Plated Brass one's, concluding they might actually help with the overall sound of this cord as it stands, and if anything thinking maybe sticking a set of Monosaudio Gold Plated Copper one's on it, might maintain its overall balance without losing to much of its inner beauty | tonality | textural shadings?.

Jon L.

I spotted the Monosaudio P902 power cord in one of your last post, and wonder if you've had enough time with it to have gained insight into its sounds?, especially as you've gone with the un-plated copper plugs on both ends.

 

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RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 15, 2023 at 11:19:05
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As per my current visit to Head-Fi | based upon said Monosaudio P902 PC:

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Incoming today was my Monosaudio P902 99.998% OFC Copper AC cable as recommended from the Audio&Video Cable Store.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802405474903.html

It's a very solid robust cable, thick and pleasing to the eye. IMO it's a solid pearl of a performer, outclassing my (authentic-knockoff) Odin Gold AC cable. Instantly there was something I liked even better about the sound, akin to an even blacker background with even more proper bass and natural character to the treble :). The Odin Gold is now shelved, thanks to this affordable monster of sound, and I think the edge it gives may be related to improved shielding, vs. a sort of wonky / fake shielding of the former.

Although exceptional bass and mids right off the bat, the treble was a bit hot at first, but for me that was evened out with a half width (1") of Silver Faraday Fabric Tape wrapped around the base of the socket only on the power source side, and closest to the power source itself. I tried full and partial wraps of the silver tape on both sides, and just that 1" was my favorite. I also tried blue-tack dots on both sides but that was not preferred. So far I've only tried this into my DDC which is also via a Flux-50 inline power filter after it, but for now ain't movin' this, just let it burn in.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 15, 2023 at 19:31:52
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Still evaluating this P902 power cord with copper plugs. Good news is it has not been kicked out of the system right away, so its sound has no glaring faults or major deficits at least.

These arrived from Ali, and looks good so far.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 16, 2023 at 12:33:45
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Great news Jon L.

On both items I'd add..., as I picked up a set of the clone Xhadow RCA Connectors awhile back | merely based upon their appearance. And once again while I'm not the type that knows shite about soldering, I wanted them just in case I've a pair of IC's built on my behalf, I'd rather have items standing by beforehand | than having to get them at the last moment.

Keep me ( us ) posted.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 19, 2023 at 04:48:22
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 So I did change from the supplied connections by swapping out the blade/housings. To the copper colour solid silver ( not plated ) plug and solid copper IEC (
Viborg). Quite simply the musical flow was gone, the sound became rather coloured particularly on piano/ sax. Not a good combo at all, resorted back to the stock connectors and voila , the glory returned. I compared the all 40th to a copper colour all silver plug/IEC on Odin silver powerchord with my DAC, I still prefer the Odin on this as the dac opens up further with soundscape , nuances/details/ Timbre.
Time will tell, I need more time here and asses where is best, all good fun however slowly is surely to avoid frustrations that can arise if you loose reference as where you were .



 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 19, 2023 at 08:52:25
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Tangram,

Thanks for said follow upon this matter, as I've feared " it's best to leave the Accuphase 40th Anniversary PC, stock connectors intact " | or at the very least possibly try a set of IeGO Power 8085 gold plated copper connectors | as I've to assume once again its use of initial gold plated brass plating were in fact chosen during the voicing process.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 19, 2023 at 12:00:11
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 I will try the Copper colour silver plug only next and leave in the IEC original.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 19, 2023 at 12:28:43
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It's certainly worth a try..., as I'm a long proponent of silver connectors myself | just began exploring rhodium plated copper ones within the last two months, where I exchanged one onto my Viborg MBU 1501 on the AC Male side, while leaving its pure copper IEC along | as placed onto several integrated amps and was stunned by what I heard | so much so...-, I've decided to leave the cords as is for said application.

Now getting onto the gold plated copper ones is another adventure for me | as warmth and lushness is something I can do without in my system | yet as mentioned the Accuphase 40th Anniversary stock plugs does offer a certain balance which strikes me as beautiful | I'd hate to lose this sense of synergy between them and said cord. So it seems I had totally forgotten about the Monosaudio plugs, which are cheaper than said IeGO Power ones, so I'll give them a shot first.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 23, 2023 at 12:08:51
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 Today I changed out the stock brass plated plug and iec for the silver copper colour plug (again) but now with the silver copper colour iec. This is quite an improvement with much improved transient response, and extending the top end, cymbals now are much more vibrant. The overall sound is now more alive sounding and engaging, I could well leave this as is now since it holds me there. I have concluded that the pure silver plug is not a good Match with the copper iec.
All conducted on my allnic phono stage, I have yet to try on the dac though. Iam in a vinyl mood at the moment so unlikely to have the dac fired up for a while!
I also ordered a couple of meters of the xangsane 9001 ag for making up some balanced cables from preamp to phono stage. It's such a good price so why not he says

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 23, 2023 at 12:21:46
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Tangram,

Great follow upon said matters | seeming as I was waiting to hear ( see ) your findings on the plug plating types to use?, and seeming as I've collected enough plugs with the exception of gold plated copper ones..., I'm glad I ended up with a spade IeGO 8095 pure silver - rhodium plated AC Male | IeGO 8065 silver plated copper IEC Female | as well as a few from SonarQuest, which are reported to offer heavier layering of silver plating atop their plates ( blades ) of which definitely look the part and are viewed as on par with the connectors from Viborg of which I've no doubt.

Onwards | Outwards.

Thanks Brotha Tangram.
O_o.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 23, 2023 at 15:33:11
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 Just ordered another @ the Event price, I will swap out the blades on this one to copper unplated all round.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 23, 2023 at 16:50:00
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You're aware they're sold on eBay, by an American seller, right?.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 24, 2023 at 03:24:11
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 Admittedly I had forgotten this! Never mind it's on the way .

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 24, 2023 at 08:55:43
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Understood.

 

RE: Pinging Tangram _ Jon L., posted on March 24, 2023 at 09:28:02
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Understood.

 

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