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Re: Oyaide AC connectors and LAT AC-2MkII

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Finding satisfactory synergy within a system is indeed a very good thing. If you find a particular type of cable to essentially provide what you seek, and wish to upgrade it's connectors for higher performance or simply as a fine tuning aspect, that's something I fully agree with and advocate.
Silver plated copper conductor power cords (and silver plated copper conductors in general) have been given a bad reputation based on designs that don't perform well for audio applications such as mil-spec wire. A well designed and manufactured silver plated copper conductor can offer excellent performance and should be considered as simply another flavor to choose from, IME.
I have found as a matter of personal taste, and as found within a comparable price point, that I prefer multiple small gauge conductor type (that provides a larger aggregate gauge) silver plated copper power cord designs (such as those from XLO and Van den Hul) for use on my DAC and other digital source components rather than single large gauge conductor type unplated copper power cord designs (that I've tried). I have also re-terminated a number of silver plated copper conductor power cords (as well as unplated copper types) with Audio Grade AC connectors and find such an upgrade to be very beneficial and often quite transformative to my ear. If you find the LAT power cord to be something special to your ear, I think you would find a specially selected AC connector upgrade to be very worthwhile. Please report your findings within forum if you choose to do a re-termination. Cheers :-)

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Re: Oyaide AC connectors and LAT AC-2MkII - Eric Echler 11:05:50 07/14/06 (3)
Duster, I'm wondering what silver-clad wire you've tried that isn't mil-spec wire? Is it something manufactured specifically for audio?
- Re: Oyaide AC connectors and LAT AC-2MkII - Duster 11:30:20 07/14/06 (2)
  Siltech, Van den Hul, DH Labs, XLO, Vampire, LAT, among other cable manufacturers implement silver plated copper conductors that are specifically designed and manufactured for audio use. The only high performance use of mil-spec wire that I've personally found for audio applications is for DIY DC power umbilical projects.
  - Re: Oyaide AC connectors and LAT AC-2MkII - Eric Echler 20:02:48 07/14/06 (1)
    Please don't take this the wrong way, but what info do you have besides marketing type that states that the silver-clad wire used by most of those cable companies is any different from Mil-Spec wire? And by different, I mean more or less heavily silver-clad, or employing higher-quality copper cores, or different strand counts from what you can find offered by any number of wire manufacturers? I know Nordost silver-clad wire is made to spec, but which others use (provably) unique silver-clad wire?
    And yes, I am a pessimist. Every time I read another bogus claim about 99.999999 percent pure conductors, it just reinforces my skepticism about what I read in manufacturers' advertising.
    - Re: Oyaide AC connectors and LAT AC-2MkII - Duster 23:45:15 07/14/06 (0)
      It stands to reason that since mil-spec wire is not so good for audio, reputable cable manufacturers would require a more suitable conductor for their needs. There's often information to be found on cable manufacturer's web sites about their particular designs. If you seek proof, I have nothing to offer.

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