I'm in for two so whatever works best for you is ok by me.Thank you Albert. |
Albert, put me down for two. If I buy these I will finally have one thing as good as what you have. Can you imagine what a high that would be for me. Besides, if I can do anything to help Albert, I will! |
Albert
please put me down for two duplex recepticles and add me to your email list so I can expediate payment
thanks for all your efforts
Tom |
Lak, 30 days is a long time to listen to "VERY HARSH". I don't have and none of my audiophile buddies have a cooker. Any sugestions? I could hook them up somewhere else I guess and plug something into them? |
Maxgain: Do a lot of vacuuming of the house. In my case, it'll earn a lot of points with my wife too! Just can't let her see the extension cords when I'm vacuuming upstairs from the downstairs outlet! |
good thinking, Rprince. I have hardwood everywhere but in the listening room so most of it only gets dusted, so....hum? Maxgain leaves and comes back with the stainless steel Waring pro bar blender. Hum? lets see how much Hornitos will I need? Gotta run, need some limes! |
Maxgain,
Sean had a post a while ago that talked about how to make a homemade cable cooker. If you can't find it by doing a search, email him.
No offense meant to anyone on this post (or site) but that’s why I chose to purchase a Hubbell from someone who has put three months or more researching the best receptacle, the best method of cryogenic processing/temperature/number of hours, etc. That’s not to mention beta-testing with 5 individuals including 3 reviewers who already owned other cryogenically treated outlets. Finally, he cooks them on a cable cooker for four days.
For that magic recipe I don’t mind paying a little more, knowing that what I have is the real thing and not a product that might not work to 100% of its ability. The only reason I point this out is because I have done a lot of A/B testing and blind testing and believe one’s best intentions could possibly provide a cryogenically treated outlet that sounds harsh for 30 days or is less than what it could have been depending on how it’s cryogenically treated and broken in. |
I wanted to remind everyone that I promised the cut off time for orders would be Halloween.
I think everyone who said they wanted to participate has already responded, but I will wait a few days to be sure no one is left out.
Thanks to all who wrote personal notes to me. I really appreciate the kind remarks. |
Put me down for two if it's not too late. |
If there's still time, please put me down for one outlet. and I'll send payment express. Thanks a million. |
Hi Albert,
I would like to purchase two. Please advise how much I owe and how can I pay you?
Regards,
Andrew |
Hi Albert,
If it's not too late, I'd be interested in three of those. Let me know how to proceed for payment. Thanks,
Eric |
Great concept and execution! I'd like two, if not too late. |
I'd also like to get two outlets, if still available. Let me know how to do it and where to mail the check. Thanks. |
I will email both Eric (Mephisto) and Tomryan with information and let them decide if there is time.
Please understand that the cut off date was announced here at Audiogon as Halloween. This is to be fair to all those who have paid their money and are now waiting for me to proceed.
Any payments not received by the cut off date go into a second run (if enough people are interested) or payments returned.
I hope everyone understands. |
Hello Albert:
I hope I'm not too late... I just read this post about the treated recepticles and it's quite timely as I recently picked up 5 Hubble HBL8300W's (not installed yet) and was planning to have the electrician out next week to run 5 dedicated circuts. Your offer is very kind, and if I'm not too late, I would certainly like to purchase 5 of them.
I'll email you next for an address to send payment. Thanks again! Ken Gootkin |
Albert,
Money Order is in the Mail.
Thank You, Again.
AaronM |
Albert,
Great job, and thanks. I will try to dive under the wire for (2) receptacles. If too late, maybe next time.
I am just installing a dedicated line...
Charlie |
And if I'm not too late, I'll take 4 outlets. Thanks Albert. |
This is now officially closed, please do not send any more payments.
If there are enough people, maybe there can be a round two.
For now I must get the local distributor to fill the order based on today's order count and ship them off for treatment.
Thanks to all you Audiogon guys and girls for making this successful. |
The thanks should all go to you Albert! |
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Thanks a lot Albert. I can't wait to try them out. |
Thanks Albert
I really appreciate all you are doing to make this a reality
Tom |
Here is a progress report for all that have participated.
I contacted Hubbell about two weeks ago and ask about the variation in specifications for the 8300HI (20 amp Hospital grade, Ivory color).
I have samples of three versions, each have high quality construction with same electrical specifications, but are constructed from completely different materials and plating and various ground strap designs.
Not commonly known, there is a special version of this outlet that is ALL copper construction, including the back strap, mount ears and current and ground clamps. This particular version has NO plating whatsoever. It is 20 amp, heavy construction and true Hospital grade and is marked as such.
I had a brief argument via email with a manufacturer that told me these were in fact plated, and even though I had a sample, I could not convince him otherwise.
I now have everyone's outlets in hand as of 4:30 this afternoon and they ARE NOT plated. I did have to UPS in a special order, as these were not in stock at any supply houses in Dallas.
I will ship everything Monday the 11th for treatment, and will post here as soon as I know the turn time for the immersion tanks at NASA to complete the process.
Thanks to everyone for remaining patient with me. Needless to say I am excited that the quality of this project is absolutely on target. |
Does this transaction qualify for positive feedback? I am inclined to do so if it does. |
I would think so. I know I will be doing so. As far as Albert, that would be alot of time for him as far as him leaving feedback for all of us, as I believe there are quite a few of us that participated in this transaction. I personally would not be upset if Albert did not have time to leave me feedback. But he truly deserves positive feedback for undertaking this huge project, in my honest opinion. |
I will be giving him positive feedback and would of course like the same if he felt it was positive for him too. But I understand if he doesn't have time and I will give him positive kudos either way.
charles |
The shipment of cryo treated Hubbell outlets arrived here Wednesday, November 20th in the afternoon. I finished labels and print outs via FedEx on line very early Thursday AM.
Everyone's shipment will go out at the same time, Thursday, November 21st. I'm hoping several of you will receive your shipment by Thanksgiving.
I have a print out of all ship data by my computer. Anyone not receiving their order in a reasonable period, please email me for your tracking number. Those who included their email addresses with payment are already linked to FedEx notification system . |
Giving of Thanks to you Albert! I can't wait to start "cooking" these frozen turkeys. I have made a couple of changes as of late and my system sounds better than ever. If these improve things further my ass will be glued to my listening couch for months. Thanks again, Albert. |
Albert- You da man ;~). Happy holiday. |
Thanks again, Albert, and happy holiday! |
Thank you Albert. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving ... remember to kick that fine system of yours up a notch to counteract the post-turkey drowsiness ;-) |
O.K., Albert, and the rest of you what do you think?
"The Porter Port"
Sort of derivative or hell, even appropriated, but it's to the point and will sound cool listed in my virtual system as well as sounding cool in my real system! |
hope I can do the same some day...THANKS SO MUCH
cd |
Maxgain, that's great! Grandpoobah, lest we forget, thanks much for starting this thread. |
The Porter Port........really like the sound of that.
For more than ten years now, my CES badge reads category RETAILER: "PORTERHOUSE Dallas, TX."
CES exhibitors always look at badges of whoever is visiting. When they read mine they always smile and ask,
"PORTERHOUSE.......is that REALLY your store name?"
I say, "Yes, and we steak our customers to a good deal."
You can hear eyes rolling, even over the music demos. |
Got mine today Sat 11/23. I will be looking forward to hooking them up soon.
Kind of redundent but thanks again, very cool, very nice.
charles (bbtuna)
PS Look for positive feedback... |
Just received mine out here in VA (Tues 26th). They look great & a super packing job. I have an electrician coming tomorrow to install some dedicated lines & will put these into service.
Thank-you very much for all your efforts Albert! I'll post an update on the new porter-ports after awhile. |
Porter ports have arrived in Charlotte NC. Whoo hah! 7pm delivery. Thanks Albert. |
Happy Thanksgiving Albert. Ports arrived wed cant wait to hook them up. I have left positive feedback for you here at the gon. Thanks again and happy holidays. P.S Will there be a second run?? |
Mine arrived yesterday, Tuesday, Nov. 26. Thanks again Albert for doing the community a favor! Happy Thanksgiving and God bless. |
Mine arrived last Saturday. Had them installed yesterday. Can't wait for them to break in. Left positive feedback. If you decide to do a second run, put me down for 2. Thanks again for doing this community service. I'll make it a point to look you up the next time I'm in Dallas. |
What's the recommended break in procedure for these? |
Mine apparently arrived today in the office (I'm out of the country till Sunday); can hardly wait to get them installed. Thanks Albert! |
Mine got here in great shape yesterday. They have been in for an hour or so. I wanted to get the full experience by hearing them right out of the box. I was going to hook them up in the basement and cook them for a few weeks. I am getting a glimpse of what is to come.
Thanks Albert, I will keep you posted on the burn in. |
Lak is right about harsh so far. Anyone that says there is no difference in the sound of outlets needs a hearing ear dog! So far it sounds like old an old Crown DC300 hoked up to ESS AMT 1's. This is only to let the rest of the group know what to expect for the first few hours anyway! Like I said there is a glimpse of something in there that has a real ease about it if you can find it through the nasty, thin, dry, part. I will keep updating this as it goes. They may come out and go into the basement for a while to "cook". I am still confident that things will get much better! |
With respect to burn in, my experience is that it will happen and be complete somewhere around day 25-35 running your gear on it. No real experience with running vacuum cleaners, high power generators, etc! If you are replacing standard/stock receptacles, they should sound very good right out of the box, but they will really shine after burn in. But for those of you with multiple receptacles, you might want to plug your TV into one and use it there. For those skeptical of burn-in, you should actually see your TV picture sharpen up and become much clearer as the burn-in completes. Seeing is believing! Have fun! |
Greetings from San Francisco Mr. Porter. Thank you and happy holidays everyone! |
I got mine today in California, thank you Albert. The outlets look like perhaps they might benefit from a cleaning before installation. Deoxit? ProGold? Any thoughts on this? |
