Albert is fine as far as I know; I speak to him periodically and on occasion go to a listening session at his place in Dallas. He stopped distributing the Porter Ports a while ago- they were a special order from Hubbell and he simply ran out of inventory. I think I got some of the last of them when I moved to Texas and set up my room here.
Question for the folks that like unplated copper--it tarnishes. Do you clean the contacts on the receptacle?