Building a Power Strip, any advise?

Gbart, you are probably right. But I will have the knowledge of knowing exactly what my DIY is made of.

P.S. I did contact Cryoparts website and the phone number that was listed.I was told that the main man had died and they are no longer in buisness.

Thanks for the comments. I am not too sure about dealing with Alan Maher though, let’s leave it at that.

Right now, I have found some Military spec wiring that is 12 gauge silver coated over copper multi strand. But, I am open to suggestions on other wire type or wiring techniques.

Buconero117 , Thanks, The Audience power conditioner that will be feeding the power strip does have surge protection.

Br3098, Most power strips have some sort of cheap wiring, filtering, surge surpression,outlets and or IEC.

Thanks everyone for the comments.
Br3098, since I have many hi end power cords that are not UL approved I guess I have already crossed that line.

Elizabeth, it sounds like I do have the same wire, thanks for the approval. That is my plan to try various outlets.

Unsound, I hear ya about those pesky wall warts but at this time they need not apply. The Junction boxes that I have ordered are of a heavy grade aluminum that already has cut outs for the outlets and they will run perpendicular to the power strip.

Elizabeth, I'm trying to understand your quad twist. Are you saying you are using 4 12 ga wires that are twisted together and then connected to each connection on the outlet? If so, wouldn't that be like a 3 ga aggregate and how the heck would you connect that much wire to an outlet?
I must be missing something.

I just purchased a Oyaide R1 outlet. So when I build the power strip I will use;

*Audience Cyroed,
*Maestro,
*Oyaide R1
*Synergistic Teslaplex.
Still waiting for many of the parts.

Jejaudio, Thank you for tips, I will use them.

Jejaudio , By the way, where did you buy the carbon fiber "peel and stick" ?

Does anyone think that using some ERS within the power strip to be a good idea?

Well I made my first power strip.
This first one is only a 4 outlet.
I have in it the Synergistic Tesla SE outlet and the original Synergistic Tesla outlet version along with a Furutech IEC Inlet.

The chassis that I'm using came straight from China and is made out of very thick 1/2" aluminum with feet.
The finished 4 outlet strip was put on my Cable Cooker and will probably cook until late Sunday.

Next up is to make a 8 outlet chassis made out of the same thick Aluminum and with the Furutech IEC inlet.
But, in this strip I will be using Oyaide R1, Maestro, Audience Hospital grade cyroed and a Hubble 5362 cryoed outlets.

I have the Oyaide and Maestro outlets already cooking on my Cable Cooker. From what I have read the Oyaide takes a very long time to break in.

So, I will give that outlet about 9 days total on the cooker and then recook the whole finished product for a few more days.

See if the link below helps. If so scroll down the page.
There are a lot of other great items to buy from on this site.

http://www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main.php?cat_id=1038&group_id=2&hit_cat=

Thanks

I added a couple of pictures of the first DYI power strip to my system view.

They seem to be very tight. But, I did puchase some nice stainless steel screws to hold them in.

Raks, that’s another problem.
The outlet tabs need to be bent over to be placed in position inside the chassis. The outlet strip is made in such a way that the mounting of the outlet fits down into a recessed machined cut out. I purchased longer than usual stainless screws for the center screw.
I agree though that attaching the tabs to the chassis would have been my proffered mounting method.

Williewonka , Thanks for the diagram.

I used a Furetech IEC inlet which uses screw down connections. The wire that I used was 12 gauge military spec silver coated cyoed copper teflon insulated .
I bought 2 Oyaide R1's from a online Dealer. I also bought a few of the Oyaide's from a seller on Ebay or Audiogon (I can't remember exactly) who was selling both Oyaides and Maestro outlets.
The Oyaides retail for about $150 each,and they are tough too find much cheaper than that, but I managed to pay less than half.
It's worth it to try to find one for your set up and determine what you think.

Well, I’ve got the power strips completed and I have posted some pictures of them on “my system".

Because the outlet tabs need to be bent over to fit in my aluminum cases I did not place the Oyaide and Maestro in them. Those outlets were placed into single DIY outlet strips? To perhaps better understand as to what that is, please look at the pictures. Both of these "single" strips are used before my Audience aRtp2-TO power conditioners using separate dedicated circuits.

So, far the only strip still burning in is the aluminum 8 outlet strip.

So here are my impressions of the outlets in the system thus far.

The Oyaide R1 sounded a little thin and ragged when first plugged in after just a few days on the cable cooker, so I put it back on the cooker for another 9 days. Once reinstalled into my system it has blossomed into a great sounding outlet that is currently in use with my digital equipment.

The Maestro outlet was also cooked, but only for a few days. It sounded very nice right away and is being used with my Analog equipment.

Yesterday, after about 5 days of burn in, I tried the 4 outlet Aluminum strip with Synergistic Tesla SE outlets with my Pass Labs Preamp and my BSG Qol unit. Quite an improvement over what I had been using. (A cheapo 3 way tap)

As stated previously, the 8 outlet aluminum strip with all Audience Cryoed outlets is still burning in and should be ready this week end for audition.

So far I can conclude that each step has improved the sound quality, in such ways as more dyanmics, better bass quality and a general smoothness that is so very nice.
After I get the final 8 outlet burned in I will be able to move all of these units around and see how they perform on my various pieces of equipment.

Mikey8811, I really like the Oyaide R1. It has more dynamics and in my system a more deeper sound that sounds purer.
Figures that the more expensive one is the better sounding...

Williewonka, I bought the cases from China, I think the site is posted early on in this thread, if not I can provide it.

"I wired all outlets in a star configuration to prevent cross-outlet contamination - not in parallel as you have. For this I used a termination block to accomodate all the wires."
I'm interested, but not quite sure how I could fit that configuration into my Case. Can you send me an email with a picture to show how you did it?

I have never tried the Pass and Seymour you mentioned, but others also have posted that they like them.

So far, I have tried Synergistic SE, Maestro, Audience and Oyaide R1 outlets.
In my opinion, the Oyaide R1's are the best and they have the grip of death on a plug.