Copper Sleeve over IEC

Unless you use a charged pc. I get no effect whatsoever with the Syn. Res. Hologram D pc.

I wish they had chosen another name rather than shorting plug. People are going to put real shorting plugs into output and damaging their electronics.

Ozzy, you can get up to 6" copper couplers at http://www.pexsupply.com/Cello-WP0-32-2-CxC-Coupling-1193000-p

After seeing the demonstration on the Marantz, I bought a volt sensor. I have found it of very little use around the Synergistic Research charged cables. I did buy on 2" coupler nonetheless and found it did nothing on any of the SR charged pcs.

The copper couplers are merely shielding and charging the cables is a much superior technique.

I had thought of going into the SR pcs and painting with AVM as I have found painting the exterior of the Stealth Dream and Acoustic Revive Power Reference with this paint and got a substantial improvement. But I don't think there would have been much of an effect with charged power cords, especially given my experience noted above. I believe that AVM, aluminum foil, or copper sheeting bent to shape would all have the same effect. I have also found that the AVM paint has a vibration control benefit on wall outlets, in ics, and of course, within components on input, output, and ac cords.

Ozzy, I know Sabledog likes the couplers. It is his crack about voodoo that I am curious about. Does he "understand" why the couplers work in his system and not mine? There is much about this hobby that is just trial and error.

Ozzy, yep. It is an interesting concept of too much copper dulling the high frequencies. I really don't understand why a conductor with no ground would do anything.

Since I have found, along with others, that aluminum is a better shielding material that copper or steel, I would whether simple and cheap aluminum duct tape would be better and would, of course, be easily contoured to any plug. I doubt that it would do anything for Synergistic Research power cords that I use, so I won't be trying this.

Ozzy, I am not at all surprised with what you found, but shorting an output, if it is on, is a no-no.

Ozzy, I suspect there is a resistor in terminal and digital shorting plugs or that they are merely covers, such as those by Cardas.

Why would this have an effect? Does it reduce vibrations of the copper coupler and the chassis?

Sabledog, no "voodoo" solution. Please tell us what this is doing.

I suspect that with shielded and charged powercords, such as those by Synergistic Research, you get no improvement. At least I got nothing doing this.

Ozzy, I think corroded copper looks awful.

Sabai, yes you can use tomato soup. My point was to tease Ozzy.

Douglas_schroeder, I sort of agree. I find that if you hear anything, you have inferior power cables.

Sabai, I imagine Doug found (note past tense) it a waste of time, as did I.

Sabai, I have no problem either unless you generalize to suggest that everyone will be advantaged.

Sabai, so what is the probability of success? And who is most likely to have it?

What do we think is being done with the copper around the IEC? I bought a leakage meter, and found that I had none before and after I installed copper around this connection. I heard nothing either.

Ozzy, I tried this about four years ago. I gave up but have since used my meter to assess leakage. I have none.