hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ?

Getting back to the original post, I hate hospital grade wall plugs. Their only purpose is to not spark when cords are unplugged. They are not as conductive and sound terrible. I have bags of them.

On the question of whether wall plugs sound different, I will say try them. If you hear a difference, ignore those who say you cannot. You are not delusional; they are.

I second Psychicanimal about Irvrobinson. He would not know science if it bit him, yet he pretends to be authoritative.

Irvrobinson, this palm reader would call you a flat earther, who totally ignore all the observations that suggest the earth is round. Given what you say I would again say you are not and would not know the scientific method if it bit you.

It is you, sir, who have psyched yourself into not believing your ears. Enjoy your Radio Shack system.

This has been a typical degenerating discussion from the those who claim to be from the "scientific perspective" who claim without measurement that there is no difference among components or wire because of several perspectives. Either it "just cannot be", Irvrobinson above; "others have to demonstrate it "scientifically;" or "science theory precludes it." On the other side are those who say they hear a difference and therefore there is a difference. Usually they say one of several things: measurement of differences apart from what one hears falls short of being complete; they don't care what measurement might say and that they are happy with their choice; or that the objectivists "just cannot hear" or "don't have a sufficientlly resolving system to hear the differences." There also is the suggestion that the objectivists are resentful as they don't have a pot to piss in.

If there is no agreement on how the hypothesis that wires don't make a difference is correct, this dispute cannot be resolved. There is no agreement on evaluating it. Therefore 100 years from now, it will continue.

The issue in this thread is that some people have been asserting that there are differences between power cords and outlets because they claim to hear them. And there are other people, like Iverobinson, that are assume the differences they hear are due to their imagination because there cannot be any. So it does come down to dueling assertions. I believe mine has much more standing because 1. the placebo effect has limited applicability, and 2. 120v/60Hz electrical signal measures, even were they taken, fail to capture all that is happening along ac wires. They would rather believe their limited understanding of science than their own ears and live with the ever present fear that they may be taken in by a con.

Nrchy, you are right, of course, but Quant...does not want to be confronted by the facts. His argument is curious though as he argues that most things don't matter but that balanced does.

I void to never again add to this useless thread, but Irvrobinson's last post saying, "If someone will send me at least one cryo'd cable I'll give it a listen." is the ultimate in hubris. He thinks he is the authority!

Is this the same Irvrobinson who said, "Don't waste too much money on powercord-related stuff. Save your money for better speakers, acoustical treatments, amps, and source components (probably in that order). Those are the things that make a difference. Use your head and reason, don't just read advertising and bogus magazine reviews. How could an outlet provide such a superior connection that water boiled 20% faster? That's poppycock. Put on your thinking cap."

What is impure science? Those will misstate their position as more scientific don't know science. It is a catchword like calling someone a communist. I must say that I really don't care what the pseudo scientists crowd says and continue to delude myself with my sound system.

You took a short cut to this definition.