Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others

I see, I best get someone else to do my modds, better safe than sorry, Thanks jeb.

I have to say most mods I did were NOT easy.They required fabricating parts , machining , and drilling. Dealing with A/C voltages that can ruin your day , need to be properly handled .

My system is solid state/tube, All these modds are going on my tube cd-player that I mentioned in the post above, did you change out the IEC yourself?, If so, Is it easy?, Thanks Jeb.

My tubehead friend likes the Gold. I have SS gear and prefer the Rhodium. All gear is different, try them both. It might surprise you on the outcome.

Jeb, I did not know that, mmmm, I can see what other modd I will be doing, what is the sound difference between the Rhodium and Gold, I was told that the Rhodium has a forward presatation and can get analitical on certain recordings, where Gold is more forgiving, and still gives you the resolution you want, so what's your take?

Furutech F109 IEC inlet plugs... Well for starters stock IEC plugs choke the life out of your gear. Sound is veiled, less dynamic . I liked the Rhodium plugs over the Gold. The FI09 IEC inlet plug is larger... but I worked in all 9 of them in my gear, but that's an other story.

@ Jebsmith73, Hi, You spoke of the Furetech FI09 IEC, what did that do for your sound?

Furutech FT 785 XLR chassis connectors are the best that I have found. Furetech also make a killer IEC inlet plug, FI09. Base metal used is also copper. Have both of these plugs in ALL my gear.

I really like the Oyaide R-1 duplex receptacles. Nice tight grip on a/c plugs. Installed them as a replacement on my Two Purepower 2000 re-generators . Total count , 12 R-1!

Here is my own personal ranking of outlets. ( based on what I presently own).

1. Furutech GTX-D R
2. Oyaide R1
3. Maestro
4. Hubble from Audience
5. Synergistic Tesla SE

Chris at vh Audio gives an option to cook the deep cryo treated Oyaide R-1 recepticle for 6 days, ready!, I like furetech as well, I am in the process of getting the furetech cryo treated pure beryllium copper ft-785m chassis XLR out-puts, then I am internally wireing my cd-player with pure-mono crystal copper Tara Labs gen-2 24 gauge insulated conductors, my Tara Labs Cobalt power cord has the top model Oyaide IEC and Plug, I am matching that with The Oyaide R-1 recepticle, The main reason I chose to go with the Tara internal wireing is because I also use the Tara Labs Zero Gold Balanced interconnect, trying to get the Best synergy possible, cheers.

The Afterburner 8.

I have the Porter port, which is very good, and the Oyaide R-1 in my main system, which had, upon installation, a slight edge in improvement over the Porter port.. I've also used the Wattgate in my Tice Solos and they were an improvement.

I also use mix of Furutech and Oyaide but now I also have the HB Cable design and I am thinking of ordering them for all my power needs....

Afterburner 8 was better than the Porter Ports—huge upgrade.

I don't know what the best is, but I like Furutech products. I'm very happy with mine.

I use the HUBBLE HBL-5362 that Cabledyne sells. It is cryoed and cooked. Here is a thread on AGon: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ymisc&1370875160&&&/Porter-Ports-or-Cabledyne-Cryo-Hubbell-5

I've used Furutech outlets for a few years. They sound great, I wish they had a better grip. No thoughts of replacing them.

Chrissain,

Except for Oyaide. They use it in both their R-1 and M-1 series.

Birds of a feather flock together ... look to match the type of alloy in your power cord’s termination to a similar alloy in the wall outlet ... this way there is only one signature metal and not two

Your Elrod Diamond has a F1 Oyaide beryllium copper termination .. match it to a beryllium copper outlet like a Oyaide R1 or RO or the mentioned Furutech

I am not familiar with the PAD line but let’s assume for sake of argument that the terminations on the PAD power cords are the best Phosphors Bronze type Jim could find ... then I would match the PAD power cords up with the best Phosphorous Bronze outlet I could find

Plating will also have to be taken into consideration ... your Elrod’s beryllium copper is platinum and palladium plated and would match well to the Oyaide R1 outlet

If this combo is a little to incise ... you can go with the Oyaide RO beryllium copper with no plating or the Furutech with it’s slightly warmer and very pleasant gold plating

You’ll have to do some research on the type of termination the PAD cords have and then just find the matching alloy outlet

The Oyaide R-1 Recepticle is pure Beryllium copper base cryo treated just like the furetech recepticle, I believe it is best to go to vh Audio web-site and look at the differences for your self, I believe the oyaide R-1 is superior, As far as I know, The Best recepticle on the market, However, Between these two recepticles, I do not believe you can go wrong with either of them, The Oyaide R-1 is my choice.

I have tried most of them. In my opinion the Fururtech GTX are the best outlets available. To my knowledge they are the only ones that use pure beryllium copper as the base conductive material, most others use brass or phosphor bronze, with different plating materials to increase conductivity.

+1 on the Porter Ports.

I have been very happy with the moderately priced Porter House outlet sold here on Audiogon by Albert Porter.
I do own some Maestro outlets but in my two systems I don't think it was worth the extra expense. Others will say differently, and you will probably receive many more suggestions of different AC outlets. In my opinion it's an individual system and location issue.