What High End AC Cables should Offer


90 degree plugs. 

90 Degree plugs are the answer to many problems with excessively large and heavy cables. 

Here's a 90 degree plug from Leviton as an example.  I'm not saying that you should hack your $3,000 Furutech cable, but that we should start asking manufacturers to offer 90 degree plug options.  Not only do they make it less likely to leverage a plug out of the socket (i.e. sag) but also huge space savers.   I can put my bass traps right up against one of these, no problem.  Can't do it at all with even a modest straight angle plug.

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This is one of the main reasons I built my own cables. I use 90 degree plugs on most. I have been using those cheap ones for years and always wondered why there wasn’t a better quality 90 degree plug made.

Well, I discovered some audiophile grade ones a few months ago on Aliexpress and they are great. Good quality, larger parts and more space inside for the fat cable.

 Have since replaced most of the cheap one.

wish I could post a picture, but Agon doesn’t make it easy.

The ones I bought from Aliexpress is supposedly a Furutech knock of. At least it says Furutech on it, rhodium plated copper. 

They will take any size cable.  The only issue I had with them, is that the ground blade is about 1/8 inch too long,  and that makes it more difficult,  if not impossible to fully plug in to a receptacle. 

My handy moto tool took care of that on all of them.

That Furutech on parts connexion is identical to the Aliexpress ones I bought for $20 each. 

Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! 
$29.70  34%OFF | Furutech FI12ML-R L Type Rhodium 24K gold Plated Power Plug hifi
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrOWEaW

I stated that it was a knock off, I am under no illusion,  but who cares. It works great, that's all that matters. Do you think the high prices you pay makes things anymore real.