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.
I bought one of the Levitons and was a bit disappointed that the clamp isn't big enough to clamp on the insulation of a heavy cable. How did you manage this? I bought a right angle plug on ebay that is indeed big enough but not a name brand, which I would pay more for. they may be the ali express ones mentioned above. wouldn't call them high end but they are well made. Jerry |
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. |
@carlsbad2 Sorry to hear it, but I really can see why. I mean, no where but in Audiophile land do we see such outrageous insulation used. The place I use the Leviton however was on the end of a captive cable going to a Furman voltage regulator. Two other conditioners feed off that. |
@allanblissett I try to avoid rhodium. I find it too hard and too low conductivity to offer the best connection. The hardness means it tends to stay slick instead of grip. |
