Synergistic Red Fuse ...

David ...

Kudos to you for taking care of and respecting your mother. So many seniors are just cast to the side by their kids. I have a couple  of older friends about my age who continually tell me how disconnected they are from their children. And this is after a lot of effort to connect on their behalf. I think the younger ones get way too busy with life and lack the discipline to stay in touch. Too bad, because in the long haul, discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. 

Thanks for the update on the new SR Black outlets. As I mentioned before, I'm currently using an older Oyaide ... so in reading your assessment the SR Black has now been put on the bucket list. 

My friend Robert came over last night with an armful of vinyl records that  he recently rescued from thrift stores and garage sales. Some were really amazing, including one artist you may have heard of ... The Page Cavanaugh Trio. 

https://www.discogs.com/artist/878802-Page-Cavanaugh

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAGE-CAVANAUGH-PLAYS-FOR-THE-COCKTAIL-HOUR-LP-MONO-L1523-/361332512065?hash=...

This album puts Page's piano in the room and the brushed cymbals are uncannily accurate.  And, its a mono record that had us asking ... who needs stereo!

This brought up the subject last night about how many great recordings are out there featuring artists that most audiophiles know nothing about and have never heard. How many posters here own a record by the great accordionists Myron Floren?  Or soulful music from Mexico ... or even some of the old stereo demo records that came out in the late 50's and early 60's. There's a lot of junk to wade through, but the great ones make an audio system really come to life.

 Robert and I agreed last night that there is a huge section of the audiophile hobby missing from most audiophiles systems, and that is the "component" known as "the great records from the past that they never heard of."

Looking forward to meeting you in Newport Beach next month David. 

Take care ...

Oregonpapa:

Just returned from the A/C outlet installation. There are a total of five outlets on a common circuit. The power conditioner was plugged into a Furutech GTXD-R outlet with hundreds of hours on it (as it is on 24/7) . The new outlet is the Synergistic Research Black outlet. Since the systen already uses an Oyaide mountaing frame , changing outlets is easy.

Right out of the box this new SR Black outlet is superior in this system. Second songwas a Bobby Hackett trumpet piece. So much more detail, flow, and space between instruments. This system is the Type 45 tube amp (Emotive Custom Limited Edition), Antellope DAC, and Terasonic speakers with dual Gallo sub woofers. These are reviewer Jack Robert's former speakers. They need maybe 1/2 watt of power. Beautiful music was playing when I left the room.

As the door closed my Mother said " Thank you. I love you".  This outlet is sure better than any bouquet of flowers.

David Pritchard

Very nice thing you did for your mother, David. I used to do that for my Dad for his stereo/TV system until he got too old to appreciate the sonic improvements. Are all five outlets in the circuit upgraded? If not, and there are still contractor-grade outlets in line, then you will hear an improvement upgrading all of them, even though some might not be used for music or video. Those not being used for audio/video you could probably get by with improvements with some less costly Hubbell HBL8300 all brass version, i.e. Porter Ports. I have some extra Hubbell HBL8300 I could sell you for $10.00/each. I bought a bunch of these from an electronics surplus store in new York. They are the same as the Porter Ports, but un-cryo'd. They are also red in color so they might not look good with the decor. I installed the red outlets that were hidden behind the couch, chairs, etc.

sherod:
You are absolutely correct that each outlet in my Mother's system effects the system's sound even though three outlets of the five total have no audio components inserted. The other outlets have previously been upgrade to three Synergistic Research Teslaplex and one Furutech GTXD-R. 

I plan to allow the new Synergistic Research Black outlet to break in for a week and then see if adding an additional Black outlet will obtain an additional improvement.

David Pritchard

What a good son! Please keep us posted on the improvements.