Wall outlets


Hey everyone, don’t kill me I know it’s been talked about a bit. I’m am currently about to upgrade my wall outlet. Commercial vs Audio outlets. The general consensus is commercial hospital outlets would work but they can strip the coating off our nice power cables. I have talked a bit with @audphile1 on this matter. Furutech has my attention. I have considered upgrading my power cable to the Furutech DPS 4.1 cable and get a Furutech outlet with the same finish. A friend of mine is an electrician and has offered to install a new outlet behind my rack. He said I could pay with a case of beer. Haha. Sorry if I started a new 🔥🔥🔥. The forum is fun, there is far more knowledge here than we are going to find anywhere else IMO. Also I finally got my virtual system up for anyone to take a look. Thanks everyone

shtr74sims

Yeah i got a great deal on new set 50 r ncf ’s im going to use on source cable just bought as well.Im really quite content but im sure they’ll be replaced by 50’s and life will go on.When people refer 50's to audio jewelry...man they are incredibly built.

The big knockout lately with my wire’s has been audioharma.I gave ic’s 6hr’s a set/daisy chained a freshen up,took some time for them to open back up/up to 2 weeks?... but they are on a whole new level.This is with frybaby/1000 + hrs on them too...shocked and pleased.

 

 

Orange colored outlets signify an isolated ground. In other words a dedicated ground wire to earth, not a mechanical connection through the ears, or whatever. In older installations where people may have added their own circuits, the neutral bus can become unbalance, or develop a voltage potential. Correcting neutral, or having an electrician check for voltage between neutral and ground should be the first step. An expensive outlet will not fix a voltage potential on the neutral. As a former Plant Engineer we fought CNC gremlins and computer bugs. Cleaning up the electrical panels and finding the junctions where a neutral was "borrowed", then adding an isolated ground dedicated to computers only (no motors!!!) fixed almost all the problems. We were stumped trying to balance the computer programmers   :)

"expensive outlet will not fix a voltage potential on the neutral."...Point taken.Doing some reading on this bummin through articles and this is something very overlooked and not talked about near enough.

In my last house, I used a PS Audio audiophile wall outlet and it worked great. When I moved, I made the mistake of leaving the PS Audio outlet in my old house. As for my new home, instead of just go with another PS Audio outlet, I decided to do a little further research before installing a new one. Based on extensive research, and extremely positive feedback, I decided to go with the Audioquest NRG Edison Duplex Wall Outlet (15 AMP). I could’ve spent a lot more $$$ on an outlet, but the Audioquest was superb, so my search was over. Now, the Audioquest audiophile wall outlet is my go-to wall outlet.

Hi shtr74sims...thanks for the question,

A simple hospital grade upgrade, even into a shared circuit, will help sound.  Over years, I've gone from Hubbel, to Acme to Furutech outlet in a dedicated circuit, including their receptacle cover.  Additionally, I replaced the male plug to my dedicated wired line conditioner.  The resulting noise floor, for me, is well worth the cost.  I'm not overly handy, but was easily able to DIY the upgrades with simple household tools.  "CIRCUIT OFF!!!"    :)    

The higher end Furutech receptacles have spring-loaded grip, taught and less abrasive over years of use. 

 

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