Side by Side Comparison
Leon Therimin from Starke, FL
Used to work at Reliable Temps in Starke, Florida. Got called in to do clean-up at Union Cor. Inst. Turns out it was double execution. CO’s had set up two electric chairs, side by side. Wired one with Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket, the other with regular economy duplex outlet. Chairs were set up on parallel circuit. When the warden threw the switch, the lights dimmed, and prisoner A with the economy duplex outlet jerked against the leather straps, broke his leg strap, and died in a cloud of smoke. Inmate B, with Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket, got pushed back in his chair, while his eyes, teeth, one lung, and a lot of blood went in the other direction. The proof is in the pudding. Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket rocks!!!!!
True power fidelity
Spellman Powers from Edison, New Jersey
Excellent value for the money. I paid almost twice as much for two single channel outlets with monophonic power. Now I can get true dual channel stereo power out of ANY line cord with a full 60 Hz per channel. My only complaint is the leakage current in horizontal mode. Without a good set of power corks you can drain all the current out of your wires in a couple of hours. So mount the outlet vertically or if you absolutely need horizontal audio, get yourself a good sponge capacitor and mount between the ground plug and ALL! the speaker magnets.
Believe it or not, there are people still out there that actually care about quality music. Who are you to insult their hobby?
I don’t think anybody is insulting their hobby, just their lack of intelligence. I’m not convinced that Stereophile is not basically a humor magazine, either.
Their reviews can be very amusing.
“I’m sure even Libertarians would favor the government buying them for every homeowner in the country.”
You don’t actually know any Libertarians, do you?
#20: What you said, especially regarding the intelligence/gullibility of people who swear that tube amplifiers sound soooo much better than amps and receivers built with modern, low noise transistors and ICs. However, if they really want tube amps, it’s a free country.
Getting back to the original subject: gold flashed connectors work very well, but gold is soft, and the gold flashing eventually wears away. Silver also conducts very well, but is harder than gold, and so lasts longer. However, the stereos I had were made with cadmium plated connectors, mostly. The only cables I “upgraded” on were zip cord with thicker multistrand wires than usual. I bought those at an electronic parts store, for much less than Monster cables of the same gauge.
So, you’re telling me that the $2800 amplifier that this plugs into doesn’t noise filter the power supply? It depends on the outlet to do it?
Audiophiles buying these things listen to their money, not their music. The quality of the materials in the original recording studio are lower than this stuff. I appreciate good equipment, but this is isn’t good equipment. It’s snake oil.
If audiophiles find that concept insulting then so be it. Fools are often mocked.
Sag.
The only rule of thumb is to not buy anything made in communist china.
Leviton brand wall outlets are all chinese, so don’t expect quality or reliability.
Stick to Pass & Seymour american made outlets for example. They may cost you $2.00 each vs. $1.00 each for chinese made but they are quality.