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RE: Pinging TanteJuut

Posted by el34eh@yahoo.com (A) on February 5, 2023 at 10:26:42

In Reply to: RE: Pinging TanteJuut posted by TanteJuut on January 15, 2023 at 03:30:13:

Hello Judith,

As mentioned several days ago, I'm expecting one of those Accuphase clone power cords to arrive by Tuesday, as I became more than a tad bit curious about it after reading | re-reading between the lines on it via several of the Australian audio forums | where many have given it extremely high praise.

Yet as I've also become more | more curious about silver plated copper power cord connectors | as well as mixing them with un-plated red copper connectors, I read through any | everything I'd find on said options as well as brands | and while some seem to believe rhodium plated connectors ( be it RCA | Banana Plugs | Binding Post | Power Cord ) if offers the absolute best detailing | resolution compared to the others, yet when I look closer at companies like Audio Note UK | Kondo - Audio Note Japan and how both use silver plated everything including connectors on their signal cables. I find music going ahhhhh, what if I'm missing something by not trying silver plating as said AC | IEC connectors?. As it seems more than a few guys that go through the trouble to re-terminate the plugs on their cords more often than not, seemingly use SonarQuest silver plated copper ones | as trey appear to use a final heavier plating of silver which doesn't come off as the result of constantly plugging and unplugging the AC male end.

As I've about 3 sets of different brands of rhodium plated copper connectors here | even after having sold off extras, I believe it's time to venture outwards and sample silver plating, in truth of which I've more often used as banana plugs on at least 6 of the 8 pairs of SCs I've owned since 2014, with great results I should add.

So logically my thoughts were to purchase their AC in said silver plated copper | use it in tandem with their un-plated red copper IEC on said incoming power cord | especially having currently found out my Aurender music server doesn't particularly show any improvements in utilizing more upscale or costlier cords, hence finding the cord with the IeGO 8095 connectors to simply shine in all its glory used on the Denafrips Pontus ll DAC, which then allows me to play around with few different cost effective cords on the server | and of late like playing around with different platings on banana plugs, as you've in finding the correct voicing of using rhodium | un-plated copper on your power cords, one never knows the creative results of mixing can result in a sense of musical enlightenment is they aren't willing to be openminded enough to at least try using said different flavorings to begin with..., of which experience if nothing else has always taught me to think outside the box.

As always | Be well | Stay safe.

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