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Le Journey Continues




It seems as if every other day I'm able to hear things differently on both the Rhodium | Silver Plated Copper AC Male Plugs ( which once again were recommended highly by two different manufacturers of said connectors | as both once again stressed its the most sound dominant place where the sound carries downwards ) | whereas the IEC Female plugs offers secondary response they both refer to as sound tuning, which in the end makes perfect sense to me.

Here's what's occurring right before my ears | Rhodium does once again offers a smoother | more neutral sound where top end detail seems to pop forth from the tweeters ( in my case either true ribbon or metal domed ) where the sensation is more akin to hearing every little hidden nuance or passage being unraveled in away that's spooky real, yet at the same time ( while merely readjusting one's ears ) said Silver Plated Copper AC Male Plugs offers a sort of transparency where the notes come across as more relaxed | with a keener sense of properly balanced mids | highs | bass notes which seem more balanced ( if that makes any sense? ), so I've limited my own personal use to either, or.., while then leads me to explore one other plating type besides Pure ( Red - Un-Plated ) Copper as the long favorite IEC Female by many here, and that's to purchase one of the Monosaudio F109G Gold Plated Copper ones, logically I chose to go this route opposed to others as I've come to rely upon their multiple layering process of plating their plugs, whereas some merely throw a layer of silver | 24Kt gold over a copper based plugs, whereas said Monosaudio offers 4 layering as in copper | silver | palladium, followed by 24Kt gold, which as noted in the above photo I'm about to leave, more or less illuminates what I'm trying to get at.

I'll at some point also have to try the set of silver plated copper ac | iec tandem as to date I've placed a pure copper iec female on all of my cords | with the exception being the Viborg MBU1501 which came stock with rhodium plated copper connectors on both end I'm thinking the truth lies within, and I'm willing to find it, to that you can bet your last dollar.

As Duster was once again correct in selecting the Monosaudio plugs as his new reference point for lower cost alternatives | as I once again justify placing plugs which exceed $200-$750 per set on a $45 power cord, the logic just doesn't add up in my head, and while I've very very fond of say the Oyaide AP | AC-004 " Armored Series " plugs as used on both of my power line conditioner's, even at $156 per ( total cost of $312 per set ), I simply can't rationalize the thought.

Yet as it stands I can't highly | highly recommend both the Rhodium | Silver Plated Copper AC Male plugs as the place to start, of which I once again would love to acknowledge both TanteJuut ( Judith ) | Jon L. for opening my mind to, as they both called this one correctly | to which I'm grateful to you both. As said combination of Rhodium AC | Copper IEC remains intact to this very day in several cords of which I've come to absolutely love, so " Thank You Both ", but knowing as some consider all Gold Plated Copper plugs slow, with what quite a few on other forums see as an exception in the ETI Research Legato Gold Plated Copper plugs, which I believe last time I checked went for $205per, which just might make it into our home sometimes this year?, depending upon how said F109G holds up?.

Tangram, great call on the Pure Silver connectors, but call it a personal bias I've, but I'm not very fond of the black head-plate ( top ) of most brands connectors nearest the blades, and have grown used to the transparent or dark-brownish options found on the SonarQuest designs.

A rather rude | but more than welcomed awakening on all counts | but what an amazing | interesting ride it has been. In the end with any given priced cable, be it IC's | SCs | PCs?, the connectors in my mind are just as ( if not as ) important as the wiring itself.

Go figure...


Edits: 01/22/24
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