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In Reply to: What Are The Very Best Wall Receptacles? posted by thetubeguy1954 on January 31, 2010 at 09:34:41:
...I would go with an outlet that has a full bottom end. The Oyaide outlets definitely don't fill the bill. My experience with the SWO-GX and SWO-XXX is that they have a rather bass-shy presentation, and from what I've heard, so does the R1. My memory of the Acme receptacles was of a strident treble, but I can't recall what the bass was like. Overall it sounded sort of crude and sparkly. You might like the Furutechs, but they had too much treble to fit in with my system. The bass seemed solid, but the treble was too strong for me. Porter Ports--an all brass cryoed Hubbell outlet--is the outlet that I finally settled down with. On my system it comes across as extremely well balanced, with no prominences in any frequency range; its bass is strong and clean and would probably help your system out. If your treble tends to be a little rolled off though, the Furutech might be a better match.
So "the very best" varies from system to system. If you have some spare cash, you might want to try out a few of them. One thing to be aware of: break in matters. Most outlets sound a little (or a lot) harsh until they have been burned in for a while. I break in outlets by hooking them up to the refrigerator for three weeks--1-1/2 weeks on each side of the outlet. If you get multiple outlets, you can daisy chain them together and do a few at a time. Once you plug the stereo into them, you should allow a few days for them to settle in to their new surroundings. Then you should be able to judge their sonic qualities more reliably. But keep in mind that if you don't like the outlet initially, you probably never will.
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Follow Ups
- Looking at your "System Weaknesses"... - Paul_A 17:37:27 02/01/10 (14)
- "My memory of the Acme receptacles was of a strident treble" - Metralla 22:09:18 02/01/10 (3)
- 4 years - Jon L 11:12:59 02/02/10 (0)
- RE: "My memory of the Acme receptacles was of a strident treble" - geoffkait 04:11:57 02/02/10 (0)
- RE: "My memory of the Acme receptacles was of a strident treble" - Paul_A 02:53:03 02/02/10 (0)
- R1 bass shy? - kuma 21:33:33 02/01/10 (9)
- Indeed.... - alan m. kafton 10:29:40 02/02/10 (8)
- Me too! - bartc 12:14:12 02/02/10 (7)
- Me three! - Paul_A 16:40:47 02/02/10 (6)
- They're not bass shy in my system. - bartc 19:16:18 02/02/10 (5)
- The SWO-XXX really didn't work with my system. - Paul_A 05:51:58 02/03/10 (3)
- What you want - bartc 06:21:05 02/03/10 (2)
- Ditto. [nt] - alan m. kafton 22:00:04 02/02/10 (0)
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