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Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362

Just as I was about to purchase 3 Porter Ports yesterday, a friend of mine drew my attention to a new offering on the market, cryoed HBL 5362 by Cabledyne (www.cabledyne.com). Price wise there is considerable difference (as it appears to me): Porter Ports sell of $36 ea. + $12 shipping (for up to 3 units) against $25 each with free US shipping currently being offered by Cabledyne. My heart says Porter Port, but my mind -possibly biased by my friend - says Cabledyne.
Would greatly appreciate the advice from and personal experience/comparison from fellow audiogoners.
thank you in advance.
lall
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stringreen
6,436 posts
 
Porter Ports are very good...I was using them for years, but found Maestro better and switched out.
marqmike
839 posts
 
+1 Stringreen. I am impressed by how much the Maestro opened up my system. More refined, open and natural to me. For me that was going from a standard leviton outlet to the Maestro. It seemed like a change that I might experience if I sent my amp and source in and they upgraded all the signal components 1-2 levels. I was expecting a little improvement but not what I got.
ketchup
692 posts
 
Which outlet grips the power cord better between the Porter Ports and the 5362? The Porter Ports are supposed to have hospital grade contacts and the 5362 is industrial grade, so there might be a difference. Can anyone who has both do a quick test?
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Both are tight, IMO. Hubbell 8300 Hosp. grade and HBL5362. The Furutech outlets are even tighter.
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Looks like Cabledyne has the Hubbell HBL5362 on sale. Best price I could find.

http://www.cabledyne.com/hubbell-outlet.html
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