Y power cable for Monoblocks

Hi Nick,

Get a Hammond power strip. See this thread:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1250444924

Best,
-- Al

There are adapters which will allow for one IEC pc to feed two others. it has the male IEC end, with two female NEMA (wall outlet) ends. $10.

Personally, unless that power strip of your's is a real doozy, I'd buy me a nice power filter/conditioner like Audio Magic, PS Audio, or Running Springs, etc., and plug my front end items into it, Use the strip then to feed the amps.

or... if it's your wall/home, turn the single duplex outlet into a double duplex outlet, and in the doing, step up the outlets. I'd also advise you use perhaps, two ckts. A different one for front end stuff and another for amps & preamps..

However, if everything runs ok as is... or if it's a dedicated ckt to begin with, simply cutting the wall opening to a bit larger one, adding/replacing the outlet box, adding one more duplex receptacle and a foot or so of Romex for a pigtail which will feed both outlets, should run around $10 and take about an hour or less to do.

Now you do know getting an electrician will be best and I've got recommend it here... but I was once and have done this with my eyes almost completely closed. it ain't that hard. it all comes down to how much draw these new amps will have plus what's on the ckt already.

Never heard of a "Y" power cable.

When I worked in construction we would make our own power strips (only they were square). We would cut off and discard the female end of a heavy-duty extension cord and then connect the remaining wire to two duplex outlets inside a metal work box with a metal cover.

For audio you could go as fancy or cheap as you want on whatever power cord and duplex outlet(s) you choose.

That is just another option. Personally, I would use a good power conditioner or strip.

I just bought a 10 gauge 6' cable with a Hubbell fourplex box on the end for around $100.00 shipped from Zebra cables. I was going to do it myself, but the parts alone cost almost as much as having it done by a pro. I bought it for the same reason. Not enough outlets. Looks a lot better than if I would have done it.