Hospital Grade Wall Outlets

Sorry to burst your bubbles guys. I used to work for Hubbell for a number of years. Their receptacles are truly built like tanks, with the highest of quality & will last forever. Although they are fairly expensive for what they are, (compared to competition) most architects spec them into their commercial buildings simply because they are trouble free. You will notice they make a solid connection to what ever is plugged into them & require a healthy amount of force to remove the inserted plug. Due to this solid connection you may hear a very very slight sonic improvement. That is if you really strain your ears, concentrate fully & of course the mood has got to be right (if you know what I mean). As far as hearing sonic differences between hospital grades & commercial grades, 15 amp & 20 amp receptacles, so on & so on, well...there would be virtually none. Hubbell never has & never will make any claim to thier receptacles making any audio sonic improvements. In fact, (no offense) the Hubbell engineers find the subject thier receptacles making sonic improvents to be quite amusing. The Marketing guys like it though!!!

Anybody tried the Wattagate? This puppy is about $75, roughly and it designed exclusively for Audio. Experience with this goodie? Anyone? Or is this some serious snake-oil?

I'm a little hesitant to ask this question, but while we're on the subject of audio grade outlets, does anyone know if there are specific brands or models of circuit breakers that provide audible improvements over the standard issue at most hardware stores? I've noticed some improvements by simply replacing some older circuit breakers with newer ones.

I bought a pair of power cords and a Pass and Seymour LP1 outlet from kevperro. The outlet stands above most tweaks I have tried in terms of improved imaging and cleaner, not softer, treble. The PC's made a subtle but audible improvement, the effect of the outlet was not subtle, probably because the one I replaced was so old and worn. One often hears the phrase "holographic mid-range"; but we also know that higher frequencies are more directional. Shouldn't it be true that improvements that are made to the highs are more important to imaging? There's a thread!

Kitch, it is definitely true. We got ourselves a pair of the plasma tweeters from a-capella to implement our ESL's and the improvement in imaging and in the placement of the individual instruments was quite amazing.