What is best as wall plug : HMS Furutech Oyaide please


Hi All,

hope you are well. So my HMS copper model wall plug had been broken down because 10 years (plastic...). I wonder why not to change !
i read a lot of posts on brand and truly metal copper gold and rhodium.
i am listening vinyl with a Lenco JTN 75.
afa I learnt gold is neutral and smooth. Rhodium is mode détails and bass control.
Many thanks for your advices.
enjoy your week end
JM

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There is no “best”,

I have both brands and also both types of plug coatings with no discernible differences between them; 

The receptacle plug coatings (gold or rhodium) are alternatives to reduce oxidation , they are not tone controls.

There is no “best”, I have both brands and also all three types of receptacles  (all-Cu, all-Cu gold plated, rhodium plated) with no discernible audio differences between them. 

The receptacle plug coatings (gold or rhodium) are alternatives to primarily reduce oxidation , and they are not tone controls . I would also not get hung up on the imperceptible lab test published technical variances on transmission /connectivity .

My gold or rhodium plated All-Cu ones are still overly soft and malleable ones that require care and patience in reefing down the screws for attaching the power cable wires . I would avoid them in circumstances requiring repeated detachable power cord plug-in /plug-out circumstances .

Frankly speaking, in my experience, these wall receptacle tweaks were admittedly a very poor value for money IMO and even a questionable upgrade  over my other “normal” hospital grade quality build ones. I would not repeat it again.

Intuitively running dedicated power lines and for each of the source and amp was the key audio performance improvement creator - not the wall receptacle.

Let’s also remember that the trunk power lines from the street to your lot line in many established neighbourshoods are frequently aluminum. The link into your house and to the wall are copper . Hospital grade receptacles are all you need as the final piece IMO. 


Hospital grade will grip your plugs better than residental grade. I don' t get the overblown hype on recepticales. I don't discount people saying they hear a difference but is that due to the receptical or human nature? Try a hospital grade they are not expensive if you think it affects the sound then get an expensive boutique one and enjoy it. 
There is a very long history of receptacles used for audio applications. There is no mystery, no hocus locus, and no doubt that the audiophile grade receptacles that have appeared during the past twenty five years are generally better than stock receptacles, sometimes far better. Hospital grade outlets have always taken a back seat to audiophile grade outlets. The same goes for power cord plugs and power cords. Hel-loo! No matter how much you have in the end you would have had even more if you started out with more.
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