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Power Cord Placement

Imagine the back panel of a high quality power amplifier or preamp.  Where's the inlet socket for the power cord?  Sometimes it's to the far left, sometimes to the far right, but what really annoys me is when the inlet is right in the middle.  I cannot think of a more difficult location when it comes to distancing power cables from audio cables.  It makes want to consider battery powered equipment!
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twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears
5,318 posts
 
Best position if the designer wants to make the innards dual-mono.
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b_limo
2,274 posts
 
I actually prefer the center as wel.  Speaker connections far right and far left with inputs out of the way of everything as well
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limomangus
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It is annoying when you to change your whole set up.The same with power cord lengths.
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jond
5,807 posts
 
#1stworldproblems :) But seriously it does depend on the design as stated above. I like the layout of my tube amp inputs front left corner, captive AC cable back left corner, binding posts center. I don't move or change things much so not as much a bother to me.
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