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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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millercarbon
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Now you know why Pink Floyd wrote Goodbye Cruel World.

Yes you can go battery. Go ahead. All in all its just another brick in the wall.
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petg60
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Hi,
its nice to have the power inlet away from inputs and speaker output in a power amp. For preamps far left or right and away from inputs.
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lak
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An even bigger challenge for me is when the AC inlet is on the side of the component, for me that looks odd and I don't care for it.
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I've never had a component with the power cord on the side, but I would think it would solve most of my objections.
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