Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets

squared80

I too did not know if receptacles would make a difference, but instead of just accepting that fact; I ordered 7 different receptacles and did a many month  comparison in my system and home. I kept the receptacles I liked and improved the sound, and gave the others away to friends.

To me this is the proper way to see for yourself, not blindly saying they make no difference.

By the way, a good friend loves the Cardas 4181 that I gave him so much, he wired his entire listening room with them; and had 2 dedicated lines installed.

@vthokie83

+1 Good approach, I’ve done that before with other accessories. Not being in a hurry is really important when evaluating changes likely to be subtle.

@emergingsoul

The quick answer, no. Not that I might not try that some day.

I tend to go through an upgrade cycle… speakers, components, wires, and adjust for a year or two and then just listen for many years. I’m in the listening period. During this time I know exactly what my system sounds like, 2 - 3 hours of listening a day. Then every once in a while I’ll think of some little tweak I have not tried… like a few months ago I got Cardas caps for my unused RCA outputs on my preamp. I didn’t notice any difference… but then the cost was very low. Then I tried one outlet… nice improvement… then the one to the amp… small improvement, not as much as the one to the other components… but worthy of the $200 investment.

Anyway during the long period between upgrades… for me usually about seven years, I use this time to evaluate more subtle small upgrades.

@ghdprentice 

You need to do a video to immortalize all that you do. Clearly a lot going on under the hood. 

Thanks for your kind words. I am a scientist at heart (also by training) and am very intensely interested in what I am interested in… and drive to understand the forest through the trees. My interests are very long termed.

@jea48 no I ordered the Hubble 5362. No replying needed. 

Made zero difference. Will let it run a while.