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Porter Ports or Cabledyne Cryo Hubbell 5362

Just as I was about to purchase 3 Porter Ports yesterday, a friend of mine drew my attention to a new offering on the market, cryoed HBL 5362 by Cabledyne (www.cabledyne.com). Price wise there is considerable difference (as it appears to me): Porter Ports sell of $36 ea. + $12 shipping (for up to 3 units) against $25 each with free US shipping currently being offered by Cabledyne. My heart says Porter Port, but my mind -possibly biased by my friend - says Cabledyne.
Would greatly appreciate the advice from and personal experience/comparison from fellow audiogoners.
thank you in advance.
lall
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
What happened to all the URL links here in AudioGon? All I get is 404 errors. I will repost the URLS.

http://www.cabledyne.com/hubbell-outlet.html
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
Attn: LAll. Any news on your comprehensive outlet testing?
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
I Have not heard from Lall yet but a friend and I just completed some outlet testing. The comparison was done between the Hubbell HBL5362 cryo industrial grade and a Hubbell 8300 cryo hospital grade outlets. The 5362 is all brass and the 8300 is nickel plated brass. I will be brief here since many would like Cliffs.

5362: Solid bass, warm mids, and neutral highs.

8300: Thin bass, neutral mids, bright highs.

The 8300 was once popular but it is clear to me that the 5362 is the winner. JMO, YMMV.

Nice to see what others are saying.
donjr
1,335 posts
 
Thanks for the information. I use the Porter Ports and my system leans towards warm. I may be moving to ss so this could be a helpful tweak if I follow though.
lall OP
122 posts
 
Results: my shootout is almost complete with 5 different outlets (a pair of duplexes tested in each case)
- Hubbell 5362 Cryo (from Cabledyne)
- Porter Ports
- Hubbell 8300 (non cryo)
- FIM 880 Gold
- Legrand
Am in process of writing the detailed findings. Will post them within a day or two.
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