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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
 
Jeff, you should always have a quality wall outlet as it makes a big difference in sound. Why would you want to plug your expensive gear into a poorly made 39 cent contractor grade outlet? This is like finger nails on a chalkboard! LOL :)
mitch2
3,747 posts
 
FYI all, I just received three new Porter Ports and these are Hubbell HBL5362W receptacles that are unplated and cryo treated (no green dots as shown on their website), so these should be virtually identical to the Cabledyne receptacles unless there are differences between the cryo treatments used. I did see that Cabledyne conditions their outlets on a Cable Cooker so I will do that myself with the Porter Ports. I am running some new circuits to make things easier to hook up. I currently have ACME outlets for my gear so will be interesting to compare.
theaudiotweak
2,778 posts
 
I sent 8 Hubbell 5361 single outlets to be double cryo'd. I have 3 20 amp dedicated circuits in use and will replace the current FMS outlets with these. I have some 2024 aluminum 1/2 plate that I will have sized and cut to fit the outlets. These finished plates will be for wall mounting the outlets. The aluminum plates will be mechanically grounded to the concrete wall behind with brass rod and some special Audio Points. Tom
arcamguy
83 posts
 
Sonic,
Thanks for your feedback; I plan to replace the outlets.
Jeff
sonic_genius
528 posts
 
ARCAMGUY: You are welcome. I have added many more HBL5362s and now prefer them to the Furutechs after hundreds of hours of listening. Build quality is first rate.
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