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Albertporter only needs 50

Hey Audiogoners,

Albertporter has made a great offer to coordinate the bulk purchase of cryoed Hubbel outlets. My feeling if it's good enough for Albert's system, it's good enough for mine. But we need more people to participate to make it worth while. Check this post out: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?hbest&1021587031&read&keyw&zzoutlet

If you don't have time to check out the entire post here is Albert's offer:

"If a group of you want to go together, buy a box or case of outlets, I can get a quantity discount for us for the full cryo treatment. There will be no special packaging or wrappers, but you will have ultimate performance for a fraction of the cost.(This is exactly what I did)."

I spoke with Albert earlier today and he is willing to arrange for the purchase of the outlets in Dallas, have them treated and then probably ship them out Fedex ground. Albert would be doing us all a favor and his only interest is in helping the audio community. Let him know how many you are interested in. I'm in for six (6).
grandpoobah
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audiotomb
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Thanks Albert

I really appreciate all you are doing to make this a reality

Tom
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albertporter
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Here is a progress report for all that have participated.

I contacted Hubbell about two weeks ago and ask about the variation in specifications for the 8300HI (20 amp Hospital grade, Ivory color).

I have samples of three versions, each have high quality construction with same electrical specifications, but are constructed from completely different materials and plating and various ground strap designs.

Not commonly known, there is a special version of this outlet that is ALL copper construction, including the back strap, mount ears and current and ground clamps. This particular version has NO plating whatsoever. It is 20 amp, heavy construction and true Hospital grade and is marked as such.

I had a brief argument via email with a manufacturer that told me these were in fact plated, and even though I had a sample, I could not convince him otherwise.

I now have everyone's outlets in hand as of 4:30 this afternoon and they ARE NOT plated. I did have to UPS in a special order, as these were not in stock at any supply houses in Dallas.

I will ship everything Monday the 11th for treatment, and will post here as soon as I know the turn time for the immersion tanks at NASA to complete the process.

Thanks to everyone for remaining patient with me. Needless to say I am excited that the quality of this project is absolutely on target.
kinsekd
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Does this transaction qualify for positive feedback? I am inclined to do so if it does.
btstrg
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I would think so. I know I will be doing so. As far as Albert, that would be alot of time for him as far as him leaving feedback for all of us, as I believe there are quite a few of us that participated in this transaction. I personally would not be upset if Albert did not have time to leave me feedback. But he truly deserves positive feedback for undertaking this huge project, in my honest opinion.
bbtuna
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I will be giving him positive feedback and would of course like the same if he felt it was positive for him too. But I understand if he doesn't have time and I will give him positive kudos either way.

charles
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