Oyaide outlets

Just a couple of thoughts about the Oyaide's (the outlets and the connectors), they can indeed be 'too much of a good thing', specifically if your system is already very highly tuned and refined. And cryoing can exacerbate this effect. The reason for this should be obvious, in that much of the high-end gear we all use was not 'voiced' using Oyaide's or cryo'ed AC products of any kind.
In my main system, I use all cryo'ed FIM 880 outlets (the version prior to the current gold-plated models), and they are terrific. When I tried the Oyaide outlets (one of each), I found them to be a little too 'in your face', as well as obscuring fine bass differentiation.
I also had issues with an Oyaide connector on my (former) reference power cord. The owner of the audio salon that I've done business with for 25 years spoke very highly of the improvement the F1/M1 connectors made to the (name withheld to protect the innocent from going off-topic) power cord. He loaned me his re-terminated version of my PC, and It was frankly terrible. Shrill, spotlit, all of the adjectives typically used to define unnatural brightness. And bass? What bass? You could hear it only by listening for it. Frankly, it made my system sound like it was powered by an A/V receiver on steroids. After reviewing the materials used in the F1/M1 connectors, it makes me suspect that lowered conductivity/high resistance may be the culprit. Those connectors are made with beryllium copper, platinum, and palladium, all of which are poor conductors compared to copper, gold, silver or even high-cu brass.
Now before I get flamed, please note that I have heard Oyaide products in other systems in which they sounded fine, but in my highly-tweaked system, they were just too much.

After reviewing the materials used in the F1/M1 connectors, it makes me suspect that lowered conductivity/high resistance may be the culprit. Those connectors are made with beryllium copper, platinum, and palladium, all of which are poor conductors compared to copper, gold, silver or even high-cu brass.

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Hi Guys, I'm rather late in joining this thread, but I was wondering how the Oyaide outlets stacked up against the Wattgate 381 and the Isoclean Ag wall socket ICP-003G-(Isoclean's newest outlet)? I have had both, the Wattgate 381 outlets and the Isoclean ICP-002J outlet, in my system for quite some time now. Thanks! Stan

I can't use them, as they only take 12g wires.

After listening to 12g vs 10g wires for dedicated lines in my system, I won't go back to 12g. And then listening to 10g stranded v 10g solid, I won't go back to stranded. The size of stage is larger(both width, depth, and height), there is a more confident pace and swagger to the system with solid core, much better PRaT (this was 10g solid vs Stranded - both made the 12g sound "clogged" or veiled). Like better interconnects between preamp and monoblock amps.(I have 4 dedicated lines, for various gear, same phase of the pannel; all were very well broken in both in terms of amperage and time, and could compare various gear for best synergy)

So I stick to Acme and FIM. The Acme's really do the focus of deep bass and hall info like no other, and the FIM's are musical, yet still detailed. I use what works synergy wise with various gear (digital seperated from analog, and amps, and preamps,....)