Removal of plug/wall outlet - hard connection ?

Terry, there's no doubt that what you are doing with the electrical can be sonically beneficial.

However, these specific improvements cannot exceed the performance of proper line conditioning and your dedicated lines are not cleansing the dirty AC coming in from the street.

Moreover, it appears you are altering your components and/or speakers to the point where few people would ever purchase them should you ever put them up for sale (assuming you disclose these alterations in the ads).

In other words, I would like to caution you that there are greater gains to be had than those that may permanently alter your components/speakers.

But I also commend your experimental qualities as you are realizing there is much to be gained from altering/improving the AC.

In fact, since you've gone this far, I would suggest removing the power cables altogether and just load the romex to the IEC connectors going into the components. And then if you're really up to it, contact Cryo-Nebraska and ask them to purchase some 12 gauge Romex solid core at their local hardware store and then double-cryo-treat and ship to you for installation. Not to mention obtaining double-cryo-treated IEC connectors.

-IMO

Stehno,
Thank you. I am truly convinced that the poorest connection in my entire stereo system is PC plug/receptacle connection.
I know by removing plug/duplex does not clean/condition the 120VAC 60HZ, but makes an airtight solid connection.

Hard wiring the Romex directly to the amp results in the poorest sound quality, the PC must be in the circuit which generates the best sound quality.

It is not possible to redo my dedicated lines with the materials you suggest.

Yes, I agree about the safety/code aspects, but I have found another way to acheive a connection that is extremely close to hard wiring.
I have made up a device that secures 2 pcs of the 079 Oyaide 15 amps plugs together, hardwired both to my PC and plugs into both outlets on the Oyaide GX duplex. The dual plugs are vertically supported and secured by a pc of wood going down to the floor and strapped horizontal to minimize movements.
This have doubled surface area electrical connections and sounds very close to the hardwired version.
The front end componets generate a lesser degree of improvements than the power amps.

thx Terry

Carl109, generally when somebody mentions something like bass notes have gained another full octave, some-to-many of us assume that what they are describing is existing and unchanged bass notes already embedded in the medium have become more well-defined during playback and therefore, as in this case, seem to sound deeper, tighter, and perhaps a bit more accurate.

Hence, explanations such as yours or mine here are usually not necessary. In fact, I would think it extremely unusual for a reader to interpret that statement the way you apparently did.

-IMO

Stehno, I know what you're saying. It's just that I interpreted the statement about "gaining another octave" as per the English language (ie 12 semitomes below the original note).
I've been a bassist for 20 years and my wife has a B.Mus Degree, so I get a little tired of a small number of A'goner's who use confused terminology when glowingly describing system sound or improvements.
If we just describe what we hear (for example, "bass notes gained more definition" or "lower frequencies gained strength and prominence") then everyone will be able to imagine what the writer is describing.