Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others

I too bought the Oyaide R-1 from Chris @ VH Audio to replace the Shunyata SR-Z1 outlet that I had been using for awhile. Man, the R-1 spanked the Z1 right out of the box!! What a HUGE DIFFERENCE!! It was like an upgrade to a higher end amp or preamp! I CANNOT recommend it more HIGHLY! Well worth the money & get the Carbon Fiber/aluminum wall plate to go with it. I"ve heard that there is even MORE to be had by using this wallplate. Read the reviews for it. Jonathan Hart

@ Minddr, Great post and comparisons with the recepticles, I believe my first choice still remains what I will buy, The Oyaide R-1 recepticle, It's a good all around recepticle, and the post about how so many users like it keep pouring in here!, do you have Rhodium plated or gold plated?, Have you listened to the differences in sound between these two metals?, If so, what's you impressions?

>> I understood it completely<<

I guess there's a first time for everything

Regarding the comments about resistance and voltage drop, as I see it a couple of things should be kept in mind:

1)In the "New Heavyweight Contender" link which Dave provided, the highest resistance shown for any of the receptacles listed is 2.7 milliohms. That is 0.0027 ohms. Even for a large current spike of say 20 amps, that would result in a voltage drop of only 20 x 0.0027 = 0.054 volts (about one-twentieth of a volt). For components other than power amplifiers which draw large amounts of current, the resulting voltage drop would be way less than that.

Given typical gauges and lengths of the house wiring, turning on a 60 watt light bulb that is on the same circuit as the audio system, or leaving a low powered line-level audio component in the system turned on while it is not being used, will result in the AC voltage decreasing by about as much or more than 0.054 volts.

Furthermore, for audio components having regulated power supplies (although that excludes most power amplifiers), that very tiny voltage reduction will be reduced much more by the voltage regulator circuitry in the component.

2)Presumably there is a specific line voltage at which a particular component will sound its best, say 120.0 volts for example. If the AC voltage at the particular location happens to be higher than whatever that number happens to be for a specific component (and it is extremely common these days for AC voltages to be significantly higher than 120 volts), minimizing resistance and consequently voltage drop in the receptacle, the power plug, the power cord, etc., may actually degrade the sound, if it makes any difference at all.

Regards,
-- Al

very good post Almarg, I did not know that a/c voltages could be, and likly higher than 120 volts, if that is true, and I'm sure you have proof, that would change my perspective on the out come of resistance specs for plugs, power cords, and recepticles that you have said here, does it matter?, mmmm, I am learning the opinions from the community, cheers.