Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others

Hey, If this thread becomes TOO "reasonable" I'll have to stop following it. How about some good old fashioned vitriol, recrimination and name calling? Are we becoming genteel in our old age?

Hi Mehdi..!.. I have just ordered an AC outlet HUBBELL HBL 5363 w.
I Will have it hope fully next week.. Apparently i need an other week for breaking in And i would say i may be able to give my p. View. It cost only 32 $ if you buy it from Cabledyne .. I already use oyaide And i am going to see if it´s a good AC wall outlet.. I promesse to whom it may be interesting that i shall give an Honest answer And hope that Will help .

Hi Cahed, I look forward to what you have to say,what Oyaide do you have?

After having great experience with Furutech GTX-R, I have now replaced all wall outlets with them for all my systems and maybe replace those in the power conditioners as well (not that easy as I have Audience PC).

I would appreciate more comparisons between the GTX-R and the Oyaide R1, thanks!

IME, the ROI of upgrading wall sockets is much higher than spending $$$ on power cables.

To Almarg: as for reducing the resistance, should one consider soldering the joints additionally? On a related topic: I have soldered all the connections in my speakers (leaving the spades connectors in their original positions) with Cardas Quad Eutectic and got a noticeable improvement in sound.

06-21-14: Jazzonthehudson
To Almarg: as for reducing the resistance, should one consider soldering the joints additionally?

My guess is that use of a good contact cleaner would provide the same benefits (if any) that soldering would. As I indicated earlier:

The basic point to my previous post was to provide a quantitative perspective on the differences in resistance that were cited .... I believe that if in fact there are differences in the behavior of those outlets that are audibly perceptible to some listeners in some systems, the differences in resistance that were indicated in the reference are very unlikely to be the reason. And even if there is a difference and resistance is the reason, the difference could work in either direction (good or bad), depending on the happenstance of the line voltage at the particular location and on the design of the particular components.

Also, I would have some concern that applying enough heat to the terminals of an outlet for solder to flow properly, given that the outlet's internal conductors and the heavy gauge power wiring will conduct a good deal of that heat away, might result in internal damage to the outlet. Not something I would want to take any chances with.

IMO. Other opinions may differ, of course.

Regards,
-- Al