Wall Outlet Oyaide, Furutek, Wattgate, and others

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

Almarg, check out that thread about up-grading rca connections, a member posted that he used weed eater line inside the cable around his conductors, LOL!, no, this is not a joke, I hope it's not, maybe, He seemed serious about the improved sound!

Thanks Al, for your always swift and to the point responses! As for contact cleaners, I use DeoxIt Gold for AC and Stabilant 22 for audio signal connections.

Bought a set of Oyaide M1/F1 to see if they fit in my system

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It needs to Break in Will let you know only Time Will help to find out if Hubbell is the Ferrari of all the réceptacles or not. Thx for being patiente

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