Upgrading wall outlets

This thread is a hoot I must post the following short reminders...

...all amplifiers sound the same...
...all cables sound the same...
...all (insert ignorant statement) sound the same...

AND: ALL DOUBTING THOMAS'S SOUND THE SAME

fwiw: this one's been here for all of 90 days; what more would you expect? They come & they go. We've seeen it all after 10+ years on these boards.

Hmmm, so now all of the psuedo-experts and engineers come out. Guys, by all means believe what you want to believe. By all means discount physics and electromagnetic theory.

Stanwal - I never claimed that I hadn't tried ever tried changing an outlet. Nor had I claimed that there could not be an improvement by do so. What I DID claim is that I don't believe that, in and of itself (and barring some major issue with the power delivery in an average home, which should be addressed at the source of the problem), changing an outlet will make a substantial difference in the sonic signature of an amplifier (or any other piece of analog and/or digital) audio gear.

Jea48 - Interesting article. It starts out with some good factual information, then concludes with some personal examples and advice which has little or no correlation with the factual information.

Bob_bundus - 'nuff said.

One last word: if "hospital grade outlets" are so important, why doesn't any high-end audio equipment manufacturer recommend this necessary upgrade? If super-expensive rooty-tooty power cords are so necessary, please advise me of which high-end audio equipment manufacturers design, build, sell and/or recommend this essential part? Can you explain why CJ, or ARC, or Krell, or McIntosh amongst others would both compromise their expensive systems and leave money on the table?

Gr3098's last question is excellent. I've often wondered at it myself. The old "aiming for a price point" excuse is not gonna fly here.

Okay, I’ll take the bait.
All major manufactures attempt to hold costs down to be completive. Suggesting additional purchases or modifications suggests more dollars spent for additional equipment can be counter productive to a sale. Some audiophiles always have their expensive gear modified. Why you ask? Because the manufactures attempt to hold the cost down. This is true across the board at all levels.
You are playing devils advocate…we’ve seen this in audio ever since the start up of the internet and on line audio websites.

You mean Caliburn, Boulder, etc, attempt to hold DOWN costs? I don't believe it. Or rather, I believe they attempt to hold their costs down, but not the price tag to he consumer. At a certain level (and maybe at lots of levels -- $2k/meter cables? -- the far and away most obvious selling point is just how damned expensive the product is compared to the alternatives!), higher price tag is what the consumer WANTS, and helps the sale. So the very highest cost/end manufacturers wouldn't, I think, hesitate to supply whatever they felt would induce the illusion of the truly best performance, including supplying dedicated power cords and electrical outlets and hosts of other "tweaks".

Some audiophiles always modify even their expensive gear because they are tweakers and want something unique, plain and simple.