AC Outlet w/ Clairity, Trasparency, Bass Weight


Looking for an ac outlet that supports transparency with crystal clear highs, full sound and no leannes; bass weight too. 15 amp or 20 amp is fine. Will be replacing an FIM 880.
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Showing 4 responses by mikelavigne

you want an Oyaide R-1 ($145) with a WPC-Z ($225) cover plate.

this combo is ridiculously expensive but worth it. i have 13 of them in my system.

i have a box of 11 Jena Labs Cryo'd duplex outlets sitting in my closet (essentailly the same as the FIM) which i'll sell very cheaply.
here is a bit more explanation of my initial post in this thread.

approximately 4 years ago a local audiophile dealer friend offered to install a few of Oyaide duplex outlets in my system. i had been using the Jena Labs cryo'd outlets. he said he would remove them and charge me nothing if i did not like what they did. i told him it was not something i cared that much about, but what the heck....go ahead.

i had 11 of the Jena Labs outlets; initially my friend installed 3 of the R-1 outlets and WPC-Z cover plates. i used them on my amp, preamp and digital player.

i was not prepared for the degree of improvement in everything.....noise floor, vividness, dynamics, overall clarity. i was floored that simply improving the connection for my power cords could do that.

i had my friend add 2 more of the outlets so i could use them for everything, and still have enough of the Jena's in my system for a valid A/B. over the next 2 weeks approx 10 local audiophile visited for the A/B demo on the Oyaide outlets. 100% were very dumbfounded that there could be that difference.

then i replaced the other Jena's with the Oyaide R-1 and WPC-Z covers.

i was not expecting the change; in fact i was hopeing there would be no change. this was not any sort of placebo effect. the other friends who heard the A/B were quite skeptical.

ya gotta listen with an open mind.

yes; they are spendy. but paying for a gear upgrade to equal improving your power supply performance from these outlets would cost you more.....or maybe would not be attainable in any other way.
Zargon,

Mikelavigne... do you think there is there any such correlation with your system? For example, do you live next to an industrial complex or out in the forest?

i live 30 miles east of Seattle in the mountains.....in a development of 3 to 6 acre lots.....next to a wilderness area---protected watershed. i have my own transformer out on the road and have a dedicated home run to a dedicated panel in my separate building (a barn) away from my house. there is nothing but trees and homes within 4 miles of my home. and there is a 4000 foot ridge between my home and any significant development.

my system is inherently quiet in terms of power. i have almost zero ambient noise inside my room. yet there are still performance improvements there to be had with power grid upgrades.

my next planned upgrade is to add an isolation transformer upstream of my dedicated panel. i'm seriously considering the Equi=tech Wall Panel System.
relating to the concept of 'leanness' is the issue of 'bloat'. when bass becomes over ripe or boomey then that is a much bigger problem than a touch of leanness. and some power products particularly power cords can just sound too heavy. there is an overlay of excess bass energy.

agility is more important to me than bass weight.....i'll tend to balance a system more toward neutrality. bass bloat will sometimes be enjoyable on some music; but over time it detracts from the music. and a 'fat' bass balance will obscure deep bass artricualtion and ambience retrieval.

Oyaide R-1 outlets and WPC-Z covers are not lean; however, they will tend to clean up 'fuzz' in the signal path and detail will pop out. if your system is edgy maybe you might prefer the 'fuzz'.