The Best AC/ IEC power plug combination. Oyaide, Iego, Neotech

richardhk
Some great questions.  Consider PM'ing Williewonka for his participation in this thread to benefit others.  Willie has done a lot of DIY cable work including power cords.  He might have some input for you.  I'll certainly be interested in what he has to say.

I use IEGO (Gold) male and Furutech Fi-28 Gold IEC on my solid core power cords used on BAT vk-600SE, Einstein The tube MKII and Mcintosh CD player, with a great result.

My experience with IEGO Silver (Male/IEC) as well as IEGO Gold IEC, was not enchanting and found it too bright with a lack of BASS. This is based on my experience with different power cords (Furutech, Transparent Audio, Tara labs and Neotech).

IEGO Gold Plugs are very dynamic and well extended on High Frequency, nice midrange Fr. as well as very good Bass. Beside, they also have an EXCELLENT articulation of music notes especially on piano, strings and voices. This is not the case with Furutech Gold plugs or Neotech which have more warmness and could loose some HF details. Furutech Rhodium male is very neutral and could exhibit some brightness.

IEGO ppower cords are also very good with IEGO Gold Male and Furutech Fi-28 Rhodium.

Neotech NEP-3003 MKII (hybrid) power cord is a very good PC too with Neotech AC (gold) plugs or IEGO Gold male and furutech Rhodium, really 3D effect and detailed. 

There are some useful reviews on this link:
http://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/cables-reviews/power-cable-reviews/power-conn-compared-part3-...
 
Hope that would help...

@michelzay Thanks for sharing that.

To give some more information about my project:

The cabling will be Audioquest psc+ copper. It is multiple wires/ strands of solidcore, to have the best from both basically.

I have noticed that resonance control has more influence on the sound at the iec than ac plug. The closer, more downstream, fed the more important it seems.

This is aligned with the idea that the last meters in a chain matters more, than the first hundreds meter of wire to your house.

So I guess in terms of influence, IEC will be more significant than the AC.

The question is where to put the gold and where to put the rho/ silver in that case?

In addition, the above got me thinking. Any comment about:

• Iego 8085 gold ac plug with Neotech OCC Rhodium iec plug or

• Iego 8085 gold ac plug with Oyaide F1 plug?

@richardhk,

Regarding IEC / Ac male plugs influence on sound quality, there have been some discussions all around. we are talking about 1 to 3 meter PC.! I found more neural IEC plating plugs, would offer better balanced result. Even IEC pure copper (Furutech Fi-15), would sound fantastic in combination of AC gold/Rhodium Male plugs (on pure copper PC)

Audioquest power cords with modified AC plugs are very good, well detailed and well defined images as 3D. I still have one NRG-2 and NRG-4. I would suggest to send them for Cryo treatment too. It will improve its capabilities by 10%-20%. The only problem is that they are 14AWG PC and could not drain enough current for my amp or my preamp! Of course, the Storm series have higher gauges ...

IEGO 8085 gold male would work out fine with any Rhodium IEC. I am not familiar with Oyaide F1, I think your ears are the best judge.  

cheers...

@michelzay Thanks for your suggestions.

How do the Iego 8085 ac gold plug compare to the Neotech OCC ac gold plug?

Do you have any better suggestions than the above as AC plug?

What is the best IEC plug in your opinion?

Have you tried any of the Oyaide plugs?