RECOMMEDATIONS FOR AC RECEPTACLE

Received them and installed them and almost immediately I notice my HDTV picture had greater clarity and it cleaned up the video noise. The Picture is awesome and the graphics didn't have those little jagged edges.

In the meantime, my music jumped out at me, with greater transparent detail, depth, and tighter bass. But I also noticed that the highs were a tad bit harsh especially on piano.

Like others have said the outlets probably need more burn-in time.
Unless the PS audio Power Ports have been changed the contacts and supporting back strap are nickel plated. Many say that's not good.
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Just finished running a dedicated line with two circuits with an isolated ground.

Isolated ground? Did you still tie the receptacle equipment grounds back to the ground bar in the electrical panel the dedicated branch circuits were fed from?

Blindjim, I appreciate your detailed response to my questions. What a novel thought: Define the problem before trying to bring solutions to it.
First of all I will perform the breaker test and the unplugging of the connections to the cable...These are easy and very economical.

I was already looking into another power conditioner or I may take your advice and add a passive line filter.
The Bybee purifiers and the dakiom stabilizers are all tweaks I purchase prior to the Meridian 568MM.

My B&W 801's are about 20 years old and when I first got them they were a little muddy sounding on the bass. Adding the bybee purifiers, unplugging the automatic overload protection circuit and adding speaker stands tightened the bass. Found out from reading forums like this, that all they needed was clean, high current power. The Earthquake Cinenova 5ch 300wpc continuous made the bass even tighter and deeper. AS a matter of fact, a friend of mine has the B&W Nautilus 802's and he always declares that my mids and highs are cleaner than his. His opinion which I concur with.

I am going to trouble shoot the harshness by going back and removing the dakiom purifiers. May also remove the bybees to see if they are contributing to my problem, I doubt it, but will give it a try.

Blindjim besides the obvious what are the advantages of a 20 amp outlet compared to a 15amp?
Thankyou so much!

I've used the Power Ports, various Furutechs, various Wattgates and all the Oyaides. The Oyaide R1s outperform all the others in my system, greater transparency and detail without any edge or stridency, there is simply no downside in my system. Initially I was skeptical that one ac receptacle could be that much better than others, however, the R1 is a big step up! Mine were also cyro treated by Alan at Audio Excellence, good guy.

I got several cryo'd Ac receptacles from Cryoparts here on Audiogon. They are Hubble and P&S. The top end through my maggies now have less grain. It was a small but noticable improvement for around $15. I now plug my powervar into it. Highly recommended. Next, I will try changing all the AC recepticles in the powervar.

Porterports. Do a search of discussion forums..

No bad reviews.

Just buy yourself one...and another brand to compare.