The WW IEC connectors have a lot of play, and I'm guessing I probably nudged the IEC on my tuner the other day (a MD) and didn't realize it when I went behind the system to work with the interconnects. I was confused for 2–3 minutes earlier today wondering why the tuner wouldn't come on, when I thought to check the connection. The WW connectors tend to sag, I've noted, and enough sometimes so that the connection is lost. It's also happened on my Furman SPR-20i. It's a tight squeeze behind the system so inadvertent nudges resulting in lost connection are possible, though NOT with the PS Audio cords still in the system.
This has also happened without my going behind the system, so sometimes I guess gravity takes over. But if there's something that can be done (short of never going behind the system) without going bonkers and overhauling my power cord setup, it would be great. I have noted that the WW cord on my blu-ray player isn't sagging; it's 1m versus the 2m on the tuner.
This isn't a regular occurrence, but it's happened often enough to annoy me today. I remember someone writing to The Absolute Sound about this same issue, though not with WW cables necessarily (I don't know what brand the gentleman had).
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