A Surprise Result

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Originally Posted by Rod#S

Is that the pre-amp I see in the 2nd photo with the blue cord coming out? It certainly looks like it's severely angled downwards at the IEC. Over time I suspect that will be a lot of stress on the connector. Seems odd McIntosh would use a subpar connector.

That's the SACD player in the second photo, with a WW Stratus on it. Some other cords are worse, such as on the BD player and LD player (that one has a C7 adaptor on it) to the right in the photo. I attached a photo (I just dusted a few days ago; it's back already!). Shorter cords seem helpful; I repositioned the Electra on my preamp (the gold one) so it's been stable since yesterday. But it took about 10 minutes of adjusting to get it to sit as it now does.

I have no complaints about the sound, but I don't like the drooping IECs either. I'm pleased with the smoothness the Electra brought over the Aurora 5 it replaced. Not a complete surprise, but a nice result.