A cable dilemna. Sort of.
ROHfan
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I guess it's just a luxury problem, really.
So I just got me some new Pangea power cords and got them all hooked up, except one. It seems my Mapletree tube preamp doesn't like the Pangea 14SE plugged into it. You see, the preamp is on top of my new entertainment center, back near the wall. When I plug the Pangea into it the front of the preamp pops a wheelie. It seems the weight of the cord is too much for it.
So, how can I combat this issue? If I put a big enough service loop in the cord I can't push the entertainment center back close enough to the wall. If I do anything else with the cord, the preamp just moves around all willy-nilly. I suppose I could find a 90-degree adapter that would allow me to plug the power cord up into the adapter from the bottom but I really don't want to introduce more connections. And securing the unit to the top of the rack is out of the question. Don't want to harm the wood veneer, which is beautiful.
Has anyone else had this issue and have found a workaround?
So I just got me some new Pangea power cords and got them all hooked up, except one. It seems my Mapletree tube preamp doesn't like the Pangea 14SE plugged into it. You see, the preamp is on top of my new entertainment center, back near the wall. When I plug the Pangea into it the front of the preamp pops a wheelie. It seems the weight of the cord is too much for it.
So, how can I combat this issue? If I put a big enough service loop in the cord I can't push the entertainment center back close enough to the wall. If I do anything else with the cord, the preamp just moves around all willy-nilly. I suppose I could find a 90-degree adapter that would allow me to plug the power cord up into the adapter from the bottom but I really don't want to introduce more connections. And securing the unit to the top of the rack is out of the question. Don't want to harm the wood veneer, which is beautiful.
Has anyone else had this issue and have found a workaround?
TV: 65" Samsung QLED 4K
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
Fronts: Energy RC70 --- Center: Energy RC-LCR
Front Heights: Polk RC65i --- Rears: Polk RC85i --- Sub: Power Sound Audio XS15
Pioneer VSX-1120K --- Parasound HCA-1000A --- Oppo BDP-103
Vincent Audio SA31 preamp --- Teac UD301 DAC
AIYIMA Tube T7 preamp --- Nobsound 12AX7 tube preamplifier
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I have used two approaches for this issue. My current rack is a Mapleshade Samson v.3, and I secure the cable to one of the rear steel poles with some Velcro cable ties I swiped from work. The other approach with my previous rack was to screw hooks into the rear and use either string or tie-wraps to secure the cable.
One more approach that I use in the HT for my Oppo 103 is to secure the power cord to the rear pole of its Samson v.2 rack, and place a Mapleshade brass footer on top of the Oppo. Kills vibration, and keeps it stable, at the same time.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
