Signature™ Socket Double with Ground Terminal

Russ Andrews Signature Socket™ with Earth Terminal

We’re big fans of the Audio Quality Mains Plugs we now fit to our Evolution PowerKords and SuperKords, and the top-of-the-range rhodium-plated versions are particularly fine performers. Knowing how good the rhodium-plated mains plugs (and indeed the rhodium plated Wattage IEC plugs) sound, we turned our attention to the 13A wall socket.



We’ve worked with a manufacturer to develop one and we can confidently say that our new Signature Socket is the best sounding UK socket we’ve auditioned. The existing UltraSockets are good, but the Signature Socket is a significant step up and is the very best 13A socket in our range.

Rhodium Plating

The socket contacts themselves are made with phosphor bronze copper alloy; their high spring rate ensures a tight fit on all the plugs we’ve tested them with. All of the contact surfaces, along with the screws that hold the conductors in place, are plated with rhodium plating of the same quality as that used on our Audio Quality mains plugs.

Rhodium is an exceptionally hard and tough metal, making it perfect for environments where 'fit and forget' performance is crucial. The conductivity of rhodium remains constant over its lifetime, unlike other conductors that can deteriorate due to oxidation.

Process-Q

As well as benefiting from a high performance plating, each Signature Socket is treated with exactly the same full Process-Q treatment that we can apply to our cables.

Unswitched sockets

As with all of the sockets we offer, the Signature Socket is unswitched – our tests have shown that switched sockets sound worse than switchless ones because the switch adds an unnecessary connection that raises mains impedance.

Ground Terminal

For those who are not using an external Ground Rod to connect to their RF Router MKII or SuperRouter, the external earth terminal on the front of this socket allows an alternative connection to Ground, via the household mains earth. It also allows those who are using a Ground Rod to connect it to their ring main earth, via an RF Router, and thereby ground RF noise on the mains.

Read more about grounding here

Specifications

Rhodium plated phosphor bronze copper alloy contact surfaces

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Front mounted 3 way Earth Terminal

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Treated with our full Process-Q

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Double sockets made to BS1363

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Terminals capable of accepting 14mm² mains wiring

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25 Year Warranty

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Signature Sockets are available as double sockets only. They are straightforward to swap yourself: make sure you turn the electricity off at the consumer unit and if in doubt consult a qualified electrician.

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Money Back Guarantee

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