4 Way 'Multiplug' for Hi-Fi Component Power Cable Connection to UK Mains Sockets - New Stock

I have personally used two of these for the past ten years in my Naim home system - one for source components and the second for Power Amps and Power Supplies. 

Not only does it tidy up the cable flows but I can connect eight components to just the one twin wall socket - useful as I use a 'dedicated spur' for the Hi-Fi Mains Supply.

More importantly though it just sounds better...

Allows you to retain the important Standard Naim Power Leads. (which give far more PRAT than any aftermarket types available - including the screened variety which are best reserved for TV use.)

Solid Brass Pins allow easy cleaning (Duraglit if your really obsessive!) without the inevitable corrosion of Silver Plating or thin Gold coatings wearing off after insertion.

Allows four items to share one plug providing a genuine common 'Star Earthing' Point for reduced noise levels.

Quality virtually equal to 'Crabtree Plug' Standards, Brass Plug Pins and Solid Brass Connector Blocks for Live, Neutral and Earth Internal Connections.

Externally replaceable fuse with good contact area. (fitted 13amp)

Compared to the high cost of an official 'Grahams Hydra' or the Naim German Distributor's 'Musicline Powerigel' these are probably the best value upgrade available.

Almost as easy to wire up as a standard plug - screw terminals.

 Colour - White (as in picture)

UK 3 pin fused (13A) mains plug, same width as a standard plug

Voltage rating - AC 250V

Power Rating 3120 Watts

Internal Connector Bars - Brass

Accepts Naim Mains Leads and Others of Similar Large Diameter

Supplied Packaged with Manufacturers Wiring Instructions

 

 

NB. Due to several past requests I have now included for Sales to Asia aswell as UK & Eire.

Please recognise that these will only fit 'UK Standard' Mains Sockets but I understand these are also used in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Please double check yours before buying...

Below is a description of the 'DIY Hydra' courtesy of 'TNT Audio's' web site who have championed the concept for several years:-

The TNT Hydra

a cool DIY mains distribution plug!

“You've all heard it..."the best cable is no cable at all". Apart from being one of those smug comments hi-fi reviewers come out with, it's also rather a stupid comment seeing that even Zen Buddism isn't going to light up those amps unless they're connected to the National Grid... Or so I thought.

Unless you're one of those people who've rewired your house with half a dozen double sockets for the hi-fi (think of all those screw connections there...) you'll have to use a mains "gang socket" of some kind.
The cheap versions of these can cost as little as 10 pounds but most have two big failings. First the links between plugs are a mass of rivets and wafer thin brass track, and secondly they nearly always have an LED to show they're plugged in, happily chucking out RFI into your system, if you're really unlucky they'll have a switch...

There are some classy gang sockets on sale specifically for hi-fi use. These lack the lights and switches of lesser items and the tracks are made of better and thicker material.
They also come equipped with decent quality cabling to join them to your wall socket - these things start at about 100 pounds and rise into seriously silly money thereafter. But I have found something much more purist and at a fraction the price...

The heart of the Hydra is the Multi-Way Mains Plug. This is so delightfully simple, it makes you want to smile.

All it is, is an oversized plug which accepts four cables. So instead of a length of cable and then a complex terminal and track system in a gang socket, here we have a direct connection to the three mains pins for the four sets of earth, live and neutral leads.
Where each set of cables is attached is a substantial "buzz bar" so no skimpy tracks, and because each component is connected within one centimetre of the next you get the nearest thing to perfect star earthing short of cramming all the wires into one plug.
The plug will take up to 3,120 Watts (officially) it should cope with most things you throw at it... In one stroke you eliminate at least two connections, a length of cable and all the internal tracks of a gang socket - Believe me if this were marketed as a hi-fi component it'd be gold plated, come with assorted techno and cost 100 pounds.

To complete the Hydra simply fit the mains wires of your choice to each connection and leave sufficient cable to reach your hi-fi. Then just fit the end terminations, IEC etc. The result is neat and makes tangles a thing of the past.
The internals of the plug are very well laid out and of excellent quality so wiring up is easier than with most mains plugs, the only weak point is the fuse holder which is riveted on. A dab of solder will help hold this connection long term if you feel thats necessary...”

 http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/hydra_e.html

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