Help recognizing power strip model

Juiced

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the screenshot from Kondo room at munich 2025

i think it's custom but recognizing the duplex will also help

could be a discontinued Kojo pdu?

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I can't figure out exactly what it is. Looks somewhat similar to units from Isotek, Nordost, Furutech, Kojo, and Naim, but I can't find an identical match from any of those.
 
I can't figure out exactly what it is. Looks somewhat similar to units from Isotek, Nordost, Furutech, Kojo, and Naim, but I can't find an identical match from any of those.
Thank you for the effort.

I've tried with AI but no luck.

The duplex look quite unique.
 
It looks like a custom unit built in-house by Kondo. I’m not sure about the brand of the duplex receptacles, but I can assure you that the Synergistic Research Tesla is the one to use. A few friends and I have tried many different brands over the past 15 years, and the SR Tesla stands out as the most neutral and organic sounding of them all.

By the way, this is for American/Japanese receptacles. I don’t use Schuko types—they sound very poor in comparison.
 
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By the way, this is for American/Japanese receptacles. I don’t use Schuko types—they sound very poor in comparison.
All my avocados are Schukos
 
i think i found the duplex model,
Panasonic's hospital-grade wall outlet "WN1318K"
 
All my avocados are Schukos
You can convert them to American/Japanese plugs by using Furutech FI-11 male plugs and replacing only the connector section. The plug housings don’t need to be changed. Kondo uses Furutech plugs and their Avocado powercord's sound is optimized using the bare copper plug which is American/Japanese FI-11 male. The schucko alternative is not bare copper. I knew it cause I compared them by listening. The correct tone of Kondo Avocado can only be achieved using American/Japanese FI-11 male.
 
The schucko alternative is not bare copper.
Are you sure?

The prongs look more red-ish than golden, similar to the FI-E11(Cu)

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Are you sure?

The prongs look more red-ish than golden, similar to the FI-E11(Cu)

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It appears to be copper contacts. This schucko plug must be relatively new product because there was no copper version of it. That’s why Avocado used to come with gold plated contacts. This is good news. Still schucko plugs and receptacles are not at the same quality as American/Japanese counterparts.
 

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