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In Reply to: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? posted by hcman on May 6, 2010 at 08:36:46:
...can have a very significant affect on the sound as many have found.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - hcman 08:36:46 05/06/10 (74)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Thorsten 01:21:30 05/08/10 (1)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - rick_m 08:47:14 05/08/10 (0)
- Power cord as power supply component... - Duster 17:49:52 05/07/10 (0)
- One more complication. - Al Sekela 15:20:17 05/07/10 (0)
- Hash - Jagdeep 14:09:47 05/07/10 (0)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Michael Samra 02:52:10 05/07/10 (12)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Uncle Mike 17:21:53 05/07/10 (4)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - cfraser 19:42:13 05/07/10 (0)
- Mike,you are not following me correctly . - Michael Samra 19:27:28 05/07/10 (2)
- Exactly - E-Stat 20:07:42 05/07/10 (1)
- RE: Exactly - Michael Samra 23:57:21 05/07/10 (0)
- Thanks Mike. Not surprising to hear that there is a DIY... - hcman 10:33:43 05/07/10 (4)
- Not true... - kenster 00:39:57 05/08/10 (3)
- RE: Not true... - Michael Samra 04:16:47 05/08/10 (2)
- Oh but maybe it is... - kenster 07:54:05 05/08/10 (1)
- RE: Oh but maybe it is... - Michael Samra 15:40:32 05/08/10 (0)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Brzi 05:13:57 05/07/10 (1)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Michael Samra 07:42:54 05/08/10 (0)
- I still support the "showerhead" theory. - ramw 01:46:38 05/07/10 (0)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Grant 22:48:38 05/06/10 (0)
- Aside from the "first few feet" argument, there is quite a lot - Jon Risch 16:42:50 05/06/10 (2)
- Now THAT makes sense - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 09:12:49 05/08/10 (0)
- RE: Good Post! (nt) - benie 17:19:31 05/07/10 (0)
- As Robert Harley has said... - Jim Smith 14:16:28 05/06/10 (1)
- SO, would a twenty foot cable be better - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 14:49:20 05/06/10 (0)
- A lot goes on after the service entrance. - sgmlaw 13:15:09 05/06/10 (0)
- good question - jimmyjames 12:55:02 05/06/10 (5)
- RE: good answer - hcman 13:07:15 05/06/10 (4)
- RE: good answer - jea48 23:20:56 05/06/10 (3)
- RE: good answer - jimmyjames 15:25:24 05/07/10 (2)
- Square D QO and Cutler Hammer - jea48 06:52:50 05/08/10 (1)
- RE: Square D QO and Cutler Hammer - jimmyjames 09:26:48 05/10/10 (0)
- Here's one engineer's perspective - E-Stat 12:12:45 05/06/10 (0)
- I believe it is in the waveform, How the waveform of the A/C is manipulated into a 'cleaner' shape - Elizabeth 11:54:07 05/06/10 (2)
- Key words: "I believe..." (nt) - cdb 21:12:24 05/06/10 (1)
- So? what's the matter with what I believe? You have some SUPERIOR explanation perhaps you would share: - Elizabeth 21:56:12 05/06/10 (0)
- Firmer electrical contacts and a degree of power conditioning are good things... - abel mccain 11:04:43 05/06/10 (0)
- Who's bringing the popcorn? -nt - Bry 10:31:06 05/06/10 (0)
- If it's fat & expensive with a cool name, it will sound better -nt - AbeCollins 10:12:20 05/06/10 (0)
- It Does....or It Doesn't - AnalogJ 09:58:50 05/06/10 (0)
- Wouldn't this be better served over in Cable Asylum. I bet the question has been asked and many times there - artemus 09:38:27 05/06/10 (7)
- The comments found below are unfortunate. - Duster 19:02:05 05/07/10 (0)
- Cable Asylum: certain debates are banned: they lead nowhere. The same few rant on forever on 1 side or other. - Elizabeth 12:00:47 05/06/10 (0)
- I believe there is a rule, seriously, over there that questioning the.... - hcman 09:44:59 05/06/10 (4)
- RE: I believe there is a rule, seriously, over there that questioning the.... - Fred J 10:00:07 05/06/10 (0)
- My mistake, no double-blind testing. nt - hcman 09:49:50 05/06/10 (2)
- You can't question anything over there, even unsafe wiring practices. - jihad 09:53:26 05/06/10 (1)
- "cannot question any statement made there".... - hcman 10:05:25 05/06/10 (0)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - Fred J 09:26:39 05/06/10 (4)
- It's true but not always true. - Don Till 17:34:12 05/06/10 (0)
- Why not just break out the bong? nt - hcman 09:46:46 05/06/10 (2)
- Great idea!!! - Lew 10:07:48 05/06/10 (0)
- RE: Why not just break out the bong? nt - Fred J 09:54:48 05/06/10 (0)
- Why ask why? - Don Till 08:58:12 05/06/10 (9)
- What I am looking for is the why or how. - hcman 09:10:51 05/06/10 (8)
- Why? - Don Till 09:28:14 05/06/10 (6)
- There really isn't an answer "I want to hear". - hcman 09:42:55 05/06/10 (5)
- And another - Don Till 17:25:48 05/06/10 (0)
- Yes, there is and power supplies can be made to better reject RFI and EMI. - Norm 14:22:26 05/06/10 (3)
- Been drinking or what? - Don Till 21:12:14 05/06/10 (2)
- I rest my case. nt - Norm 06:34:12 05/07/10 (1)
- Yea that'll last until you start working on the rest of your next case - Don Till 07:51:37 05/07/10 (0)
- RE: What I am looking for is the why or how. - Roastaman 09:22:47 05/06/10 (0)
- You can demonstrate an effect using cheap wire, - Lew 08:56:24 05/06/10 (2)
- RE: You can demonstrate an effect using cheap wire, - blake 09:34:10 05/06/10 (0)
- Whoops! This is VA, not TubeDIY... - Lew 08:57:04 05/06/10 (0)
- Its all due to the low impedance and cryogenically... - EdAInWestOC 08:49:27 05/06/10 (2)
- Ha, ha, absolutely. Quality of materials and construction are all that matter. - jihad 09:56:17 05/06/10 (1)
- Don't forget only the good electron's get through. - gtfsr 07:15:31 05/07/10 (0)
- That last relatively short distance of 'wire'..... - rgurney 08:43:54 05/06/10 (2)
- I can understand a negative impact if the power cord is of Less quality than the Romex..... - hcman 08:50:45 05/06/10 (1)
- Make a power cord out of Romex cable. - gtfsr 07:29:36 05/07/10 (0)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 08:39:52 05/06/10 (1)
- RE: If all house wiring is of a given quality, how does an exotic power cord improve sound? - wushuliu 14:54:15 05/06/10 (0)
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- That last relatively short distance of 'wire'..... - rgurney 08:43:54 05/06/10 (2)
- I can understand a negative impact if the power cord is of Less quality than the Romex..... - hcman 08:50:45 05/06/10 (1)
- Make a power cord out of Romex cable. - gtfsr 07:29:36 05/07/10 (0)