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In Reply to: Not true... posted by kenster on May 8, 2010 at 00:39:57:
You may be able to duplicate the bottom/lower tiered PC's in most cable manufacturers line-up but when you get up into the top tier cables, this is where one starts to hear vast performance improvements.
I don't buy that for that for one solitary minute. You only have so much you can do with that cord as far as shielding noise and then you have the weakness of IEC input plug going into your amp. Those aren't any better than the average garden variety plugs.You would have to change that insert plug because now thats a weaker link of the two and thats why you will be limited no matter how good you think that cord is.I thought the same you did and I think 1100 dollar cord isn't bottom line cord.
When you want to make real improvements in gear,you have to go inside the unit and mod the power supply.Look at any of these places that do modifications and see how many change AC cords and see how many go inside the unit to make improvements. Your AC cord is only as good as your weakest link and thats a given. I have done enough equipment rebuilding and modding and using real measurements to see whats going on. Your better AC cords are filtering RFI and you can only do so much with a cord. I would much rather have a cord that wraps around and solders to the primary windings of the power transformer than to have something that slips on over an IEC plug in a half ass way.
Now a good balanced power conditioner along with a good 10 guage cord thats shielded,will be really nice. We weren't talking about a PC cord. RW and I were talking about a 10 guage 3 conductor cord with braided shielding and wrap.
Its sort of like these IC's where they put these matching transformers on them from making the wires so thick so they will work. I find more and more people using the smaller cords because higher frequencies always travel better on smaller wire.I will admit that bass energy may appear a little stronger with inner links that are as big as a cobra snake however,you have other issues with thick IC so it becomes a tradeoff.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Edits: 05/08/10
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- 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)
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