Monstrous power cables

@jerryg123 there's merit in what you wrote but this is an audiophile forum, hence we are mostly hear to discuss sound and components, aren't we? 

OMG!
 

So I finally decided to take the tape off of the monstrous cable to see if I could find the maker.  In so doing, I discovered that this cable, which is about the thickness of the center of a toilet paper roll, is wrapped in the following:

Outer nylon mesh for looks; black velvet material around the cable; plumber’s tape (yep, you read me correctly) in about a third of an inch thickness; then under that a fine steel mesh wrapped around the cable; then I think the next level going in toward the cable themselves is another layer of plumber’s tape.  I haven’t gotten there yet in the unraveling of this thing.

Needless to say, i was absolutely shocked that the majority of the girth is made up by an enormous amount of plumber’s tape.  One of the plugs is made by Hubbell and I didn’t see a name on the other end.

To think the original owner paid over $1K for this thing is…well, crazy had he been able to look underneath the pretty wrapping.  

I don’t think I’m inserting this back into my system mainly because I got tired of the thickness.  And the location of the plug made it almost impossible to move some speakers around closer to the wall behind the speakers because the thing literally stuck out damn near a foot from the wall!

I wish I could post photos here.  You would not believe it.  It looks hand-made.

Crazy!

FWIW, I doubt it was 'steel" mesh. Probably tinned copper to reduce EMI. Also, teflon "tape" (if that is what it is) isn't a bad thing in cables. But, regardless of all that, if you don't like how it sounds, don't use it. 

All the best

audiodwebe

Another way to look at this is that if you want a great sounding cable, you can experiment with different builds for little money invested.  In a previous life, I built interconnect, speaker and power cables.  It was fun and educational.

@rolox some are here to discuss snake oil’s too. My opinions are my opinions and not those of this forum. Also I am free to post those opinions regardless of your opinions. So enjoy the day.