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Power Cable with a "soft" top end

OK without getting into a war about whether a PC does enough to change a system's sound or about using cables as tone controls can folks list any cords Sub $500 that traditionally considered soft/warm on top. Im one who does not believe that euphony and midrange emphasis is bad thing. Particularly b/c i listen a lot of poor sounding live recordings....thanks in advance.
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mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
i have auditioned many dcca power cords and have reviewed thier cables. i did not detect any softness in any of their power cords.
karelfd
476 posts
 
Sorry, I was not trying to imply that softness is a general characteristic of DCCA cords. Instead, I wanted to draw attention to the fact that DCCA offer to tune their cords to specific needs, so I guess they can actually cater for softness if so required.
arthursmuck
451 posts
 
I don't think anyone said that DCCA cords were soft on the top end, I believe what was said (twice) was Don could tweak them to suit your needs, in this case a bit softer top end...
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
as someone who has auditioned production and custom dcca line cords, i can say categorically, that none of his line cords are soft. while they are not frequency imbalanced, they are closer to neutral than soft.

the problem with audiophile terms is that soft to one may be neutral to another. i can only speak from my experience as a listener and reviewer.
jafox
1,460 posts
 
the problem with audiophile terms is that soft to one may be neutral to another. i can only speak from my experience as a listener and reviewer.
I find that the problem with audiophile terms is that people tend to use them in absolute terms rather than relative to another product under evaluation.
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