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The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance

This is a journey through real life experiences from you to everyone that cares to educate themselves. I must admit that I was not a believer in power cords and how they affect sound in your system. I from the camp that believed that the speaker provided 75% of the sound signature then your source then components but never the power cord. Until that magic day I along with another highly acclaimed AudioGoner who I will keep anatomist ran through a few cables in quite a few different systems and was "WOWED" at what I heard. That being said cable I know that I am not the only believer and that is why there are so many power cord/cable companies out there that range from $50 to 20-30 thousand dollars and above. So I like most of you have to scratch my head and ask where do I begin what brand and product and what should i really pay for it?

The purpose of this discussion to get some honest feed back on Price to Performance from you the end user to us here in the community.

Please fire away!


 


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stringreen
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Isn't it always....try them all.....one will be just right.    I made my own...Acrolink cable with top of the line Furutech connections.   Very pleased.
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samuel03
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I know a guy (who made my living room speakers) who has spent years perfecting his brand of power cord. Knowing, if superficially, how much time and effort he has put in the project and how many trial and error he has gone through, I can’t say he is overcharging. It is not just the cost of the material plus some labor cost.
andy2
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I know a guy (who made my living room speakers) who has spent years perfecting his brand of power cord.
I am glad the power cord has no feeling :-)


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in_shore
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There’s not much close to the confiscatory pricing of lengths of wire in this hobby except for perhaps streamers and server’s , basically computer parts in an attractive looking box.

I love these threads and if I were in the audiophile business selling lengths of proprietary designed wire would be my first choice and my 2nd would be streamers and servers at eye popping esoteric prices of course...
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samuel03
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The guy I mentioned earlier about, for instance, uses 31 different small conductors in his brand of interconnect cables, and checks the direction of each. To come up with the 31 combo in the first place is a lot of work, then check the direction of each, most of which are not specified by the manufacturers? If one of 31 is in the wrong direction, it messes with the sound quality. He demonstrated it to me and I agreed with him. So it is not that simple, like different length, etc. And fyi, the length of power cord especially changes the sound.
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