Hearing is believing?........power cables.......


For anyone who is skeptical about the difference a high quality power cord can make in your high quality audio system........try it.......hearing is believing. About 10 years ago when I bought my first "entry level" hifi system (B&K amp/preamp, Canton speakers) my audio advisor dropped off a Tara Labs Prism power cord. He said just try it for a week and if you don't think it makes a difference just return it. I, like most unfamiliar with high quality cables, was skeptical.......how could a cable 1 meter long from the wall to my equipment make a difference? I put it on the power amp and yes I could definitely tell there was a more defined bass and overall clearer soundscape. I'm a musicians, so I figured maybe the "non audiophile" can't hear the difference. So my brother-in-law who is a bricklayer came over and we did a blind listening test. I randomly switched the Tara, sometimes trying to fool him......told him I switched but didn't........he could tell every time I used the Tara! So I was convinced that it was "wishful thinking on my part or particularly sensitive ears. If you don't think a great power cable can make a difference........take the challenge. Try one for a week and see (hear) for yourself!
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@schubert

Of course the last few feet can filter power and improve performance of SOTA equipment - no flat earth or right wing nuts deny that. However, so can the power cord and power supply in the SOTA equipment. It is reasonable to expect an improvement with a power filter for cheap crap gear but why is it unreasonable to expect SOTA equipment designers to build an adequately filtered power supply to begin with?

What is is wrong with the knowledge of SOTA designers? Do they ALL only know how to build amplifier sections of electronics and were ALL asleep during the power supply design training course?

I will not resort to personal attacks like you, Geoff, nonoise and Rodman as it kind of looks very much like a right wing nut would behave when you attack people rather than address the point.

Why are SOTA designers so bad at designing power supplies?
that's because they are just engineers with a technical education and years of experience in the field

- no way that can compute with the superior emotional snake oil of the audiofool elite
I attacked no one personally, an observational comment .

I asked an Admiral once, Chief of Naval Aviation, why they  haunted the  top engineering universities for pilot recruits .
 He replied that engineers were perfect for the job, they had the smarts for  it but lacked the imagination to image themselves plowing  into rear of flight deck on night landings .

I knew him well and he had had a few so I think he was telling the truth as he saw it .
 
I didn't attack anyone.
I just passed on a compliment.
To equate what I did with a right wing tactic is just a strawman argument: a red herring to what I actually did, which was to address the point that a good PC does make a difference.

All the best,
Nonoise