Let's talk power cords

The only thing I’m peddling is my bicycle. 🚴‍♂️

So I disconnected all of my power cords and replaced them with the stock cords. I didn’t tell my wife what I did, but asked her to listen to a couple of her favorite songs. Her reaction, what happened to the bass, his voice sounds dead, it doesn’t sound good, what did you do? Hearing improvements makes one a believer. Honestly, it’s so simple...if you don’t believe power cords make a difference through listening, don’t buy them and be happy!. If you hear a difference than buy them and be happy!

This is a forum for discussing things related to audio and music, so I think Geoff's comments belong here - whether you approve of them or not.

When you say Geoff is wasting "our time," please tell us on whose behalf you are speaking, other than yourself.

@cleeds ,
The statement he was contesting was that directionality makes a difference on a power cord. It was in this case the voice of reason; if you think about it, if a cord is working with AC power, directionality would cause the cable to heat up and fail or cause a fire. Clearly this isn't happening and on a large scale- the idea of directionality is nonsense, and is a topic that should not be discussed beyond debunking it.

Its unfortunate that Geoff continues with this as essentially his comments are trolling.

Now if you engage in the idea of a directional power cord, then you are wasting your time, unless the entertainment value of doing so is valuable to you. Certainly it won't make any difference in how your stereo sounds!

atmasphere

Its unfortunate that Geoff continues with this as essentially his comments are trolling.

If you think Geoff is a troll, please alert the moderators.

atmasphere
@cleeds ,
The statement he was contesting was that directionality makes a difference on a power cord. It was in this case the voice of reason; if you think about it, if a cord is working with AC power, directionality would cause the cable to heat up and fail or cause a fire. Clearly this isn’t happening and on a large scale- the idea of directionality is nonsense, and is a topic that should not be discussed beyond debunking it.

Its unfortunate that Geoff continues with this as essentially his comments are trolling.

Now if you engage in the idea of a directional power cord, then you are wasting your time, unless the entertainment value of doing so is valuable to you. Certainly it won’t make any difference in how your stereo sounds!

>>>>>>>Of the many peculiar things I’ve seen you say this one takes the cake. 🎂 Happy birthday! Where do you come up with this stuff? “Directionality would cause the cable to heat up and fail or cause a fire?!!” OMG!! 🔥Now I’ve heard everything. The tiny strands of wires in all power cords are directional since all wires are directional. But there I virtually no difference in how electricity is conducted either direction. Are you pretending to be slow?

Since power cords ARE inherently directional. We can assume your statement must be FALSE since there’s a 50% chance a given power cord is actually in the correct direction from the standpoint of directionlity. However, most manufacturers have been a little bit slow to catch up to Audioquest in this regard. And they’ve been slow to catch up to Audioquest in controlling directionality of HDMI cables. Do you seriously believe Audioquest advertises they control directionality for their new power cords to ensnare gullible and naive young well-heeled audiophiles in their clever directionality spider web? Give me a break!

For amp manufacturers, obviously the wire directionality is even more of an issue, given all the wire in the amp, including transformers, etc. are...you guessed it...directional and should therefore be controlled for directionality from the get go.

cheers, Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica