Let's talk power cords

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

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

I have on many occasions. And for things like this:

“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?

The above quote contains several contradictions plus a personal attack; it is based on the falsehood of 'all wires are directional'. Its easy to parse out: if a wire were indeed directional, it would have a higher resistance or impedance with current going in one direction than if current were going the other direction. This increased impedance would over time heat up the resistance of the wire in the same way that all resistors do when current flows through them.

In an AC power cord, current flows each way 60 times per second. So a wire that somehow favors one direction over the other (were that even possible) would be unsuitable for this application (it would heat up...not a good power cord behavior); that is why there are none. If a wire conducts better in one way then the other, this implies a diode and diodes cause rectification (conversion from AC to DC, which is a non-linear function) which would make the power unsuitable for the power transformers used inside the audio equipment. Further, diodes in series with any AC signal (for example an audio signal) are a source of distortion; in fact they are used in effect pedals used by guitarists to make distortion (and are known as 'fuzz boxes' or 'fuzz pedals').

It’s a sure sign you’ve lost the debate as soon as the T word makes its appearance. Oh, well, better luck next time, dudes.

Thanks, Lizzie. It takes one to know one. 😛