We used those cables through the show and took some jabs about the $8,000 cables with the $2000 speakers. But with the master tapes, it was clear that the other cables were introducing degradation, and we wanted to wow the show. That show is obviously etched in my memory.
I failed to address power cords earlier. I don't know what happened after 1995, but in my time we simply avoided any development or serious evaluation work in daylight hours. Our factory was in an industrial park and the AC was noisy and reactive. We used a Tice PowerBlock in the listening room. I am not aware that we used any special power cords. Jim's solution was timing. In the evening, the wind usually died down for outdoor and roof-top (free field) measurements and the AC power cleaned up radically. Our listening room had dedicated power from the poles and its lighting used remote / low noise balasts. Jim worked all night in the lab, slept in the morning, worked in the "office" in the afternoon and we did our critical evaluation in the electrically isolated music room between 6 and 10:PM. That work-around persisted and worked well.
I failed to address power cords earlier. I don't know what happened after 1995, but in my time we simply avoided any development or serious evaluation work in daylight hours. Our factory was in an industrial park and the AC was noisy and reactive. We used a Tice PowerBlock in the listening room. I am not aware that we used any special power cords. Jim's solution was timing. In the evening, the wind usually died down for outdoor and roof-top (free field) measurements and the AC power cleaned up radically. Our listening room had dedicated power from the poles and its lighting used remote / low noise balasts. Jim worked all night in the lab, slept in the morning, worked in the "office" in the afternoon and we did our critical evaluation in the electrically isolated music room between 6 and 10:PM. That work-around persisted and worked well.