Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open.
@clio09 In one post Roger says it doesn't make much difference, OTOH in the very same post describes the power cords that he made up special and how anyone can do it. I have to assume that he felt it was worth doing. |
@corby2 Hello, I have a budget system I like. It has a 25 watt Will Vincent Balwin tube amp with Coincident Dynamites. I do not have an audiophile power cord. How much do audiophile power cords help with the amp? I was thinking of getting to Anticable stage 3 power cord. Thanks, Cory in Reno Hi Corby, Very few amplifier makers wind their own transformers, but I do. When I wind a transformer for a 25 watt amplifier it is about 150 feet of 24 ga wire. After I am done I really dont see how 12 feet of 18 or 16 or 14 ga wire will make any difference. If you measure the resistance of the primary circuit of your amplifier it is like likely near 5 ohms given that it is 25 watts. This is easily done by unplugging the amp, turning it on, putting an ohmmeter across the two prongs of the power plug. Now you will know the total resistance of the primary loop. The total resistance of the secondary loop (reflected to the primary) is similar to that so double what you just measured. Now ask yourself how much a power cord of 0.01 or 0.1 ohm or 0.5 ohm is going to make when added to that number. The claims about RF shielding are absolute bullshit. Along with any other specious claims. Just get a cord with good connectors. |
@tomic601 Not sure what you mean by thermal tracs? ON semi is making the Motorola parts. I dont know if there is anything new. Do you have a part #. |
@atmasphere - this is the power cord he was referring to that does make a difference under certain circumstances: http://tubeaudiostore.com/pocoyoucanac.html Otherwise as Roger noted in his last post just get a cord with good connectors. |
