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Why Power Cables Affect Sound

I just bought a new CD player and was underwhelmed with it compared to my cheaper, lower quality CD player. That’s when it hit me that my cheaper CD player is using an upgraded power cable. When I put an upgraded power cable on my new CD player, the sound was instantly transformed: the treble was tamed, the music was more dynamic and lifelike, and overall more musical. 

This got me thinking as to how in the world a power cable can affect sound. I want to hear all of your ideas. Here’s one of my ideas:

I have heard from many sources that a good power cable is made of multiple gauge conductors from large gauge to small gauge. The electrons in a power cable are like a train with each electron acting as a train car. When a treble note is played, for example, the small gauge wires can react quickly because that “train” has much less mass than a large gauge conductor. If you only had one large gauge conductor, you would need to accelerate a very large train for a small, quick treble note, and this leads to poor dynamics. A similar analogy might be water in a pipe. A small pipe can react much quicker to higher frequencies than a large pipe due to the decreased mass/momentum of the water in the pipe. 

That’s one of my ideas. Now I want to hear your thoughts and have a general discussion of why power cables matter. 

If you don’t think power cables matter at all, please refrain from derailing the conversation with antagonism. There a time and place for that but not in this thread please. 
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clearthink
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It is notable, remarkable and confounding that in the year almost 2019 we are still pretending to "debate" weather power cords make a difference when it is obvious that they can make a difference in high-resolution music reproduction systems as has been heard and reported by so many here and elsewhere and can easily, readily, and reliably be confirmed by others if they care to listen to such a system at least for those who "know" how to listen. You need not spend a fortune to attain improved power cord performance such as the  Aluminata AC cords of which I have several and these cost about $3,500 USD each although you can sometimes get a small discount in my country. I recommend these without qualification, hesitation, or caveat other than the caution that of course synergy is important and no one cable, cord, or anything else will prove to be the "best" in every system I think we can agree I hope.

This is simple fact, truth, and demonstrated reality and anyone who attempts to ridicule, humiliate, or chastise me for stating the simple, plain, and accepted truth will be reported to the moderators who are obviously monitoring, managing, and controlling this thread for which I am grateful.
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nonoise
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It's not that we only want to hear what we agree with, it's that it's great to keep it civil. 
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maritime51
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Well, that it is honestly debated shows it isn’t a generally accepted notion.

I believe to have heard a slight difference, but could not say anything beyond the subjective.

I speculate that “noise” is the issue, more so than fabrication or design.


clearthink
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twoch"We only want to hear what we agree with no free speach Zone please it hurts feeling"

If you're feelings are hurt or you are embarassed, uncomfortable, or confused by simple, demonstrable, and obvious truths then I would say you must not have tried better quality power cables as have others here who have reported they're experiences so I suggest, encourage, and recommend that you try to improve the low quality cables that it appears you are using based on your language here. The extraordinary performance of my primary music reproduction system is very much built on the foundation, basis, and science of the Aluminata AC cords that I referenced previously in this thread.
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