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Is it all in my head??

So I bought a Kimber Power Kord...  yeah, yeah, but it looks prettier than stock, is well built, and having built all my cables myself I appreciated the craftsmanship.

...so, I'm playing an Everest LP--symphony stuff.. and it always sounded noisy and muffled (which is why i decided to give it a spin).  The power cable is plugged into my furman conditioner, and all the other cables are the same.  I swear this LP sounds more "untangled" now (that's the best way i can describe it).

I am an engineer and know intellectually this makes zero sense--is it some confirmation bias?  How can it be.. i didnt buy it expecting a sonic impact, i bought it because i couldn't make one that looks as cool (think of it as a necklace for my rig).  But I swear I think i hear a difference...  tell me it's all in my head.
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vair68robert
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waltertexas

If you like the Kimber cable sound and improvement then 
maybe you should stay with using Kimber cables and move up to a higher grade that they make .
Synergy can be an elusive find , so changing cable manufactures could prove positive or negative sonic effects .

nonoise makes a good point , you've started now go from there .



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ivan_nosnibor
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@nonoise,

Maybe I didn't see that you were addressing the OP and not the thread??
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nonoise
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It's partially my bad. 🤔
The thread started with power cords and kind of went off on ICs and SCs and I just ran with the last few posts concentrating on speaker cables. 

Some of what I listed can still apply with PCs since not all power supplies are made the same and not all power sources are either when it comes to noise, wiring, substations, geography (as was pointed out on another thread where in the North East, the power somehow corrodes outlets at a level not experienced elsewhere-I'm sure weather has some factor in it as well).

Where I live the power is really quite good and regular, not varying +/-2V all day long and yet every PC I have sounds different. The three best I have are the TWL American Digital, with the Cullen Red Copper and Zu Mission coming in second, with little difference between the two. 

They're all made well with quality parts yet they're all made differently, and they all sound different. I can't explain it.

All the best,
Nonoise
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ivan_nosnibor
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Roger on all that. Thanks.
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millercarbon
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Nobody can explain it Nonoise, that's the thing. 

Power being good and not varying has almost nothing to do with it. Power where I live is very good if you measure it. All you do is listen though and its obviously a lot better late at night. 

Also almost all noise is local. The worst noise is within your own room and home. Anyone can confirm this very easily. Simply play some music, listen, then go flip off as many other circuits as you can. Come back and listen to the dramatic improvement, better than almost any power line conditioner you can buy at any price.

Unlike power cords where nobody knows why, its pretty obvious why this works.
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