Doing the Power Cord Thing

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with DIY. I’ve done my share. But why on Earth do folks do things by halves? If you’re going to make DIY power cords please, gentle readers, the least you can do is cryogenically treat them and try to figure out which direction they should be BEFORE you attach the connectors. Don’t forget a nice, long break in period.  And suspend them. I don’t know how you guys tolerate all the distortion. Seriously.

@geoffkait 
I'm all for doing it right and I would not waste my time or money, if I thought i wasn't going to do it right. So I totally agree with you geoffkait. If you cant do it right, don't do it at all.  I am a complete research freak, that's why I am always here asking questions from the experienced crowd. 

This is what my buddy was taking about. I said conditioner, but its isolation.   
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pcc67

  I guess I am confused or just lack experience. But my question would be if a company can make a power cord for x amount of $ and sell it for $$$$, why would a DIY not be able to make the same cord if given the same exact parts. To me and I say this lightly without offending anyone, why can't it be done. These companies that make cables have someone actually hand making them, given same parts I find it confusing why DIY would not have the same result, if you believe cables matter. I dont want to get into the whole cable war, but I have heard a difference with a couple I have demoed. In the end I kept the one that came with my amp because it the highs became to high. I am a newb and I dont have the knowledge of you long time audiophiles.

Confused? Well, think about it for just one minute. Let's say you could build something even as good as one of the most basic entry-level been around forever power cords, Synergistic Research Master Coupler. After over 20 years you'd think someone would have figured out how to make one. As would a whole lot of people. Then with their parts only, zero labor, zero overhead costs a lot of people would be making them, and in no time flat Synergistic would have to figure out something else to make, or lower their prices, or quit making them altogether.

Instead of selling more. At higher prices.

Because its not so easy. Which you and everyone else would know, if it weren't for the dismal state of public education.

But you don't, and so I have to resort to stories. Like how hard I tried and how bad I failed. Like how my friend who spent THIRTY YEARS slaving away on his workbench (I do not exaggerate) yet in all the hundreds if not thousands of attempts the best he could do was crap compared to what I was able to pull at random from my old discarded cables drawer.

This is beyond settled. You can DIY if you want. Just take my advice and do like erik and ask for examples of the most horrible stuff you can find to compare with. Even then be careful. It still might be better than what you made.

So, lets see, either I didn't follow the rituals needed to magically activate the cables, or I'm using parts and methods so far beneath good sounding power cables that I'll never get close to decent performance?


Are those really my only two choices?