Doing the Power Cord Thing

Hi Willie :

I have those Panamax units too. If you ever get a chance to, try the Furman units.

They actually filter noise down to 3 kHz and are some of the few that do. I've opened them up, they are built like a high current low pass filter.

This may have something to do with why I'm not hearing much of a benefit in my apartment. :)


Whole house surge protectors are nice to have. ;)

There IS no ’saving money’ making them yourself. Just a different sound, maybe.

When you are not buying $2,000 power cables, but DIY'ing for $100, you are saving money. :)

But you are right in that it is difficult to take a DH Labs cable and make the exact same cable they do for less. However, buying Connex (Parts Connexion) connectors you can actually save a little, plus the ability to make custom lengths can be really convenient.

For PC, I can see myself not spending much over 100 to 200 per cord. Truth be known its carrying power and I personally believe like mentioned above u change one thing for another.  Really the change in sound is personal preference.  As far as me buying new cords in that range would be, because I need something to buy. Lol, got to keep it fun. If I was to make my own PC cable, it would be for fun and satisfaction of making something.  Same satisfaction I get when I do wood working.  Building something I can call my own. Keep up the great work Eric and anyone else who is a DIY.  If it wasn't for DIY crowd, your car stereo would be in a horse and buggy.