I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"...

@captbeaver- "My McIntosh amp has a permanently attachehed power cable that is a off the shelf product. Is their design faulty? Are they not giving you the full amp? Seems they would know about this magic 4 feet...lol"                                                                              How old is your amp? McIntosh’s current tuner even has an IEC connector, as do all their amps and pres. Was that update because of customer demand, or- have they learned something, perhaps?

If - by pure chance - the first power cord’s conductor was in the “correct direction” and the second power cord’s conductor was in the “wrong direction” that alone would explain the soundstage issue. Why do you think AudioQuest goes out its way to honor the directionality of the conductors in its high end power cords like Hurricane? 🤔 Hel-loo!

Still there, captbeaver?   "May be boring but no one has answered the McIntosh amp cord question...."         You asked::    "My McIntosh amp has a permanently attachehed power cable that is a off the shelf product. Is their design faulty? Are they not giving you the full amp? Seems they would know about this magic 4 feet...lol"                                                                              Really want an answer?   How old is your amp? McIntosh’s current tuner even has an IEC connector, as do all their amps and pres. Was that update because of customer demand, or- have they learned something, perhaps?

I will go out on a limb here and predict if anyone calls someone in charge at McIntosh and asks him some pertinent questions about their power cords he will have absolutely no idea what in blazes you’re talking about.

martin-andersen49 posts 05-10-2019 1:25am

I think its very easy to hear the difference between power cables. If you can not hear it in your system than you don’t have a very good system or its not properly set up.

+1

To OP

a well made 10ga power cable reduced his soundstage

The power cord influences the frequency response in a sound system. Thicker the wire, lower the sound (more bass with less high freq). A 10 gauge power cord will lower the soundstage significantly to compare regular/stock power cords.

*A 10 gauge wire sounds very different from a 10 gauge wire in collection of thin wires. So, there are ways to make a 10 gauge power cord with a great soundstage.

alex
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