Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?

dowjones, Some observations about that link...

He really didn't get into how they actually sound... Weird, unless he doesn't really care about sound quality

He did put "audiophile cable" in quotation marks... which is accurate because what he was testing was far from a high end power cord

His set up is not optimum. For starters, that power strip everything is connected to could easily mask any real measurable differences. But even as *ssnine as his set up is, there was a measurable difference with the $20 "audiophile" cord 

I get why he did the article but don't know why any audiophile would bother putting any stock in his outcome, which apparently you do since you linked it. 

You are calling Dow Jones an audiophile? LOL! It’s like calling a drunken homeless from the street a wine connoisseur.

Dow Jones just posted a brand new thread with a link “proving” why a $2 (yes, two American dollars, like two dollar bills, or eight quarters) DAC is more than adequate 

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-good-are-2-dacs

thyname, Nope, just the opposite 

I take it you wouldn't be interested in Archimago's musings on speaker cables? 

@boxer12: what is the opposite of Audiophile? I am guessing Audiohater? I would agree in this case