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... abit confused: how does a power cord affect the presentation of sound...

Hello to all...

I was shifting around components in my system, trying to squeeze out better controlled bass, more definition within the soundstage, and better define the "voice/midrange" presentation...

I presently have a tube preamp (hardwired with a wall wart) into an HT Receiver; source is a Marantz SA-8001 CD Player

Swapped out a Yamaha HTR -5550 (hardwired) for a Parasound HCA-750A (which needs a power cord).

CD Player is powered with a PS Audio Statement SC power cord, so I went in my closet and pulled out another PS AUDIO Statement SC power cord, hooked it up and expect to give it at least 5 days continuous re-break-in before serious listening.

Took a minute to lookup reviews about this power cord - and I read some rather confusing reviews: some luved 'um, some liked 'um, but some thought them " ...slow... " (?), and giving a veiled presentation...

I'm gonna listen and decide myself - but I'm abit confused: how does a power cord affect the presentation of sound - I know that interconnects and speaker cables would/could/Do affect sound presentation - but how could a power cord?

Explanation/thoughts please...
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djones51
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The few feet of power cord filters electricity about as good as your garden hose filters water. 
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mahgister
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Opinions are only opinions....

Make an experiment to feel the effect of minerals on an amplifier electrical field...

Put a shungite piece over the transformer of the amplifier.... Feel the compression of the sound...

After that put a big Herkimer diamond and feel an expansion of the sound field...

This is no more opinion now, it is an experience....

Only experiment can give me S.Q. in my audio system...

Opinions has no value.... even mine....  :)
madcow
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A fuse can modify the sound. A PC cord, a giant relative to the fuse, can do much more.
djones51
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If a fuse modifies the ability of the amplifier to amplify the input then the amplifier is broken.
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mahgister
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A fuse is necessary for the amplifier to work...
If the fuses modify the amplifier working and not only enables it,
Then the amplifier is broken,
Because the fuses cannot makes the amplifier works and modifying it at the same times....
But wait a minute, is the working and non working of an amplifier are not also a modification of the amplifier?

Your argument is not an argument sorry.....It is a mantra, a disguised opinion but definitively not an argument....

By the way i dont have any experience with the changes of fuses in a piece of audio....My opinion is that there must be differences, but my opinion is only that, my actual opinion, not an argument because i never try or experiment it....   

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