Mcintosh amp stock pwr cord only 4 ft???


This is absurd. Why do they do this?

so now i need new longer power cords. Any idea without spending hundreds on new 8 or 10 ft cords.

 

 

emergingsoul

Personally, I would like the choice of long or short on most components or appliances. Depending on how you are organizing the components, it is sometimes preferable to have a 4 foot cord on everything or a 10 foot cord if the situation requires it. For me, if I could I would love to have an 2 foot cord on the components closest to my conditioner.

Case in point is my electric toothbrush. Why does it come with a 5 foot cord when it will undoubtably be plugged into the groundfault receptacle on your bathroom counter. I believe most people brush their teeth in the same room as the receptacle it is plugged into.

McIntosh apologies for not knowing your personal intended application.

4 feet isn't unreasonably short.  It's a cheap, generic power cord, get a longer one if you need it.

I think 4 ft is standard. I personally use 5 ft "boutique" power cords as that’s the length which they are commonly offered. 6 ft and above are usually for special applications. Are you able to shift the equipment or rack so as the length of the cords will fit? That’s what I do most of the time. Excess cable length is not good and troublesome to maintain. It’s not good to have the cables(power cords, speaker cables and interconnects) touch each other.

If you need 8 to 10 ft cords, I suppose you would be able to buy one which costs below $50 which may well offer comparable if not better performance than the standard cord which comes together with your amp?