Why do I need power management if I have a great power cord?


Isn't it kind of unnecessary to additionally add a power conditioner if I have an expensive audio file grade Power cord connected to a component?

So you buy a Power conditioner from a hi-fi store and they say oh, you need a really good power cord to go with that and then another one to go from conditioner to the component. Do you need it all and why? Seems the last couple of feet before the component should be more than enough.

jumia

Sorry guys, I didn’t mean to get off track but I guess I did. I’ll shut up now

The problem with this kind of pissing contest is that everybody gets wet and nobody's happy.

@Bruce19

 

Basic physics.  Everytime you double the size of a conductor, you reduce the resistance of the conductor by half.  Output impedance is the product of LCR.  Reducing any aspect of the impedance allows the available current to increase (the current well).  Instantaneous power demands in audio are not often spoken about.  Take the Telarc recording of the 1812 Overture as an example.  Someone smarter than me did the calculations on the reproduction of the cannon shots in that recording.  To accurately reproduce that event considering the average listening level of 2 watts would require 10,000 watts of instantaneous power.  Point of the exercise was to illustrate the power demands on a musical system.  I don't know of any presently available amplifier to produce that type of current dump.  If there was an amp capable of  that considering that most amplifiers (not talking class D here) are somewhere between  50%, - 78% efficiency.  Do the math.  The power distribution cable from the transformer to the entry service is #2 wire.  It just makes sense, logically and mathematically, to supply a dynamic system with huge instantaneous current demands as much current as possible.  A Class A PASS XS300 monoblock will dump 48A on demand.  You need two of these.  See where this is going?  

Solid state systems are current hogs.  Ever feed a hog? 

@jumia,

My two cents. If you have clock radio as you source of music any power cord will work and everything will sound the same. If you have something more resolving and you have good hearing, then everything makes a difference. My ears are definitely not what they were, but with my equipment, I can hear the difference between lamp cord and 12 gauge romax and a $300 power cord that was designed hifi amps. And then there comes the point of diminishing returns, but that’s a whole other story.

All the best.