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Power cords: does length matter?

This is a serious question, however if you don’t believe that anything about power cords matter, and you feel the need to make a joke out of the question, feel free.

Anyway: I have noted that all the stock power cords that have been provided by the manufacturers for my equipment are about six feet long. After looking at various aftermarket power cords on the internet, I note that they can be ordered in various lengths from one meter on up.

I would think that the shortest possible power cord in any given application would be desirable (meaning one meter if it would work), but I find that a lot of notions I had about things like this are often wrong (such as what I very recently posted on misc about manually tripping breakers to protect components). So am I also mistaken about selecting lengths of power cords?

TIA for any and all legitimate consideration and answers to this question, and to all others, enjoy the laughs.

immatthewj
ddrave44
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I always just bought the shortest length shunyata PC that would reach and leave some flexibility to save $$$  and have always been happy.   

Anyway I bought this Wireworld Cable mini plug for a Devialet Phantom and was surprised to read what they said about length. "Since they function as filters, longer lengths improve performance." Great PC by the way. The Phanthom's sound got fuller, richer and better overall. Perhaps because as Class D it needed thicker guage power cord for passages with heavier current draw?

https://wireworldcable.com/collections/power-conditioning-cords/products/electra-mini-shielded-power-conditioning-cord

 

czarivey
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@panzrwagn Was Benjamin Franklin midget? I think only midgets can have that luxury of the manhood to reach the ground LOL

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panzrwagn
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@brian8383 Excessive girth has been known to cause unwanted high frequency noise, especially in demanding high impedance conditions. 

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tomwipf
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I hesitated on Argento 2m and Furutech 1.8m PCs because I liked the 1m AudioQuest Hurricane keeping the mess down in my tight space. Cardas i/c & speaker cables are my current reference but I'm an AyreHead and not a fan of ferrite so I can't do Cardas PC. After alittle research it seems these minimum lengths serve a purpose so I'm excited to try them out!

dynalead
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vodoo!

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