" I did enjoy his voice "when I realized" that it was not the result of a poor source cd but was the result of the abuse that his vocal cords were probably taking ". " I enjoyed it "when it hit me" that that was his real voice at the time. Not really sure what to make of it. Slow Hand, as every other Clapton cd I own, showcases his voice, at that time, with exemplary precision. There is no " when I realized ". I have no idea what you are saying....unless, you went into the listening session with one kind of attitude (negative, not feeling great), and then a bit later, the music uplifted you and pulled you in. Discussions of moods we have when listening, is interesting. If I am not feeling up to snuff (however you may interpret that) I will never go sit in my listening seat and listen. My system is never used to get me out of a funk. When I do listen, I am fully awake, energized and excited that I have chosen this or that recorded performance for the experience of listening pleasure and entertainment. My best, MrD.
A stupid question(s) about power cords
As the title indicates, I admit that this is probably a stupid question. But since I don’t know (for sure) the answer, I am asking it anyway.
The recent power cord thread got me interested in a power cord upgrade (from the stock cord) on my Maranzt SA10 (SACDP). The power cord receptacle on that particular component does not have a male equipment ground pin--only the neutral and hot pins. Therefore the cord supplied by Maranzt is a two pole (if that is the right terminology) cord. But because I have done it this way before, I do know that it will accept a power cord with an equipment ground as well as a neutral and hot.
Question 1: I went to musicdirect and looked at some power cords and I saw one (an open box Audioquest NRG Z2) that they were calling a two pole cord. The end that plugs in to the component only has a neutral and a hot, but the other end, the end that plugs into the outlet in the wall, does have an equipment ground blade (so that end has three blades). Why would that be?
Question 2: (and this is the stupid one) if a power cord has an equipment ground pin plugged into the wall, even if it is not plugged into an eqipment ground in the component itself, that cord is still connected to the neutral bus bar in the panel, right? So that being the case, since the equipment ground wire in the cord is right next to the hot wire, is there a way unwanted stuff (rf or whatever, my understanding of this is quite limited) can that dirty up the power that is traveling on the hot wire in the power cord?
I think that the answer to the last question is probably going to be ’no’? And if the answer is ’no’, that means that I really don’t need to shop for only two pole cords, right? And I see this as sort of important because if I buy a two pole cord, the ONLY component I can use it on/try it out on will be my SACDP--there will be no playing around with a two pole cord on my preamp or my amp.
And ALSO, if I don’t feel constrained to shopping ONLY for two pole cords, I would probably have more options to consider.
TIA for legitimate insight to this, and to all others, feel free to ridicule me and my question--I don’t mind.
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Finished my mods on an amplifier a week ago and have since been letting it sing along with my system, 24 /7 (an advantage of solid state gear, and having a private, dedicated listening room). I played the Medeski Martin and Wood cd "friday afternoon in the universe" this morning, at a very realistic level. WOW just WOW. Enjoy ! MrD. |
Sorry, @mrdecibel , I feel that on Slow Hand, Clapton’s vocal work is often a bit rough and scratchy sounding, and I am personally thinking that this is probably due to the excesses of that period of time. On a quick edit: now that we have been talking about it, I am going to pull that CD out for my session tonight or for tomorrow and see how it strikes me. Aural memories are tough, but I do remember thinking that it was the voice of guy who had probably been smoking cigarettes heavily, and that may have been the least of the abuses that was happening at the time. I think I may have thought it was a bit nasally sounding, but as I typed, I will give it a listen soon as I break my new stuff in. @jea48 , no, that adapter was never mentioned until now (in this thread). That sounds like a great idea. As it stands, I am coming up on 50 hours on one of the cords (CDP) and coming up on 40 hours on the cords for the amp and preamp. |
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The only power cord you ever need for your CDP is the stock cord that came with the unit. I'm an electrical engineer who knows a thing or two about cable electronics. If you want some thick substantial power cable go buy a 10 awg cable on Amazon for $30 will certainly please your eyes and make you feel good. These cable resellers aka major brands sell those cables adding 10x or even 50x profit and the price tag has absolutely nothing to do with improving the s.q. of an audio equipment. And do not pay attention to the trolls on this forum they are here to mislead you to spend thousands of dollars on so called major brand cables. Hoping you're not one of them. |
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