That pentangle on the floor isn't for decoration!
A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks
And I realize that there are those that don’t believe in either
Assuming you use a power conditioner and after market power cords, do you feel that the power cord from the power conditioner to the wall might be a limiting or even a negating factor to the performance of the after market power cords that run from the power conditioner to the gear?
The reason I ask is that I was about to embark upon some more experimentation with different power cords and where I plugged them into when I discovered that the aftermarket cords I had purchased before and some recent arrivals are actually a meter shorter than the ones that came with the gear. This doesn’t matter for the amp due to its location, but when I did my last power cord upgrade I ran my CDP and pre into a conditioner so the length for those didn’t matter either, but as I was doing the musical chairs with power cords thing today, I also was intending to run the CDP and pre straight into the wall on separate dedicated circuits, but I found out that I am a tad short on those two.
Which doesn’t preclude me from moving my dedicated circuit outlets up a couple of feet, and I suppose I probably will, but I was curious as to the opinions about the limitations of a power conditioners power cord.
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My practice is to insure that the power conditioner has a robust power cord so I upgrade from the factory cord. I either assemble my own or, more recently I discovered that the Emotiva model XIEC-2-0 power cord meets my needs. It’s high quality design, very robust build quality and price point make it an incredible value. I purchased several during Emotiva’s recent sale. |
All of my upgrades have improved my audio system. The best upgrades, in my experience, in order of audio improvement were: 1. Speakers (3-way Floorstanders to Open Baffle plus subwoofer) 2. DAC (++ quality & expense) 3.Preamp (SS to tubes) 4.Amplifier (SS to tubes) 5.Speaker cables and Interconnects (tie) 6. Room treatments (but I already had a good room, as-built) 7.Power regenerator (but I already had good power) 8. Power cord upgrades Your experience may vary. Everything matters, but not equally! |
This was actually addressed in that article; however, in the article it was suggested to put the junction box as close to the outlet as possible. So what does that mean? Cut out the drywall so you can attach the work box to s stud next to the outlet you want to put in? |
@knownothing , I've had dedicated circuits since nineteen ninety and something, but my question was more related to using a power conditioner with a hard wired power cord and how much that would degrade afer market power cords from gear to that power conditioner. |
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