Breaking in power cords

In the US, power cords are tested and certified ("rated") by Underwriters Laboratories.

Fatparrot, I bet you won't find a single audiophile power cord that has been certified by UL.

If the cord is properly constructed, there's no reason why it wouldn't handle 15A (or more), but no one has "rated" it other than the manufacturer.

One would think so, but there are "audiophile grade" power cords that cost hundreds of dollars that will shrivel up and die if used with such a load. Sean
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Names, names, names!!!

I received hate mail! It's been quite a while since that happened. The text is as follows:

TO: Psychicanimal

Fuck you piece of shit. \
Go back to your welfare low end spic apartment.

I know where you live stuupid spic.

Fred

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FROM: josecanu@cmenow.veriszon.net (NON-member)

Guess what? The hate mail was sent from AOL Mexico:

Return-Path:
Received: from rly-yi02.mx.aol.com (rly-yi02.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.130]) by air-yi04.mail.aol.com (v103.7) with ESMTP id MAILINYI42-7af418f7cf532e; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:04:54 -050

It takes all kinds...this time a *cholo malparido*.

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Why do you have to break in power cords? The issue of breaking in cables is quite controversial. I think whether a cable, be it an interlink, speakercable or powercord is good or not, could be heard within seconds/minutes. I think you don't need another breaking in period to get a cable sounding good. This is a general misconception. A cable is inherently bad or good sounding, regardless of being broken in or not!