And Hooper, with all due respect....none of your friends have had the opportunity to try the Acrolink, considering it's a brand-new product in the North American market. Perhaps they would change their tune if they found it outperformed the VD or JPS. They already made their choice....others want higher performance.
Of course the Romex works as it is designed to do, but it's a lower level of quality, without question. More than a dozen years ago, when a bunch of us in the local audiophile club were making our own power cords, I found that Diamond Handiwire (purchased at the same Home Depot) sounded better than the Romex brand, and it was less expensive to boot. I still recommend Handiwire to customers, as I think it's a better copper formulation. I'll always go with what sounds best. But Handiwire ain't 6/9's OFC copper, and neither is Romex. The Acrolink dielectric is also tightly-extruded, addressing resonance control of the conductors, something the loose-fitting covering of Handiwire and Romex simply does not do.
Without a doubt the Acrolink is expensive, especially in relationship to the cost of Romex. But in relationship to Elrod power cables, or PranaWire, or Siltech Emperor, or the best Tara Labs and Virtual Dynamics, it is relatively affordable for its cost per given length. Then again, there are some who feel that $25 spent on a gold-plated fuse are out of their minds....that's relative as well. But these fuses work well, without a doubt.
Of course the Romex works as it is designed to do, but it's a lower level of quality, without question. More than a dozen years ago, when a bunch of us in the local audiophile club were making our own power cords, I found that Diamond Handiwire (purchased at the same Home Depot) sounded better than the Romex brand, and it was less expensive to boot. I still recommend Handiwire to customers, as I think it's a better copper formulation. I'll always go with what sounds best. But Handiwire ain't 6/9's OFC copper, and neither is Romex. The Acrolink dielectric is also tightly-extruded, addressing resonance control of the conductors, something the loose-fitting covering of Handiwire and Romex simply does not do.
Without a doubt the Acrolink is expensive, especially in relationship to the cost of Romex. But in relationship to Elrod power cables, or PranaWire, or Siltech Emperor, or the best Tara Labs and Virtual Dynamics, it is relatively affordable for its cost per given length. Then again, there are some who feel that $25 spent on a gold-plated fuse are out of their minds....that's relative as well. But these fuses work well, without a doubt.