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High priced power cable what about the romex

I have a question that I tried to post before but for some reason it was flagged by the moderators.

I have nice looking power cable some signal, some MIT, some home made, and they look like they should do a great job, could even run a small town

My question is if you run romex from the fuse box to your high priced outlet, and then plug in your high priced powercable, how will this improve the path from the fuse box to the outlet? And if it doesnt why not just run the same romex to your HiFi.
How does a better grade power cable improve the path from the main grid.
I have heard this again and again "Your system is as good as its weakest link" So isnt the romex one of those weak
links?

I am sure there is a good responce to this and I am not trying to be negitive in regards to high priced power cords but what am I missing?
punkuk
inpepinnovations1e75
395 posts
 
Viridian, because we wouldn't want to further screw up the already garbage sound recorded ! :)
ngjockey
1,042 posts
 
Since preamps don't have tone controls anymore, we have to do something.
mapleleafs3
190 posts
 
Romex is everything the expensive snakeoil power cords are
www.diycable.com 47.00 all you need
punkuk OP
52 posts
 
Thanks I will search
gs5556
1,234 posts
 
Your power cable can act as an antenna that picks up noise from magnetic fields and radio interference which is all around. If the power cord is shielded properly, then it will minimize the introduction of noise from these EMI/RF fields.

It does absolutely nothing as far as improving "power flow" or current draw or anything to do with electric power. The improvements you hear with power cords are the reduction of the noise floor from the EMI/RF noise rejection - which is what may happen if you "run the Romex to your hifi".

Some cheap cords can do just as good a job as the ones that go for a grand a foot with respect to noise rejection. Keep an open ear before you spend the big bucks needlessly.
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