BMI power cord with Musical Fidelity KW 500amp

Frank,
You pulled the trigger as I was asking questions. LOL. Good for you. Please report your findings. I was also interested in the VH Flavor 4.

Unsound,

Guess I got lucky this time. ;-) As for the VH Flavor 4, what I intend to do is to encase the body of the powercord insid a 5/8" diameter vinyl/rubber (?) tubing I got from Orchard Supply, Fill the tubing with sand, and seal the tubing with silicone caulking. The sand acts as damping material. Nothing scientific here, just want to experiment. I will compare it to a regular Flavor 4 to see what effect this has.

FrankC

Frank: Do NOT use "normal" silicone for what you want to do. Silicone is acedic and can cause the plasticizers in cabling to break down and migrate. This migration can contaminate other dielectrics and / or corrosion of the actual conductors. If you must use silicone, find some "non-acedic" stuff.

Other than that, mechanically damping the Flavour 4 should help it out. The added mass may make it tough to work with as it is already pretty rigid to begin with. That's just my opinion though. Sean
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Thanks Sean. Do you mean that the vinly coating over the cable will break down after prolong contact with the sand? What if I add another layer of "protective" coating over the cable? Maybe something like those clear vinyl hose/tubing you find at Orchard supply?

I will try looking into the non-acedic sand.

FrankC