power cord too short? what now?

Gregadd,

From the tenor of your post it appears that some of our 'objectivist' comments may have offended your 'subjectivist' sensitivities. Frankly I'm surprised that a person with your experience would have expected otherwise in this forum.

But upon re-reading, your original post clearly indicated your subjective belief in the differences brought by power cords. You did not ask about the differences between cords. Clearly it was boorish of me, just because I don't believe in the benefits of 'high end' power cords to respond. I should have simply ignored your post.

Lesson learned. I won't do that again.

Newbee - My point is we are hobbyists not scientists. Scientific proof is arrived at by a very rigorous protocol. The notion that someone can or cannot pick something out is the beginning of scientific inquiry not the end. How do we know whether they could pick it out because there is no difference or becuase they are incapable of hearing the difference? Normally you would have a control group where there was a known diffrence to see if the testee was cabale of hearing the difference.
I am a cable skeptic. I beliveve that quality cable is better than zipcord.

Beyond that not only I am skeptical of the benefits of expensive cable,I DOUBT WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENCE. That is to say cables "should do no harm" and nothing else.

If you examine my system post you will see that my cls was purchased used and the PC was a replacement. Whether pc's have a sonic value is an open question for me.

Deciding what sound's good to me is easy. Giving advice to others on how to spend thier hard earn money is a much more difficult question.

Gregadd, Its not hard for me to tell others how to spend their hard earned money. If you follow my posts/threads you will note that I am consistent in giving advise to others regarding spending their hard earned money (as I did your's). "Try it and if you can't hear a difference don't buy it." I'm obviously not a power cord salesman.

For the most part my only reason for posting is to help others in need of information and in avoiding the tar pits of audio. I obviously failed to do either in this thread. :-(

I think that if P.T. Barnum was alive today he would be in the audio aftermarket business. I know every time I spend money on aftermarket, my brain and wallet tell my ears that it sounds improved. It better sound better or I got taken. If it sounds better too me, than I enjoy it.

I think that Metro04 does have a good point, the whole debate over power cord benefits, its length, gauge, & additional connections must be limited by the house wiring behind the walls. The old addage your system is only as good as its weakest link should apply.

In regards to house wiring, Romex 14/2 is used for lighting and 12/2 for other applications. So if 12 gauge is the limiting factor, to buy a power cord with a heavier gauge than 12 seems self defeating unless you have a dedicated line from your main service box to your stereo to support heavier gauged power cords. What I do know is that a quality power cord does make a clear audible difference, especially in digital amplification but again probably not always based on its gauge when you take into account the factors that may or may not exist within your walls.