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Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference?

I just had to share this. I went to synergistic research the other day to get some cables re-terminated. I saw some power cords on the floor and decided to ask about them. Ted, said they were all prototypes, would I like to listen. He brought me into the demo room and played some great music. He switched out the preamp power cord for one of the prototypes and man was it noticably better. Then, he left and came back into the room with a big smile on his face. He pulled a cable from the back that I swear was just recently built. He confirmed that no one had listened to it yet. He put the new power cable on the preamp and...................NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! It was unbelieveable what a difference I heard. I could not believe how much bigger the sound stage grew, better focus, detail, and faster tighter bass. I had him switch the PC in and out because I just could not believe what I heard. Then he said "lets make it better." He brought it to his Tesla machine and gave it a quantum tunneling. He put it back in the system and to my surprise it was un believably better then what I had just heard. It now made the whole system easily sound 3 times as good. I just could not believe my ears. Then I had to know, how much could I get this cable for. I would think at least $2000 if not $3000. Nope, this will probably go for $500. Well Ted, sign me up for a few of those bad boys.
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tboooe
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alun, it comes down to money. Manufacturers have to produce to a COGS target in order to meet the price point they want and the achieve the desired margins. Unless a product is produced as no holds barred, everything is a compromise between price and performance. That is why most manufacturers have several models of a particular product, each one costing more and thus providing more performance. Adding a high end power cord, or resistor, or feature may push the manufacturing costs above the target price.
leica_man
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Alun,
Why don't manufacturers provide the best power cord for their electronics? Perhaps it would add to the cost of their final products or perhaps the best cable does not exist and is therefore subjective. In either case it is prudent that manufacturers only provide utility cables and allow the end user to pick and choose the cable that delivers the sound they are looking for.

Why don't speaker manufacturers provide the best speaker cables with their speakers? Alternatively, why don't electronics manufacturers provide the best interconnects with their electronics? Some manufacturers do provide cables but these are Mid-Fi components that hardly represent High End performance. Is it that far off before this debate turns to all Amplifiers, CD Players, Pre-Amps, etc. sound the same? If so then reports of Stereo Review’s demise were premature.

Perhaps the abundance of electronics, speaker, and cable manufacturers exist because electronics, speakers, and cables do all sound different and perhaps it is these differences that people are attracted to.

LM
metro04
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Mrtennis: "why do people argue over whether other people hear differences between any two components?"

Why do people argue over religion, science, medicine, or any other topic? It's been that way since the beginning of man. That also covers your entire last paragraph. You don't see a needed aspect for questioning and debate, with regards to human rationale? Just ignore the topic of "audio" for a moment, and think of a "human" world, in any aspect, without debate.

It isn't just the thses audio forums!
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tbg
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Tvad, I think you are too cynical. There is no question that early on I had to be more concerned about affording the equipment I bought than I do now. I don't think ego, power, or control has anything to do with it. I have more disposable income how.

I still think the real debate on threads such as this does relate to some making judgments about what other hear or think they hear. I just do not understand why some think they have the right to judge what others hear.
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