power cable length importance

Personally, speaker cable, XLR cables is nothing but a bunch of hype. I can't believe the money people spend on speaker cables etc. If you want your system to sound better invest in better equipment. People actually spend 2K on speaker cable and more. Why I don't know because if you think you can actually hear a difference. Then god love ya! Let's face it as you get older your hearing diminishes. If there is a difference it is very small. I can't see spending that kind of money on such a small difference even if there is any. All I can say the manufactures are making a lot of money. Here is an example, a buddy of mine that he says he can hear the difference as well. So I but his ears to the test. He had very expensive speaker cables that he thought were the best out there. I came over with monster cables hooked them up to his system. Did not let him know what they were monster cables. First word out of his mouth, WOW THOSE CABLES SOUND GOOD! After I told him what they were he couldn't believe it. Moral of the story is, 5 hundred sounded as good as his 2k speaker cable.

The people at Nordost believe that longer cables will sound better, especially power cords. Their explanation or analogy goes something like this: Strike a 1 meter pole and the sound will be thin without much decay - strike a 2 and then 3 meter pole and the sound begins to round out get richer. They feel the cord needs the longer length to have a chance to do it's magic. Of course up to a point were the Length would be detrimental I suppose.

Filtration? I'd suggest the advantage of a shorter power cable is that it is less of an antenna.

Dancer: 500$ worth of Monster? ouch. Balanced cables have an advantage in noise rejection and are therefore worth it to some. Inexpensive, or not wacky expensive, at least, cables are easily found....Guitar Center, for example.

Microphonic power cable? And worried about its resonant frequency? please.

Monster Sigma are not that bad especially with some speakers; in fact, can be quite good. I heard them.
Price is not everything sure, some cables are very overpriced.

If some of the internet buzz is true and ESpecially the letter exchange with BlueJeans, I'd disqualify monster simply because of poor / predatory business practices. Regardless of price, which I think can easily be beaten at any performance level by several others.....