Romex Power Cord - 8 feet long
Since there are a few post in Agon that mention this I thought I'd give it a try.
Had some 12 gauge cable lying around - the 4 conductor stuff used for two-way light switching.
Stripped off the sheathing and removed the bare earth wire leaving me with three insulated conductors - I used the red for earth
Figured I'd better braid them to keep noise/hum to a minimum.
Soldered Spade terminals on the ends so the mains connectors had lots of surface area to bind to.
Attached some gold/copper mains conectors like these
Mains ConnectorAll parts cost about $35 and a couple of hours of my time
Results...
> Not quite as quiet as my Furutech, but required full volume to hear anything
> More dynamic and spacious than my Furutech 15 gauge
> Almost as good as my Furutech 10 gauge
Hard to believe? well it brings power to your outlet doesn't it?
RE: the trivial noise issue
- first I had to crank the volume to full and put my ear to the speaker in order to hear it
- I believe this is due to my less than stellar braiding
- get the conductors the same length and tighten the braid and the issue probably goes away
I didn't expect it to be quite this good - should be even better once burned-in
For the 8ft braided length I used approx. 9.5 ft of Romex
Only issue is it's bit springy - but it does support itself - no sagging at the outlet :-)
Wanna try a new power cord, but the cost is putting you off? Try this tweak - something to do on those cold winter nights :-)