Power Cord For Audio Research gear

Steve, the issue is done. I know what I hear and I know I like it. Case closed. Apparantly you just want a debate. I have an idea...... Lets debate SOMETHING ELSE. Maybe some other gear you like? Even if you don't have any gear just make it up. The folks that also have that brand of equipment will at least agree with you there and maybe you can win them over to the dark side then? I thought you knew all about this psychology thing?

No money - With only the tiniest bit of knowledge about electricity you could understand the impossibility of what you have claimed. This would make you a smarter listener.

I think many here prefer ignorance so they can maintain the egotistical believe that they can hear things that baffle the best scientific and engineering minds of our age.

Stevemj:
It is not simply AC vs DC and Ohm's law as you are suggesting. The energy transport from source to sink is vey complex. There are no exact models.
I think that you have added to the old adage: " a little knowledge can sometimes be dangerous."

What is your qualification in terms of your technical background?

I use to be a "techno freak" until I realized that measurements cannot predict exactly how a component will sound/perform in a system.

Why don't you experiment with different cables in your system, instead of "shooting in the breeze."

Stevemj: Thanks for the common sense approach. A further deficiency of Jon Risch's "explanation" that Kevperro posted is that Risch assumes that the conduction angle in the primary of a power amp's peak-rectification power supply will remain the same at heavy current demand as at light current demand, and thus he divides the RMS current demand by the conduction angle to come up with an absurdly high peak current figure. In reality, the conduction angle increases as the current demand rises, and thus the peak current rises to only about 50% to 100% above the RMS level. That still points to the need for good power conductors to minimize power loss, but they can be had for a fraction of what the boutique power cords sell for. Power cords that sell for $50, $100, $500 or whatever serve the ego and not the audio.

Gmorris - I was trying to explain that cables are AC and, therefore, can not have a prefered direction, regardless of any law imaginable.

My qualification is that my IQ is above 80 (barely, or I wouldn't be wasting my time on this moronic topic).