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audiphile power cords

Do upgraded power cords really make a significant difference in sound quality? I have a Jolida 502p that I think sounds pretty good. What do you recommend for a power cord that would make a significant improvement?
al2214
notec
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I can highly recommend AC cords as they do seem to be a key component when one needs to get current from the wall to the gear.

Not true anymore

Soon all these ridiculous PC debates will be over...
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audiolabyrinth
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Damn, sorry gentleman, maybe I will phone call Tara Labs and get to the bottom of this, However, I am sure all of you are correct, I really don't understand, I used the caculator provided by Tony, and used it the way the site explained it, Thanks Al and tony.
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tls49
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Audiolabyrinth, as I said the power cord consists of 3 conductors.

Hot - 20 runs of the smaller wire
Neutral - 20 runs of the smaller wire
Ground - 20 runs of the smaller wire

for a total of 60 runs.

You should use 20 in the AWG calculator for number of wires, not 60, to determine the equivalent gauge, as the gauge of the power cord is the size of only one of the conductors, not all 3 of them combined.
rleff
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thanks Ralph
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audiolabyrinth
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Well, I did say I would get back to this thread, Tls49, As It turns out we are all wrong about the Tara Labs cobalt power cord, I recieved my E-mail from Tara Concering this Awg size, Here is the absolute correct build and resulting Gauge size, live run-14 times 24 GAUGE RSC = 14 awg... combined with 2 times 12 awg becomes 8 AWG, Neutral run...14 TIMES 24 AWG rsc = 14 AWG.. COMBINED WITH 2 TIMES 12 BECOMES 8 AWG, GROUND RUN... 2 TIMES 12 AWG = 10 AWG... COMBINED WITH 2 TIMES 12 AWG BECOMES 8 AWG, iN ADDITION, LIVE AND NEUTRAL RUNS ARE SHIELDED WITH 12 AWG EACH OF LARGE BRAIDED COPPER SHIELDING, CONNECTED WITH GROUND PATH., THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE COBALT IS 8 AWG OVERALL, Glad to been able to resolve this issue once and for all, cheers.
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