Fast power cables?

06-18-12: Syntax
From AES (Audio Engineering Society) copper has a 100% rating, silver is 106.

To clarify, that refers to the conductivity of each metal, for a given length and a given gauge. Conductivity is inversely proportional to resistance, and is numerically equal to the reciprocal of resistance (i.e., resistance divided into 1).

Resistance increases in direct proportion to the length of the cable, and decreases as the thickness of the conductors in the cable increases. Using a cable that is one gauge size thicker would reduce resistance by a greater amount than changing from copper to silver.

Also, any correlation between power cord resistance or conductance and the perceived "speed" of the sonics produced by the component would be unpredictable and component-dependent, IMO.

Regards,
-- Al

Amuseb, why are you insinuating that red necks are cynical, not funny or smart. That's as bad as a racial slur.

Amuseb ... In the mid 90’s I had a conversation with a designer/engineer/builder of power conditioners who did not build power cables and had just returned from the CES

Our conversation drifted to power cables and he was describing some that he heard at the show ... when the Shunyata brand came up his comments were nice cable but it lacks PRAT

He felt this was due to the FeSI-1000 compound over dampening and killing the PRAT

I’m wondering if your Shunyata has the FeSI-1000 filling in it ... maybe it’s lack of speed you perceive is a lack of PRAT due to the dampening material

For all the Red Necks who don’t know what PRAT is ........ Practical .. Range .. Against .. Target (;-)

Debatable differences amount to no difference at all,really. If you want to increase the speed of your amp, you have to deal with the internals. When you do, everyone is impressed.

I apologize if my comment could have been perceived as "racist". As I'm not a native American, it's possible I'm not 100% sharp on the meaning of the term I used. Sorry.
Other than that, I guess my message was clear.

Thanks for all the others for the constructive comments... keep them coming.