$10 vs $100 power plug

Rrog wrote,

"I doubt high end manufacturers feel they are compromising the sound of their products with the power cords they select."

Or they may be totally ignorant of the issue.

I sympathize with your angst and frustration over some audiophile product prices; on the other hand, I suspect if you look a little bit harder you can find a lot more to get all worked up about. $100 don't mean much in the scheme of things these days unless you have an iPod.

Some things worth coveting - the Koetsu Coralstone Platinum Mono cartridge, $15,000. SteinMusic Harmonizer $3995. Magic equipment rack, $50,000. Minus K 25BM-8 negative stiffness isolation stand, $2650. Quantum Clip from PWB Electronics, $850.

Helpful hint: Don't mention it to your better half.

Marakanetz wrote,

"Hospital grade Hubbel plugs are sold at digikey, newark and mouser catalogues for $low-teens. Audiophile grade ones are just the same only with different price, color, design and name.

Hospital grade plugs are for hospitals. Hospital grade plugs must conform to standards for reliability and safety - but not sound. And for audiophiles, isn't that really the most important thing? By contrast, Audiophile Grade plugs use better metal conductors than stock plugs OR Hospital Grade plugs.

Marakanetz also wrote,

"Stay away from cryo'd ones. Less-likely they show any evidence of cryogenic treatment."

Why is everyone down on cryo? Cryo'd conductors are better conductors. Hel -loo!