There are those who use objective facts, and those who use subjective opinions supported by any number of biases, realized or not.
Bias works both ways buddy. Realize or not.
A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks
And I realize that there are those that don’t believe in either
Assuming you use a power conditioner and after market power cords, do you feel that the power cord from the power conditioner to the wall might be a limiting or even a negating factor to the performance of the after market power cords that run from the power conditioner to the gear?
The reason I ask is that I was about to embark upon some more experimentation with different power cords and where I plugged them into when I discovered that the aftermarket cords I had purchased before and some recent arrivals are actually a meter shorter than the ones that came with the gear. This doesn’t matter for the amp due to its location, but when I did my last power cord upgrade I ran my CDP and pre into a conditioner so the length for those didn’t matter either, but as I was doing the musical chairs with power cords thing today, I also was intending to run the CDP and pre straight into the wall on separate dedicated circuits, but I found out that I am a tad short on those two.
Which doesn’t preclude me from moving my dedicated circuit outlets up a couple of feet, and I suppose I probably will, but I was curious as to the opinions about the limitations of a power conditioners power cord.
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Fr starters if possible a dedicated 20 amp line to start ,then a high quality gold or rhodium over Copper AC outlet I have currently a Niagra AQ 3000, next a Niagra 5000 the quality of power cord very important from AC outlet , and the Storm series or better complement their line conditioners I have Mainly Tornado and Tornado Source power cords ,but do have 2 Thunders , much quieter backgrounds and dynamics far better with their grounding technologies and power correction , which is veryAudible at higher volume levels . |
I asked this same question to the fellow who designed Audioquest's terrific Niagara line of power conditions. He replied with an unequivocal 'yes', although he hastened to add that the conditioner's cable was only one of many that affected the sound; every upgraded power cable provides an iterative improvement and merely omitting one does not negate the benefits provided by the rest of the conditioner/cable plant. |
@squared80 , if you don't think that they work because you cannot hear the difference don't waste your time and money by using them; but there's also probably no point in wasting your time on threads related to the subject. |
@immatthewj Yes that’s what it would mean. Good luck wrestling 6awg and 10awg cables into a standard JB though. I also can’t immediately think of connectors appropriate for that job. Using a subpanel is the sensible thing to do here. Subpanels are designed to accommodate large gauge wiring in the first place, so it would be far less labor and pain than mickey mousing a junction box together. It will cost, I don’t know, $70 or $80 extra. The alternative is to run multiple 10awg circuits. That's probably the route I will favor when I get around to doing this job in my house. I know the insulation material you’re talking about. Wear a respirator, not a covid mask. |
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