@knownothing , thanks for clarifying. And I didn't take anything negative from the 12/10 river of denial comment. And now that I see what you are getting at, yes, what I think I am going achieve first is running my gear straight to the wall with nothing in between. And sorry if I may have came off as sounding terse about it. And whether or not I will swap out those runs of 12-2 that I put in for 10 is up in the air.
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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Re: the post by Chuck and also attributed to The Absolute Sound. I might have a suggestion for those folks in the position of building a new home: When I renovated my home and upsized 49.9% (a limit to avoid immediate reassessment) we changed our service entrance drop and the old 4/0 Aluminum SE cable was surplused. I ran that from the new primary panel to a subpanel just below my new living room and as long as we lived there we never got the slightest dip when the whole-house AC or anything else kicked in - including anything from some extended low end synth to the Also Sprach Zarathustra intro. I had a separate 20A circuit fed to behind each equipment rack from that subpanel in the basement area below so all runs were less than 15 feet. The only other runs off that panel were to my electronics workshop in the room below, and I could only be in one or the other so it never interfered. As noted in the really long post, the two key issues are 1: to have the stiffest possible power source (large gauge wire) as close to the load as you can with the best possible connections and 2: have some sort of RFI/EMI suppression as close to the load as possible as well. Even ferrites on every cord at the point it plugs into the load will help a bit, although circuitry in the power conditioner appropriate to the specific load type is valuable as well. I would quote brands, etc. but that construction and circuitry was back in the mid 90's and is not pertinent in todays market. As always, be sure to take time to listen and enjoy the music! |
Power cords can make a difference as long as your ears can hear a qualitative difference. Most high end audio cable come in different lengths to customize the fit to each individual system, cable management may be a better term. Trial and error, listen, purchase and return till your level of satisfaction. Good luck. Frank
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I was thinking about all my thoughts and feelings I still wanted to write about regarding the tariffs and my love for trump in that thread yesterday, Would it be ok to continue that here @immatthewj ? Just kidding! This time SERIOUSLY KIDDING. , Sorry |
@grislybutter never thought you were a troll but you just proved me wrong |
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