Blind Power Cord Test & results


Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity teamed up with the Bay Area Audiophile Society (BAAS) to conduct a blind AC power cord test. Here is the url:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_11_4/feature-article-blind-test-power-cords-12-2004.html

I suppose you can interpret these results to your follow your own point of view, but to me they reinforce my thoughts that aftermarket AC cords are "audiophile snakeoil"
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Showing 1 response by artmaltman

The first time I sat down to compare an "audiophile" power cord to a generic one, I was 100% sure I would find no difference. The idea seemed absurd to me. But listening to certain cords, such as those from Shunyata, quickly demolished that notion. Furthermore, I heard the same things that I subsequently read about in reviews.

This is to me more relevant type of blind testing than sitting through short selections. I was blind to the possibility of differences, and I was blind to the types of differences that others were hearing on these same cables.

I don't kwow whether the cord that was used for testing in this article has a substantial sonic signature or not. I am certain that I could prepare a test between two cords where listeners would hear little or no difference, because there isn't any apparent sonic difference between the cords. (I'm referring to sonic differences, not price differences ; - )

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