Does it matter what gauge power cord that you use?


I was just wondering if I could get any thoughts on why you would need a large gauge power cord. My listening room has 14gauge in the walls, and it seems like this would limit the effect of using a 10 or 12 gauge cable. Any thoughts?
thanks!
-Chris
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Showing 1 response by unclejeff

I don't go out of my way to buy heavier power cords, per se. I did buy an eight foot granite audio power cord a while back for the simple reason that I did not want to use an extension cord. I use it on my CD player and I do believe I can hear a differance. As I have over the years collected a surplus of power cords, I do use the heavier gauge cords and and I store the lighter ones in a box. Again, keeping in mind that your question was simply one of heaver gauge cords. You did not ask about all of the specialized high-end cords available.

One interesting thing you can do is replace the cheap two wire cords that come with many DVD and Cd players with a used computer cord that has some shielding which is available at any used computer store. It can't hurt, and it might make you feel better.