Doing the Power Cord Thing

When you are not buying $2,000 power cables, but DIY'ing for $100, you are saving money. :)

I assume this is a typo, and you meant $200, not $2000.

You could also have saved money by not buying your 507 amp and listened to music on your phone instead. Apples and oranges, comparing the two is pointless.
I certainly don't fault you for building your own power cord, but comparing it to anything that's $2000 is absurd. You could've bought the cord you built from DH Labs for $126.

04-20-2019 4:47pmI bought the 507 because I could hear the value.


I have yet to hear $2,000 worth of value in a power cord.


The con men and the conned.


Also, I never built the cable components purely because I wanted to save $16. I bought it for fun. :)

I've never heard a $2000 power cord that I know of. You brought it up. The most expensive one I've ever heard is the one I just bought that was about $500. I was a skeptic, until I heard it. Anyone could've heard the difference, it was amazing. I'm sure that's not always the case.
I understand putting your own stuff together solely for the experience. But it's more than a little disingenuous to then compare it to something that's 20 times the money, and imply that they're somehow the same.

If you consider my comments a personal attack, that certainly wasn’t my intent, Erik. I’m always surprised by people that post their thoughts and are then upset when every other person doesn’t agree. Stereos, cats, widgets, doesn’t matter. I’ll refrain from posting on any of your threads from here on out.

Erik, I'm curious if you ever actually tried the factory cord. I think Luxman supplies a pretty good one, I'd be interested to know how it compares.

Fine Phillips head and coarse Phillips head? C'mon, Erik. :)
(I think you should try the factory power cord. Mine was very good)

Afraid of having nice tools? That's your takeaway? (I have tons of very nice tools) Phillips screwdrivers are numbered to denote the different sizes of tips. When you were talking about the wire you used for the power cord you built, did you refer to it as "medium" or "big"?? No..... Hence the C'mon, Erik.
As for the factory cord, I wasn't suggesting that you don't "save it", merely that you "try it".
I have fun. I mean, I haven't named my amp, but I have fun.
Later