I have lived with FIM power cords for some time now and have had nothing blow up. You have made some strong statements (sdrconsultant), please explain how the power cord blew up your clients components, and the tweeters. Also I have taken the time to form the cords correctly and they have not one time come out of any component I have plugged them into. I find them to be the finest sounding (not just different) speaker and powercords I have ever heard. If you can't live with the stiffeness that is one thing, but to say that they blew things up because you did not poperly form and/or set things up properly is irresponsable. The cords are UL listed thus I am interested in exaclty how you came to the conclusion that it the smoking gear was resultant from the use of the FIMS. Thanks in advance, Mike