Besides, with DIY power cords you can control directionality.
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Your hearing is only as good as the best system you ever heard.
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I suppose you’re going to tell me the hallucinations and flashbacks are a placebo effect, huh?
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Actually it be very possible to get negative results with blind tests just like any kind of test for a wide variety of reasons. Shall I list them? People get way too hung up on blind tests because they mistakenly believe they settle all disputes, especially when it comes to controversial things like uh, power cords. A negative result from a blind test means practically nothing. Hel-loo!
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Shouldn't you be standing out on a ledge somewhere?
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initforthemusic
@geoffkait. Are all your 5,535 posts that strange?
Maybe.
Sincerely,
initforthemoney
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initforthemusic
Who's the "you" geoffkait?
It's whoever you want it to be.
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If Randy and you and the others are realists I'm the King of Siam.
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Audioquest NRG WEL Signature power cord 6’ length on Amazon $6899.75. The optional 4 year protection plan is more than many people’s power cords. The $15K BMI Cables Oceanic Statement Version UL/LE. Feel free to vent.
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"On a serious note, science of the brain has exploded in last decade."
That’s not too surprising since you can see brains explode right here on these forums all the time. Pick a topic. Cables. Power cords. Fuses. Isolation. Electricity. Ka-blow-ie! |
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Are Shadorne and Georgehifi really the same person?
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Shadorne
@geoffkait
"Nothing I said is Strawman.
You say SOTA gear improves with better power cords. FACT
I do not contest that statement but ask is this acceptable from SOTA gear?
I ask if it is not reasonable to expect SOTA gear to work properly without special power cords? Or at least come with a suitable power cord in the first place (if it makes so much difference)?"
It’s a Strawman argument when you ask if SOTA gear works properly without a special power cord. Of course it works "properly." That’s not the issue. The issue is EVERYTHING can be improved. No matter how expensive. Better capacitors. Better resistors. Better internal damping. Vibration isolation. Shielding the transformer. Better fuse. Better power cords. Hel-loo! Have you been living in a cave for the last twenty years?
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Shadorne, everything single thing you said is a Strawman argument. Get real!
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shadorne
@geoffkait
"OMG - so you really believe with all that money spent on the highest end gear that you can’t even get a reliable power supply that filters out all mains noise - and therefore a band aid power cord is necessary."
Most likely there’s a Strawman argument in there somewhere. I’m not saying that at all. Do you know what the word sarcastic means? 😀
"If you are correct then most SOTA boutique audio really is pathetic in terms of performance."
Correct about what? Power supplies in high end electronics? I was joking. Wasn’t it obvious?
"Glad I got rid of the gear that did that for me, as I don’t accept poor quality power supply design and I prefer to avoid band aids."
Who told you to buy crappy gear? Calling power cords "band aids" doesn’t change the fact that replacing stock power cords in high end well-designed electronics with better power cords usually improves the sound. That’s equivalent to saying aftermarket fuses are band aids. Hel-loo! It’s also why almost all high end cables are cryogenically treated. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. It’s not really a band aid, it’s just improving the physics and or electronics. I'm not saying it's pig headed to think its all about circuit design and power supply design but it's sure near sighted.
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shadorne
@geoffkait
Good to see you agree - electronics like Meitner which costs a small fortune really ought to have a decent power supply that filters out extraneous noise such that a band aid power cord is unnecessary.
Uh, I wasn’t agreeing. I was being sarcastic. Sorry to disappoint. I will have to make my smiley faces bigger. 😀
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shadorne
It sure can make a difference. Such a pity that many audio electronics are so badly built that you need a band aid like this - but some cost only $100 and are a cheaper solution than upgrading the audio.
Yeah, it’s a real shame. All those badly built high end electronics like Lamm, DartZeel, Pass, Oppo, Meitner, Krell, Bricasti, Ayre, Classe, Parasound. It must be the same reason aftermarket fuses work so well - because high end audio electronics are made so badly and their power supplies are so lame.
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