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High priced power cable what about the romex

I have a question that I tried to post before but for some reason it was flagged by the moderators.

I have nice looking power cable some signal, some MIT, some home made, and they look like they should do a great job, could even run a small town

My question is if you run romex from the fuse box to your high priced outlet, and then plug in your high priced powercable, how will this improve the path from the fuse box to the outlet? And if it doesnt why not just run the same romex to your HiFi.
How does a better grade power cable improve the path from the main grid.
I have heard this again and again "Your system is as good as its weakest link" So isnt the romex one of those weak
links?

I am sure there is a good responce to this and I am not trying to be negitive in regards to high priced power cords but what am I missing?
punkuk

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drubin
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"Your system is as good as its weakest link"
I read this a lot, but I think it's wrong. An audio system is not a chain, it is a system. If it were only as good as its weakest link, then why is it that I can upgrade ANY part of my system and improve its performance?

Sorry for the diversion from the topic, but I feel this phrase needs to be dropped from audiophiles' vocabularies.
drubin
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But it doesn't describe an audio system very well at all. You don't benefit by strengthening the links in a chain that are stronger than the weakest one, but that does not hold for an audio system, that is my point. You could choke a system with the extreme examples you give, but you could still improve it substantially with upgrades elsewhere. That has consistently been my experience as an audiophile.
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