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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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punkuk OP
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Thanks I will search
punkuk OP
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percieived quality of the sound
So it is all just a perception?
OK now I understand that Romex = ground noise and all those oter gremlins, but if all we need to do is shield the copper stands then why do people pay an exuberant amount of money for shielded copper strands.
I am sorry that I don’t get it but it just seems totally idiotic.
I understand everything is relative hell if I was Trump I would buy those Wilson’s and that $10,000 IC but even if I did I want to know why is it $10,000 what makes it different than say Franks “Signal Cable” Power Cord (Which is what I use)
punkuk OP
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And in the end we will still buy that overpriced Power/Interconnect/Speaker/Plug/Conditoner/CD Player/Tube Amp/PreAmp/Turntable/Cartride/Record Clamp/Record Snake Oil/ Yadda Yadda Yadda and why...............Cause we fricking love it and it what’s we do!!!!
punkuk OP
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Park the anal fretting and just give it a go
Was not fretting even anally just was looking for a reasonable explanation as to why does a cable costing more than my whole system make a difference.
I am genuinely interested in the theory behind this phenomenon and not being Stephen Hawking hoped that someone could explain the reasoning.

I use Signal Cable from my head, TT, Amps, processor and to me it is worth the money cause they look really cool.
I just have not got around to spending hours trying to plug unplug powercords to see if I can perceive the difference that companies and individuals rave about.

OK now I am being anal Sorry
punkuk OP
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Thats my point but not to say "it wont help" as that seem to upset some poeople but how or why will it help.
How does adding a Radio Shack vs $45 vs $100 vs $500 vs $1000+ 3 foot power cord improve the sound of a system.

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