How does power cord affect a digital frontend?


I think it does, but can anybody explain why and how?
I could guess how current demanding amp may be affected by weak power cord, but what about CDP?
dmitrydr

Showing 1 response by tireguy

From my experiences, power cords effect digital the most! They need clean, refined power and current isn't as important as it is with amps(and other high current components). Even a basic power cord designed to work on digital will get rid of some of the digititus and smooth things out- i.e. larger soundstage, greater transparency, greater image depth, texture/body, a more palpable presence- basically it makes things MUCH differnt. Most cases that different is better and then different power cords have different strong and weak spots- one may be super transparent at the expense of some body; etc....

In other words try a few and see what you hear, a lot of power cord companies offer in home trials so you have little if anything to lose.