how to buy power cords that fit my components (i.e tight and snug)


Hi All,

I've purchased good cords from two different vendors now and have been dissapointed to find that they don't fit my components tight enough

are there ways to ensure I can get cords that fit right?

 

 

 

audiocanada

Showing 2 responses by millercarbon

Listen, if you absolutely insist on shimming it up to fit tight, at least have sense enough to ignore the awful electrical or teflon tape advice. Electrical tape is soft and squishy and the adhesive never hardens so you wind up with a goopy mess. Teflon tape is designed to be slippery, the exact opposite of what you want. So if you must- and again this is not the way to go - but if you must then use heat shrink tubing.

But what you really should do is support the cable, preferably with something like a cable cradle that both supports and isolates, in such a way that it will stay put even without having to be crammed in so tight.

Rather than focus on what will not improve sound, and maybe make things worse, why not address the root cause of the problem? Support power cords so they naturally lay where you want them to be. That way not only is there no stress on the connection, but when properly supported there is much less vibration in the cord, and far less being fed into the component by the cord. Until and unless this is done then making the plug fit even tighter is making things worse not better.