Let's talk power cords

This is the same controversy that involves the issue of cables generally. There are people here who do not hear the benefits of cable burn-in. It doesn’t align with their adherence to science, believing that all parameters of sound must have a measurement of some type to justify what we hear.

@thirsty93 Like others have suggested, I would borrow some power cords from a place like the Cable Company and judge for yourself!

Bonne Chance!

@willemj   Feeling the overwhelming gravity weighing heavily upon you?😔

For those of you who have not posted your systems here...why not?

I wish a requirement of the Audiogon sign-up process involved revealing your system's details.  It is much easier to weigh the gravity of a member's views on topics audio if you can view their system details to give context to their views.

geoffkait Come on Geoff...you really believe what you just said above? You can’t tell "anything" about a system by knowing what components comprise it, or by seeing pics of the components and how the system is configured or about the physical space the system inhabits??

I have learned a lot from viewing the systems here and I have no doubt you are more than capable of the same!🤨

Thanks folkfreak!  I did not pay adequate attention to the word "sound" in Geoff's post.  I was taking it more generally that we cannot learn about the context of where a member is coming from by seeing their system set-up.  My bad.  Sorry Geoff.🙁

@mikhaelkuz I guess I am hopeful that we can all be big boys and girls and accept what we see from others and respect their systems. When I see someone’s system that may be bigger and badder than mine I admire it not denigrate it and there are lots of folks here who have very impressive systems and spaces. Great! I’m happy with what I listen through and as long as others are similarly happy, then good for all of us!

My hope of reading and posting here is that we, as a community of music lovers, can share experiences with our systems that may inform others and assist them in realizing the full capabilities of their systems.🙂

@mikhaelkuz
Here is exactly what I said word for word. Please re-read. No where in the post do I opine on your’s or anyone else’s worth.

"I wish a requirement of the Audiogon sign-up process involved revealing your system’s details. It is much easier to weigh the gravity of a member’s views on topics audio if you can view their system details to give context to their views."

I said it would be much easier to weigh your views, not that your views would be of no consequence.

I stand by what I said earlier. Knowing what system and listening space people are living with does lend perspective and thus understanding to what they say on this forum. Period.🎶

Perhaps if we could better understand everyone else’s perspective, there would be less angst expressed on A’gon. 🎵

@mikhaelkuz   This true story may help explain why I feel the way I do about seeing systems and their listening space.

I have a new audiophile friend who had me over to hear his system. As soon as we walked into his listening space I knew I was in for an interesting, new experience.  His listening space is enormous!  The room has a peaked two story ceiling.

Well...I listened, enjoyed and even learned of some music I had not previously been exposed to.  Nice evening.

When I got home and my wife inquired about my experience. I told her of the space and the system and how much I had enjoyed hearing a system so different from my own.I told her if there was one thing he might do to improve his system, it would be to go with larger speakers in the manufacturer's line as I heard some hints of compression on loud sections of a particular song.

I quickly went down to my small/medium sized basement listening room to listen to some of the same music on my rig.  Sounded good, but different.  Our rooms and systems to accommodate to them are so different.

A few months later, after he had visited here to hear my system I returned to hear his again.  As soon as we got into the room he said, "so can you tell what's different".  Any guesses?  He had gone up two sizes in loudspeaker and now had a system that could fill his enormous space with music.  It was only after he revealed the change that I told him what I mentioned to my wife after my first encounter with his system.

The point?  I will never have a system as "grand" as his.  It would not be appropriate to my space.  In fact, I don't think his speakers would even fit in my room.  As informed audiophiles we have both developed, over time, systems that conform to our tastes, space and yes, budget.  I enjoy listening to his and he seems to appreciate listening to my system.  No envy on my part or his I suspect.  We both have what we need for our specific spaces and tastes.  

We both have perspective!

Good for you mtimm1!  You took some sensible yet modest steps with all of your cables and let your ears tell the tale. It's unfortunate there are numerous A'goners who will tell you your ears can't be right because you have no measurements or engineering rationale to explain what your ears are telling you.

As far as you as a listener goes, all that stuff really is "blah blah blah"!😉