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Power cable from wall socket to power strip

Hej

Firstly; yes I believe that cables makes a difference. All cables. I don’t want a discussion with ”non believers”.

I use a power strip (Wireworld Matrix 2) which is connected to the wall socket with a Furutech Empire. But now I need a little longer power cable and I thought; does the power cable from the wall socket to the power strip really matter? I mean, all the way to my wall socket it’s just ordinary wire, so why should the part to the power strip matter. It’s just the last bit to the devices that matters, I’ve been told. Or…?
What are your thoughts about this?

simna

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simna OP
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@jl35 

But the meaning with a power conditioner is to "clean the power". Right?
So how can the power cable to the conditioner matter? Or am I just stupid here?

simna OP
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I thought there was an easy answer to my question, silly me.

I figure the best way is to borrow some high end power cords and compare them with an ordinary power cord.

 

simna OP
165 posts
 

I asked a question which resulted in several new questions.

Is the sole purpose with high end cables to deliver the power as stable and clean as possible?
Is the sole purpose with a power conditioner to clean and deliver stable power?
If these two questions are anwerd with yes, then the first step has to be to buy a power conditioner.

But there are people that says that power conditioners drains the life out of the music. Why is that? What has gone wrong then?

Yes, I belive and I’ve heard a positive change in the sound when I have replaced the ordinary power cable that came with the device. But I have also heard bad change in the sound when I have replaced several ordinary power cables whith ”better cables”. Why is that?

How can the power cable from the wall outlet to a power conditioner have any importance?
The power has traveled through miles of ”ordinary cable” to my wall outlet, so how can this last bit to the power conditioner, that is supposed to clean the dirty power, have any impact on the sound?

I hope you understand what I’m trying to say and what I wonder. I know my English is not the best.

simna OP
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Since I started this thread I've been searching the internet for information about power conditioners and power cords. I found so many different and contradictory answers and opinions so I wrote these questions that made some here mad at me.
I'm sorry for that. It was not my intention to waste anyone's time and I'm certainly not trolling. Some answers got a bit too technical for me and I tried to rephrase my questions.
But I understand this is not something that has a solution that fits everyone.
mihorns answers made it clear to me that testing is the only way to find out what works best for one and each. As some of you already had said.
And again, I'm really sorry that I upset some of you.

Thank you all!

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