power cord too short? what now?

Personally I can't see much difference between plugging the PC into an ordinary outlet and plugging it into a heavy guage extension cord. I'd sure try that before I spent my hard earned money on a longer audiophile PC.

Metro04, FWIW I'm severely challenged when it comes to figuring out how long a PC should be. If one assumes that adding a particular PC improves the sound, say a six ft length, would a nine foot length sound better, or worse. Why? How about a 12 ft length. Would that be better or worse? Why? Assuming the PC is the same guage as the romex in the walls and the current is not limited by the PC wouldn't it be acting as some sort of filter for RFI etc and benefit by being as long as possible. I wonder how one determines the optimum length in the first place. Oh well, lots of questions - I'm sure there are a lot of answers. I'm just a Newbee. :-)

Metro04, in case you haven't figured it out I happen to agree with you. I've tried out different cables to contrast to the heavy guage Belden which I typically use and on those few occasions when I thought I heard a difference I did not hear a corresponding change when I removed the cable under test and went back to the old Belden. But then again, my equipment is not revealing enuf, my hearing is poor, and my attention span is nil. What would you expect. :-)

Gregadd,

From the tenor of your post it appears that some of our 'objectivist' comments may have offended your 'subjectivist' sensitivities. Frankly I'm surprised that a person with your experience would have expected otherwise in this forum.

But upon re-reading, your original post clearly indicated your subjective belief in the differences brought by power cords. You did not ask about the differences between cords. Clearly it was boorish of me, just because I don't believe in the benefits of 'high end' power cords to respond. I should have simply ignored your post.

Lesson learned. I won't do that again.

Gregadd, Its not hard for me to tell others how to spend their hard earned money. If you follow my posts/threads you will note that I am consistent in giving advise to others regarding spending their hard earned money (as I did your's). "Try it and if you can't hear a difference don't buy it." I'm obviously not a power cord salesman.

For the most part my only reason for posting is to help others in need of information and in avoiding the tar pits of audio. I obviously failed to do either in this thread. :-(