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Questions About Bulk Power Cable, Sugestions Needed

I am building a 40 foot power cable with Furutech Male ac and female IEC connectors. I want to get out as cheap as possible and so far have found the Cardas 10X3 Bulk Cable at around 16.29 per foot, but it is solid core. It is 10 gauge which I prefer but that means having to solder the wire to the Furutech connectors. Does anyone know of a cheaper alternative to this cable as 40 feet adds up to 600.00 alone in wire! I am looking for suggestions but not interested in Romex or other industrial type wire. I prefer something similar but stranded by another manufacturer, perhaps someone less known? Also not interested in silver wire and I prefer 10 gauge.

Can someone chime in?

stereo5

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williewonka
3,121 posts
 
+1 for DH Labs Power Plus - I've used is many times

Performs as good as 10 gauge Furutech, but  much much cheaper

Only $8/ft

Regards...
williewonka
3,121 posts
 
Stereo5 - electricians are "generally' more concerned about how a cable services the continuous power demands and as such, your friend is not wrong.

However, in the audio world it's all about how good a cable can respond to the extreme power requirements of the system  when attempting to service loud transient demands.

E.G. the extreme transients current demands such as those required to realistically reproduce a loud drum strike - these can be very short in duration but require a significantly larger initial current draw than the continuous power requirements for the other instruments.

This is the type of transient response people tend to notice the most when a quality cable is installed.

However, as we incorporate quality power cables into our systems and as time goes by, we start to hear the more delicate nuances and textures of the music that are now discernable, due to the higher quality and conductivity of materials used and the architecture/geometry of that cable. 

A basic understanding of a some of benefits quality cables provide...
- The quality of the materials generally improves the dynamic performance of a cable and the clarity of the system

- The architecture/geometry generally reduces the "noise floor" i.e. it improves the cable's ability to reject noise, again improving the clarity of the system

- Also remember in a two channel system, if the reproduction of even one  channels is not 100% accurate - there will be phasing issues that creep in, impacting the imaging of the system.

There is of course much more to this, which a mere "hi-fi mortal" such as myself, is yet to understand :-)

Regards...
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