Here we go again.
For what it is worth, imo power chords don't do much, if anything.
Quick Question About Power Cables
Hi All,
I recently bought a Bryston BDP 3 streamer/renderer and love how refined and relaxed it sounds. I would like it more if the bass was a bit more controlled and had a little more impact. A friend and Audiogon member suggested I try an Audio Sensability Statement Power Cable. He bought one for his tube DAC and said the bass got tighter an offered better slam. Anyway, for those who are PC savy, what are your thoughts on the matter? Thanks!
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I have tried them. I trust my ears, which hear negligible improvement, if any, it might just be the placebo effect of justifying spending so much money and the cost/benefit ratio just does not justify it: I’ll sooner donate the $s to climate refugees. I will also never be inclined to waste my money on overpriced cables when I have a home audio engineer telling me that my system already sounds better than any he has heard save one, and that system cost $160,000. I spent $30,000. |
”There are some folks that cannot hear audio improvements that are very apparent to many of us.” I was reluctant to enter this conversation at all because of obnoxious attitudes such as yours. You suggest that I am hearing deficient because I don’t agree with you. I was very clear: A - I’ve tried 4 or 5 expensive to very expensive cables. Ages ago so I cannot remember the brands. I decided that to the extent that I heard anything, it was minimal, nowhere near worth the cost, or it was a placebo effect. B - An audio engineer with decades worth of experience building amplifiers for home audio use, as well as building guitar amps (he is also an accomplished musician and member of the blues hall of fame), has listened to dozens of home audio systems, most costing well into six figures, said he had heard only one system that he felt sounds as good as mine, and that one cost $160,000. In some ways he preferred that one, in most ways he preferred mine. Mine cost me $30,000, spent over 40 years. The upshot of this observation? In other words, no - NO - amount of spending is likely to significantly improve my system, it will just make it sound different, and this engineer said so, and advised me not to spend any more money beyond maintenance and upkeep of what I have.
Add to this that my conscience opposes indulging in conspicuous consumption. $30K is already more than enough for this obsessive hobby. Jesus Mary and Joseph. Moses Abraham and David. 🙄🙄🙄
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That IS what you said, and @kennyc seems to agree. Btw, I’m rather proud to be able to get $160K worth of performance out of $30K + some work and ingenuity. |