Solid core power cords under 300$ - List of manufacturers ?

billshenefelt
Usually only wire under 18 gauge max diameter is solid. Heavier that that in a solid wire is likely fixed location like hookup wire in a circuit or fixed AC wiring in your wall. Many cable outfits call things solid copper core, meaning it is copper not an alloy, but not single strands of a heavy wire gauge.

Come again? 😳

Well, at least we’ve ratchet down from illegal to just liable. I’m pretty sure real audiophiles don’t care. Full steam ahead, damn the torpedoes! 

Then how come Audioquest describes their new super power cords’ conductors as “solid.” For example, the Hurricane high current power cord, much reviewed recently by Fremer at Stereophile and by several right here on Audiogon, is described as follows on the Audioquest web page. Is the Audioquest dude going to jail?

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors
Uncompressed High-Current Transfer
Ground Noise Dissipation Technology (US Patent # 9,373,439)
Zero Characteristic Impedance (50Hz – 1MHz)
72VDC Dielectric Bias System (US Patent #7,126,055)
Directionally Controlled Conductors

The Dragon high current power cord:

Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)/Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors
Uncompressed High-Current Transfer
Ground Noise Dissipation Technology (US Patent # 9,373,439)
Zero Characteristic Impedance (50Hz – 1MHz)
Dielectric-Bias System with Radio Frequency Noise Trap
Directionally Controlled Conductors

Uh, nobody said there wasn’t something to it. For one thing, solid core power cords can be extremely stiff and might not even work in some situations. For another thing, metal fatigue failures can occur when the power cord is bent back and forth too many times. These two issues do not usually apply to power cords with stranded conductors.

jea48
@geoffkait  “Who cares!”

The subject is about SOLID CORE CONDUCTORS used in the manufacture of aftermarket power cords.

>>>>Yes, I know. I was addressing solid core conductors.

I could give a flying F about a review!

>>>>>>Whatever.

Who cares? Have you read the reviews of their new power cords?