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The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance

This is a journey through real life experiences from you to everyone that cares to educate themselves. I must admit that I was not a believer in power cords and how they affect sound in your system. I from the camp that believed that the speaker provided 75% of the sound signature then your source then components but never the power cord. Until that magic day I along with another highly acclaimed AudioGoner who I will keep anatomist ran through a few cables in quite a few different systems and was "WOWED" at what I heard. That being said cable I know that I am not the only believer and that is why there are so many power cord/cable companies out there that range from $50 to 20-30 thousand dollars and above. So I like most of you have to scratch my head and ask where do I begin what brand and product and what should i really pay for it?

The purpose of this discussion to get some honest feed back on Price to Performance from you the end user to us here in the community.

Please fire away!


 


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I have been interested in this topic but have been put off by some of the comments on this thread. It seems to me that there are three different positions displayed:
1. I didn't expect it to make a difference, but it did. Now I'd like to share with others and talk about it and understand why.

2. It can't make a difference (accompanied by an apparent unwillingness to try it) and those who think so are fooling themselves.

3. Agnostic - don't know or not sure. Maybe curious.

I can say this - I am now powering my system off of a lead-acid battery generator that puts out a perfect 60 Hz sine wave. I'm using stock power cords. The transformation in my system is roughly equivalent to a major power amp or preamp upgrade.

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