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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Showing 1 response by zug

I’m not as savvy as some here about electricity (such as atdavid) but a few things. One, a reviewer once suggested that you can often improve by defeating the ground of any power cord. In other words, use one of those cheater plugs or yank out the ground prong. It works, I can testify I’ve compared many times with different components -- and in different houses -- and the ground is usually dirty. Maybe there are other ways to "clean it up" but I don’t know. (Although yes, you are taking a chance with shocks, but so far I’ve never gotten one)
The other thing is a question -- how can a power cord even constructed of pure copper or whatever, improve your sound when all the wiring in your wall is just ’average copper’? I know the cords can improve, I just don’t get how that could work. It makes some sense to me if you start with a power regenerator such as a PS Audio