Or, to put it another way. Who knows more about power cords - major amp manufacturers who have been successfully in the market for decades, famous names, that employ dozens of qualified and imaginative engineers, or guys that post here in AG?
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I am replying to @larry5729 who posted as I quoted. Just as I am doing you the courtesy to reply to you. Back on point, another reason why power amps don't have separate power supply chassis is because of the cost of complicated multi-strand umbilicals. And another, these big chassis take up a lot of floor space that many of us can use more profitably and they should not be stacked because of the heat. There. Happy now? |
Well now we seem to be locked into the PC debate. No. if the manufacturers thought their customers were going to buy their own PCs they would not include a PC at all, thus saving the buyers the cost of any supplied PC. Nor in any amplifier handbook that I have seen has it been suggested by the manufacturer than replacing the power cord might have an advantageous effect on SQ. Surely if the manufacturer believed it could, they would make such suggestion. Its absence and the absence of a costly PC should answer the question. Manufacturers want to sell amplifiers. So at shows they probably choose to indulge their potential customers who think PCs make a difference, not wishing to get into pointless negative arguments with people who know less about the subject than they do. |
@larry5729 "Why do amplifiers come with such cheap power cords. The power cords they come with might cost $5." Because the manufacturers know power cords make no difference to sound quality. They surely have tested. They don't need or want to waste money on components that cannot improve their product. They package a good quality regular power cord usually of heavy gauge. That is all that is required. Those who wish to spend good $$$$ for no good reason may purchase after-market power cords at whatever price level makes them feel happy. |