What's this "consensus" I keep reading about? Maybe here, but there are many, many other people who know think that power cables produce no difference in the sound of your audio system.
There, I fixed that for you.
All the best,
Nonoise
Why not?
I have always wondered why if better cables produce better sound, as appears to be the consensus, I am not aware of any manufacturer that provides an aftermarket quality power cable with their product. If I am wrong please tell me. There may be instances I am not familiar with.
Wouldn't they be in the best position to test or design the optimum cable for their component? Wouldn't it be a great marketing angle to say to the customer does not need to worry or fret about selecting this expensive accessory.
"We know these cables show off our component to best effect and there is not question of listener bias or self interested market hype. We offer you the best cable to use with our components."
They could make it optional if they wanted to remain price competitive. This same thinking applies to interconnects, especially with manufacturers who make multiple interconnected components. I pose these questions in all sincerity, not particularly wishing to stir the cable controversy pot. But because it is precisely the absence of this practice that most makes me doubt the objective superiority of the whole cable enterprise.
Mostly I would like to know if I am wrong and there are some examples of manufacturers who either include, offer or recommend specific power, interconnect and speaker cable for their products. Thanks community members for offering a place to ask this question that keeps gnawing at me.
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@bruce19 , I don't see it as the way you interpret what it is that I said. My meaning is that we all hear differently and because of that, we're all going to favor one cable over another and that the manufacturers know this by now. To use your metaphor of "because god made it that way" presupposes that there is no other way to But hey, it's a free country. 😄 All the best, |
It's the same answer that's ended up being the general consensus for all these years it's been asked, making it much, and enough, of an answer. Manufacturers know their market will experiment with and/or have their own cables to try with it. What the manufacturers hear with a particular cable will not be what their customers hear in the context of their systems. All the best, |