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I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"...

My good friend that is in the business and very very knowledgeable calmed that a well made 10ga power cable reduced his soundstage... I'm not saying it will or won't but why would it? I would like to know the science behind this. I did research on here but not satisfied. I had a pair of Logans and they were wonderful and I used stock power cables and the stage was crazy... I have been making cables for years ( musician ) and know the value on quality... what is the magic?
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mzkmxcv
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Soundstage is the off-axis of the speaker, it can’t be changed. Now, channel separation, phase mismatch, frequency response linearity do play roles, but a different power cable is incapable of effecting this.
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geoffkait
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Of course vibration is a big issue, too, and it can be rather difficult to separate the two in terms of cause and effect.
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michaelgreenaudio
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This is another thread that makes me ask "do you guys even use power cables"?

Why come up to a topic if your own experience is that limited? Power cables are not that tough to figure out yet all kinds of speculations, assumptions and techno-verbiage comes out on these types of threads. Why dumb a thread down guys? When you do that readers just go elsewhere to get real answers.

This is partly why HEA is crashing and burning so rapidly.

Michael Green

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geoffkait
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HEA crashing and burning? Is it a victim of climate change?

”Makes me ask do you guys even use power cables”

Now that you ask, no I don’t use power cables. I’m not a fan of the noise and distortion they bring to the table. I like Signal, not Noise or Distortion. 
tom8999
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To Eric squires - thanks for the link to the article on power conditioners and their benefit for a Stereo System. I just had to send my Krell S550i in for repair - the main processor on the main board burned out. I use a Furman Elite to protect my Stereo from voltage surges/ noise etc. we had a power surge due to lighting. The system kept playing fine - but my digital display ‘went blank’. Other than this all the electronic equipment plugged into the Furman was fine. I pulled the Krell to send it back for repair - upon removing the power cord (an ANTICABLES power cord ) a hunk of the insulator was fractured and fell off. I should have both the Integrated Amp and power cord back this week both repaired and ready to go.

The Furman saved my butt. I will be adding another Furman to my ‘second stereo system this month.
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