Audioquest Power Cords


I thought I post this. I had an Audio guy wrote me to tell me to disconnect the DBS 74V from the power cords and see what I thought. Well, I tried it and wow the impact was huge, with more real presence, weight, detail, and more natural sounding. They sounded really good before but now like a new system. Still open but now with more body to the music, bass more solid, less light in the mid-bass. Anyone who owns the AQ cables with the DBS, give it a shot and unplugged the battery pack, and see what you think. I like it on the I.C. and speaker cables though and there I keep the DBS plugged in. But the power cords are a different story.
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Here is additional information about AudioQuest DBS cables.  If they improve the sound in your system then great, that is all that counts!

https://youtu.be/dLghg0QXPzs
I watched it means zip, you can hear it! It's not hard to either. I can disable the DBS on the speaker wires and interconnects and the sound goes from really good to poor, on the power cords I like it disabled because I get more body and warmth and less upfront sounding but enable the music to pop more and that is a fact, just not my cup of tea. On the cables it is a no-brainer it is that good. Others might like the power cords with the DBS enabled, my point was just to try them without the DBS. 

Hi I am a retired ABC TV Video/Audio engineer of 34 years, AudioQuest as a Cable 

Manufacturer has brilliant marketing department with descriptions of there products 

and how they reduce noise and distortions 

1-The DBS 72 VDC system is just a marketing ploy, SNAKE OIL

2-Power Cords…only need to be low enough gauge for the equipment connected to 12-10awg is fine..SNAKE OIL not pretty and come in $100 mahogany case LOL

3-HDMI 2.1 cable that are certified will work up to 15ft…no difference from a $12 cable to over $1,000 cable spending more is just foolish waste of money no difference

4-USB Cable as long as the USB Cable used has certified specifications a $10-25

cable will work fine…using a USB over this amount is again waste of money…SNAKE OIL marketing ploy

5-75 ohm Coaxial Digital Cable a $5 cable will work jus fine hear too…USE CINNAMON FOR BREAKFAST PANCAKES not for a cable $100 just silly

6-TOSLINK CABLE (OPTICAL AUDIO) S/PDIF again a properly designed cable

at costing $10-15 with work just fine…spending more from Manufacturers that state

there TOSLINK is superior is totally misleading…SNAKE OIL PLOY

7-RCA (single ended connection) any well designed low capacitance cable will work fine  here also…most of the differences  heard changing cables has to do with metal used (copper or silver) never used silver copper clad types and impedance of

the cable…high capacitance will have reduced high frequency energy 

7a-Balanced XLR Cables low capacitance well made copper cable will work

here also…putting a 72vdc on a $5000 cable is just again brilliant marketing ploy

SNAKE OIL

8-LOUDSPEAKER CABLES low resistance low inductance is required for a proper 

working design how it is made using braided or flat on top is good practice 

9-POWER CONDITIONERS and REGENERATORS are not needed waste of money most of these don’t even address the power line issues just look fancy 

To make a proper AC Filter would require a large inductor or transformer 

along with capacitors to start the filtering at 120hz not 5khz like some others

that do absolutely nothing to improve the final output at the amp to loudspeakers output 

AUDIOQUEST and many other cable manufacturers are making MILLIONS of Dollars of the uneducated AudioPhiles…selling unproven claims that science can prove that are marketing ploys and thus considered SNAKE OIL DOES NOT WORK

IF SOME NEEDS ANY TYPE OF CABLE JUST GO TO BLUE JEANS CABLE and purchase the cable for your needs no reason to purchase a cable that cost more than Armani Suit 

AUDIOPHILES spend your hard earned dollars on quality equipment not SNAKE OIL

 

 

 

 

Hi I am a retired ABC TV Video/Audio engineer of 34 years, AudioQuest as a Cable 

Manufacturer has brilliant marketing department with descriptions of there products 

and how they reduce noise and distortions 

1-The DBS 72 VDC system is just a marketing ploy, SNAKE OIL

2-Power Cords…only need to be low enough gauge for the equipment connected to 12-10awg is fine..SNAKE OIL not pretty and come in $100 mahogany case LOL

3-HDMI 2.1 cable that are certified will work up to 15ft…no difference from a $12 cable to over $1,000 cable spending more is just foolish waste of money no difference

4-USB Cable as long as the USB Cable used has certified specifications a $10-25

cable will work fine…using a USB over this amount is again waste of money…SNAKE OIL marketing ploy

5-75 ohm Coaxial Digital Cable a $5 cable will work jus fine hear too…USE CINNAMON FOR BREAKFAST PANCAKES not for a cable $100 just silly

6-TOSLINK CABLE (OPTICAL AUDIO) S/PDIF again a properly designed cable

at costing $10-15 with work just fine…spending more from Manufacturers that state

there TOSLINK is superior is totally misleading…SNAKE OIL PLOY

7-RCA (single ended connection) any well designed low capacitance cable will work fine  here also…most of the differences  heard changing cables has to do with metal used (copper or silver) never used silver copper clad types and impedance of

the cable…high capacitance will have reduced high frequency energy 

7a-Balanced XLR Cables low capacitance well made copper cable will work

here also…putting a 72vdc on a $5000 cable is just again brilliant marketing ploy

SNAKE OIL

8-LOUDSPEAKER CABLES low resistance low inductance is required for a proper 

working design how it is made using braided or flat on top is good practice 

9-POWER CONDITIONERS and REGENERATORS are not needed waste of money most of these don’t even address the power line issues just look fancy 

To make a proper AC Filter would require a large inductor or transformer 

along with capacitors to start the filtering at 120hz not 5khz like some others

that do absolutely nothing to improve the final output at the amp to loudspeakers output 

AUDIOQUEST and many other cable manufacturers are making MILLIONS of Dollars of the uneducated AudioPhiles…selling unproven claims that science can prove that are marketing ploys and thus considered SNAKE OIL DOES NOT WORK

IF SOME NEEDS ANY TYPE OF CABLE JUST GO TO BLUE JEANS CABLE and purchase the cable for your needs no reason to purchase a cable that cost more than Armani Suit 

AUDIOPHILES spend your hard earned dollars on quality equipment not SNAKE OIL

 

 

 

 

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