Newsflash: it doesn't matter. I'm drowning in snake oil here. If someone wants to spend a ton of money simply because they want a pretty looking cable, great, that's their business. But let's not pretend it's going to make anything sound different. We should be helping people here, not enabling the dark side of this industry.
Power cable Advice...
Hi - I am upgrading my PC's from the basic stock to something higher end. Working with a budget up to $1,500 per cable (used will get me bigger bang for the buck) for the following products:
- Pass Labs X250.5 Power Amp
- Atma-Sphere MP-3 Preamp
- Electrocompaniet EMC1
TIA. Joey
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Nordost states in it's packaging that the "Power Cord is the most critical cable in your loom". I was running Ansuz cords which was my first upgrade over stock cables. Big difference. Upgraded to Shunyata sigma v2's. A huge difference. I gifted my Ansuz cables to my brother, who replaced his stock cables on his Mac gear with them. He called me so excited, saying he couldn't believe the sonic difference the upgrade made. @squared80 Newsflash-It DOES matter. I have a very revealing system. If yours isn't, perhaps you can't hear the difference or perhaps you never tried. If so you are depriving yourself. The Cable Co has a library of loaner cables, give it a try. You have absolutely nothing to lose. Then please report back with your findings. |
Time for a rewind (or two).
Anyone needing a rationale for experimenting with new cables in their system and/or feeling dissuaded by the Church of Denyin'tology's antiquated electrical doctrines: take heart!
Many new electrical facts have been established in the past 100 years, that support audible differences, between various cables, fuses, etc. I couldn't find anything like, "Updated Electrical Theory For Idiots", but- did manage to find something resembling a cartoon, that even a child could follow. It neither mentions AC/sinusoidal waves in wires, nor does it go into the photon propagation of electromagnetic waves. It does, however, emphasize/demonstrate how Electrical Theory has progressed, since the 1800s: (https://www.youtube.com/ These next two presuppose a certain amount of knowledge, in the field of modern Electrical Theory. Click, "continue reading" in the first link's first answer, to get its entirety. Note how it mentions the OLD, "... commonly held misconception that the flow of electricity through a wire resembles a tube filled with ping pong balls...", to which the Denyin'tologists fervently adhere: https://www.quora.com/Are- and: https://van.physics. It's an established (measured) fact that an electromagnetic wave's propagation and speed, are dependent on the materials, of which the transmission line (cable) are made (ie: Dielectric Constant/permittivity). The better (lower) the Dielectric Constant the better the flow and the longer it takes for that material, to become polarized. One reason anything that comprises an RLC circuit (ie: capacitors, cables, PC boards), takes time to, "form", or, "break/burn-in".* *Something that makes the Denyin'tologists apoplectic. https://resources.pcb. https://unlcms.unl.edu/cas/ Even the most inane (regarding the Sciences) must admit; braiding and twisting wires eliminates/reduces EMI interference. That must lend credence to various cable geometries. That better dielectrics enhance the propagation of electromagnetic waves (ie: your music signal), lends the same credence to choosing cables with better materials (ie: Polypropylene, Teflon, air, etc). Of course: anything the Church of Denyin'tology's popes can't fathom, they'll summarily dismiss. As simple a device as a fuse is: it still carries a sinusoidal signal/voltage, ALWAYS from source to load.
NOT back and forth!
Also (as mentioned above): any fuse acts as an RLC circuit, the 'C' of which will be determined by properties of its wave guide's/ conductor's surroundings (ie: glass, air, bee's wax, ceramic, end cap materials, etc).
Any commonly drawn wire will exhibit a chevron pattern in its crystal lattice, so: why not "directionality" and why OHNO Continuous Cast, single crystal wire sounds better, to so many?
Stated above are scientifically tested, measured and proven facts.
There is no "contest", or "dispute" involved.
The OP mentions Maxwell, but: obviously they have no understanding of his theory and possible ramifications as regards the above.
Anyone that feels compelled to harp on not hearing any differences, is obviously too obtuse to understand the term "variables" (as frequently mentioned) and worthy of disregard.
My only goal in these threads has ever been to encourage those with a mind to experiment with their systems, based on the latest (20th/21st Century's) findings of ACTUAL Physics/science and ignore the Cargo Cult's incessant runway building (objections, convolutions, deflections and obfuscations).
Happy listening!
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