jafreeman
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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound xyobgyn, Man, you are so ridiculously off base, I can hardly bring myself to respond. Where did you come up with an idea of people getting into trouble or being fired? I cite the ARC manual for my Reference 210 amps, mention a respected cable b... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound xyobgyn, Regarding my reference from the ARC amplifier manual: Not only do they recommend using the best interconnects and speaker cables, but they also use and endorse better AC cords. From Warren Gehl, Chief Listener at ARC, as written on the ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound xyobgyn, Yes, the situation is much as you say; we can bring all this expensive gear into our homes, plug it into the wall, and not always be overwhelmed by great sound. It will be good--could be made better. AC power is often noisy and the typi... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Yes, xyobgyn, and then I asked that you read my subsequent posts on what ARC is doing with aftermarket AC cords in their factory listening room! ARC completes that quote about interconnections with real-world use of AC cords to voice their design... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound "If one were to grant that a PC can change the resulting sound of a system.... one has to posit that there is intrinsically “something” we are essentially conditioning or altering coming in from the wall current." xyobgynYes, that "something" IS t... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound "First, a poster quoted ARC, a respected audio company and unless I am mistaken twisted the quote badly to suit this discussion. The paragraph he quoted from ARC referenced specifically speaker wire and interconnects. Not power cords." xyobgynYes... | |
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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound ARC is simply advising to use high-quality connections to match their high-quality parts, hook-up wire, etc. By not doing so, you are dragging down the performance of your expensive gear to a cheapo level, I hate to tell you. Sorry, not sorry. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound The AC cords supplied by ARC are quite substantial, including a 20-amp IEC main input on mono blocks. These can be improved upon in terms of better metals and other materials. In recent years, and perhaps still, ARC factory-test-listened with AC c... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Like other manufacturers, ARC does not make the accessories needed to put a system together. The do supply a power cord that matches their IEC inputs. Nice try......... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Yes, but they are of standard stock and are not of the quality we are talking about here. | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound "I don’t understand why people think that very expensive, high end audio gear should be the most prone to the most superfluous variables." kosst Could be because cables and cords leading into and out of that high-end gear cannot perform up to the ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Cogito, how about I just don't spit in your face and call YOU dumb? I know the differences between AC cables from experience. Do you? | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Cogito, you mean there are only two considerations that apply to YOU......For many of us, to ask if good AC cords make a difference would be too embarrassing--like asking if sleeping on a good mattress or driving on good tires really makes a diffe... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound No EE here, but my trial-and-error experience has shown me that a large isolation transformer helps deliver a quality energy supply, and then differences in AC cords have been easily heard. For a larger system, a 240V/120V transformer puts things... |