14 power cords reviewed!!

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited November 2005 in Electronics
Check this out....a power cord review at head-fi.org

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=141423
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited November 2005
    A power cord review? Uh...there is a difference between power cords? Umm...what about power lines? Uh... I think I will stay clear of this one.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2005
    Nice read, thats for the find.

    Dan
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2005
    Don't you love how the $29 cord beat the $1200 cord.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2005
    I like the "Iron Lung Jellyfish" power cord!
    Never Forget
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    I have decided to build a 75 ft power generating waterfall in my backyard, I am only using bottled water so the power will be very clean. :)

    Actually, I believe all the chords make a difference.

    RT1
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2005
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    Actually, I believe all the chords make a difference.

    lol, I think all musicians will agree.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    Hot damm, you got that double meaning. :D

    RT1
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  • LuSh
    LuSh Posts: 887
    edited November 2005
    There are two industry reference power cords I wish he had reviewed, the top of the line Electraglides and the Elrod EPS 3 and 3 signatures. It is rather unfortunate for me that I don't have the coin to drop and try either of these snakes but I have heard they can transform a systems output. I don't think either of these cords would be well suited for my mere intergrated amp, but it won't stop me from thinking about it.

    If anybody gets there hands on a used Elrod EPS3 email me, I'll pay for an audition.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,779
    edited November 2005
    Link doesn't work.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2005
    F1nut wrote:
    Link doesn't work.

    Jesse,

    Try it again, cause it just worked for me again. :)
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited November 2005
    I wish he would have included the Signal Cable PC's. They seem to be one of the popular PC's and they're not cost prohibitive. Interesting read though. Thanks!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,779
    edited November 2005
    Ah, it worked this time. I must say that is a very well done review, one of the best I've read in along time. I only wish it was done with regular gear instead of headphone gear. Oh well, still a great review.

    I noted with great pleasure that the gentleman has this right, it starts with the source.

    "Where Should I Put My Best Power Cord?
    Put it on your source. It all flows downstream, to the extent you can improve the performance of your source, you can improve the performance the rest of the signal chain."
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • read-alot
    read-alot Posts: 812
    edited November 2005
    This guy has two reviews a selling review and a listening review. It looks like he really pissed off one of the guys he sold a cable to be great and his review said something different. I am not putting much stock in this one.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,779
    edited November 2005
    Huh? I'm not seeing that, got a link?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2005
    F1nut wrote:

    "Where Should I Put My Best Power Cord?
    Put it on your source. It all flows downstream, to the extent you can improve the performance of your source, you can improve the performance the rest of the signal chain."

    My problem there is, my source would have to be modded in order to do that. I have my best PC on my pre for now, until I get a new source(most likely the Jolida or Ah!).
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,536
    edited November 2005
    Useful to me if only because of the names of some of the cords available. The methodology seems somewhat problematic to me. Note that the reviewer knew in advance that the PS Audio power cord had ferrite in the outer jacket as a shielding method, the reviewer had a prior general dislike for ferrite shielding methods, and subsequently found that what he hard from the cord was not pleasing to him.

    I do believe there are differences in power cords, with one working well on a piece of gear while not working well on another piece of gear. But, rank ordering 14 different cords precisely seems to be laughable. What's the real difference between number 10 and number 12? Personal opinion, really. Which is fine with me. I like opinions.
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  • dpowell
    dpowell Posts: 3,068
    edited November 2005
    It never ends......
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  • Lsi9
    Lsi9 Posts: 616
    edited November 2005
    Im a newbie when it comes to power cords...
    are we talking about removable power cords or ones that must be hot wired in?

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2005
    Removable.
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited November 2005
    Soundstaging/imaging: 9
    Soundstaging/imaging: 4

    Well holy hell! A power cord can make my soundstage and imaging over 2x as good? Sign me up! :rolleyes:
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