I'll be damned...power cords really do make a difference!

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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited June 2007
    I may be able to help out some skeptics....I've got a bunch of highly rated powerd cords that were shipped yesterday and should arrive some time this week. I'd be willing to send them out to whoever wants to try them. I'll post a link to the reviews of this and other cables later when I get to my home computer.

    Joe
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2007
    I may be able to help out some skeptics....I've got a bunch of highly rated powerd cords that were shipped yesterday and should arrive some time this week. I'd be willing to send them out to whoever wants to try them. I'll post a link to the reviews of this and other cables later when I get to my home computer.

    dorokusai did this a few years ago. It allowed many members the opportunity to try something they might never attempt. It no longer exists as an active program but the thread and all the reviews are still out there for anyone to check out.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14424
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited July 2007
    Pretty stupid of me to revive my old thread, but it happened again: I replaced the stock cable between my DAC and my power conditioner with a Shunyata Venon PC...and noticed another improvement! Maybe I just want it to sound better, but in my head, it sure does! ;)
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited July 2007
    cstpeter wrote: »
    Pretty stupid of me to revive my old thread, but it happened again: I replaced the stock cable between my DAC and my power conditioner with a Shunyata Venon PC...and noticed another improvement! Maybe I just want it to sound better, but in my head, it sure does! ;)

    :D Gotta love the placebo effect!;)
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2007
    or the purple micro-dot.

    I have some of the Shunyata cords, nice stuff.

    RT1
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    The Shunyata power cords can "absorb digitally generated noise and dissipate it as heat within their molecular structure." I don't know how many times my listening experience has been ruined by digital noise in my power cord that went unchecked.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited July 2007
    Spacedeckman wrote: »
    Yeah, you mean the ignoramuses who think that 1s and 0s come out of their CD players and transports? They are wrong, it's a bit more complex, and so is the output signal....it's sinewaves...kind of like....analog audio.

    Mark

    I don't mean to hijack, but could you elaborate a bit or provide some documentation on how a digital signal is transmitted other than ones and zeros?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2007
    Something to keep in mind here. When you changed the power cord and again when you changed the dac cable you probably moved all the other cables. Any time you move a cable it sounds different for awhile until it burns in again.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited July 2007
    phuz wrote: »
    I don't mean to hijack, but could you elaborate a bit or provide some documentation on how a digital signal is transmitted other than ones and zeros?

    You really don't think a little "1" and a little "0" travel down the wire do ya?
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2007
    In Mexico, it's "ceros" y "unos".
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited July 2007
    PolkThug wrote: »
    You really don't think a little "1" and a little "0" travel down the wire do ya?

    No, but I also don't think it's a wave that is open to interpretation or subject to the same things as an analogue signal. The fact that it's digital - binary - makes the transport method mostly irrelevant, especially with optical connections.

    I digress... don't want to hijack.

    I'm looking forward to getting some upgraded power cables for the 2 channel system I'm putting together. I'm thinking entry level PS Audio from Audioadvisor...
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited July 2007
    PolkThug wrote: »
    You really don't think a little "1" and a little "0" travel down the wire do ya?

    Naw, the notes and staff lines do, but if the wire is cheap the sixteenth and quarter notes get blurred and the treble and bass clefs do not get enough seperation resulting in smearing. With my MIT wire I can easily get all the way out to 64th notes and they are clear as a bell. My Shunyata wire provides the power to keep the timing exact, I use a metronome to verify this which has been calibrated by Rolex and yes I have the official seal.

    so now you know.

    RT1
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited July 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Naw, the notes and staff lines do, but if the wire is cheap the sixteenth and quarter notes get blurred and the treble and bass clefs do not get enough seperation resulting in smearing. With my MIT wire I can easily get all the way out to 64th notes and they are clear as a bell. My Shunyata wire provides the power to keep the timing exact, I use a metronome to verify this which has been calibrated by Rolex and yes I have the official seal.

    so now you know.

    RT1

    HAHA Niiiiiiiiiice.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2007
    no html img tag? must be user error, see below.
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    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2007
    click
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2007
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Naw, the notes and staff lines do, but if the wire is cheap the sixteenth and quarter notes get blurred and the treble and bass clefs do not get enough seperation resulting in smearing. With my MIT wire I can easily get all the way out to 64th notes and they are clear as a bell. My Shunyata wire provides the power to keep the timing exact, I use a metronome to verify this which has been calibrated by Rolex and yes I have the official seal.

    so now you know.

    RT1

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Does the G clef have a lisp??? LOL!!!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited July 2007
    Kim wrote: »
    You can always clamp on some big old Ferrites on to the cables that are coming from the pole into the house ... Just a thought.
    I run those on certain areas in the rig and that definitely perked my ears up. Where might one obtain one that can fit around the electrical line coming in from the ground?

    I would imagine that it would be a two to three pound ferrite.
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