Cable Break-in/adjustment period
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You know Peter, you forgot to add that no one can disprove that cables don't make a difference. So, it's time for YOU to let it go as well.Political Correctness'.........defined
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You know Peter, you forgot to add that no one can disprove that cables don't make a difference. So, it's time for YOU to let it go as well.
I probably should just let it go. -
I would THINK it would work in terms of how the component in itself would act as opposed to using the cheap thin supplied power cable. I would imagine something that requires a high current such as an amplifier would have improved quality (most likely in the low frequency range for bass notes?) running on a better power cord...just my educated guess.I'm no expert, but logically thinking I'd imagine that electrical currents interact differently with different materials that could have an impact. Put simply, cause and effect. Action, reaction. I'm sure there's a lot more to it. Probably also in the way cables are constructed, but I'm not an electrical engineer. This is just my hypothesis added to yours.
Commercially generated electric power is designed for running devices that are not sensitive to power line noise such as household appliances and industrial machinery. This is why hospitals and laboratories that use precision test and measurement equipment use AC regenerators and power line conditioning equipment to remove noise from the power signal or to rebuild (regenerate) the power signal into a lower noise version of itself. Likewise, audiophiles and videophiles with noise sensitive high resolution equipment also use AC regenerators and passive noise filtering devices to greatly reduce the noise content of the power feeding their equipment. Moderate to high levels of noise has detrimental effects on sound and picture quality.
The power supply noise filtration built into consumer grade electronics is often overwhelmed by the noise contamination that exists in most public utility power lines.
High performance power cords use a variety of technologies to filter noise from a power signal:
1. Specific winding geometry of conductors to cancel noise.
2. Higher purity, lower noise conductor materials.
3. Heavier gauge conductors for lower resistance.
4. Better shielding materials in the cable jacket for improved environmental noise (EFI/RFI) rejection.
5. Better shielding materials in the cable connectors for improved environmental noise (EFI/RFI) rejection.
6. The use of ferrite and other noise filtering compounds (eg. special ceramics and "quantum" filtering materials) in the cable jacket and connectors.
Of course, as I stated earlier, there is only so much that a passive filtering device, such as a power cord, can do. If your power is highly contaminated with noise (an oscilloscope can show this), then you would need to implement other noise reducing methods such as an AC regenerator and/or a heavy duty passive power filtering device.
This is a link to a power cable noise study I did last year: PS Audio Power Cable Noise Study.
This is a link to an AC regenerator noise study I did last year: PS Audio Power Plant Premier Noise Study.Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country! -
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