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A nice thick aftermarket power cable is harder for a puppy to chew through and electrocute himself. That's the primary advantage of aftermarket power cables that I can think of.
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Steve
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Originally Posted by Pibborando /img/forum/go_quote.gif Umm... power cables, no matter how nice, don't filter or clean anything. The better analogy would be getting sewage to your house but having REALLY shiny and clean pipes from there to your faucet. Sewage will still come out. |
Originally Posted by cvince /img/forum/go_quote.gif If a good power cable is installed, wouldn't the main bottleneck be the nature of the electricity going through that cable? |
Originally Posted by cvince /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm a bit of a skeptic when it comes to aftermarket power cables, |
Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif To the OP, buy the least expensive sturdy cable you can find. |
Originally Posted by jaduffy007 /img/forum/go_quote.gif *** Against my better judgement, I'm going to dive into this a bit. I'm curious for your perspective. If power cords can not make any difference, then why would you suggest getting a "sturdy cable". I can't think of anything more vague, unscientific and purely subjective a quality as "sturdy". Regardless, how will the sturdy cord sound versus the un-sturdy cord? Why would they sound different? More importantly imo....*if* they sound different...if sturdy is *preferable* over un-sturdy.... then one has acknowledged that power cords make a difference. Yes? |
Originally Posted by jaduffy007 /img/forum/go_quote.gif *** My first two posts at Head fi and they're both about cables. I think I better stop this trend after this post! cvince...I'm a bit surprised that you consider yourself a skeptic about after market power cords since you're using Harmonic Tech stuff. |
Originally Posted by OverlordXenu /img/forum/go_quote.gif So it doesn't fall apart/break/electrocute him? I'd consider a $5 IEC power cord from RadioShack as sturdy. |
Originally Posted by infinitesymphony /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes. Therefore, since most stock power cables aren't that bad, it might be more advantageous to perform other power-related changes first. For example, putting the audio system on an isolated circuit or adding power conditioning / regeneration (though the latter has its own set of possible problems). Without those other changes, achieving results with aftermarket power cables will depend on the qualities of a system's stock power cables and of the qualities of the power sections in the audio devices. A lot of variables. |