It’s kind of a moot question since placing a Shun Mook Original Cable Jacket around whatever length cable improves the sound. Ditto the Highwire Power Cord Wrap. Plus you be got your wall outlet and wall outlet cover to worry about, and contact enhancers. Oh, my!
Power Cord Length
Here's one for the electric wizards to kick around. Whilst attending Axpona this weekend I was doing some power cord shopping. At one particular display I was being told by a very well known cable company representative, I'll not mention the name so it doesn't influence any responses, that the rule of thumb is that in order for the pwr cord to be effective it needs to be at least five feet long. This allows the current to be in the cord long enough for it to be effective. Ok, I'm really dumb when it comes to this sort of thing so maybe I said that in the most simpliest of words but that's pretty much how it was explained. Anyone care to elaborate on this good or bad?
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Almarg wrote, " I’d have to say that those recommendations don’t say anything positive about their credibility as a cable manufacturer, as far as I am concerned. In addition to the lack of supporting rationale, the recommendations for analog interconnects, tonearm cables, and speaker cables are one size fits all recommendations that make no sense IMO." I hate to judge too harshly but it would appear the high end audio community, I.e., the high end shows, the reviewers, the magazines that publish Class A components and the audiophiles themselves disagree with your assessment as Nordost has been at or near the top of the pecking order for quite some time. What is it, 25 years? You would be wise to audio Nordost Valhalla cables. Cheers geoff kait |
Al wrote, "Geoff, my post was not an "assessment" of Nordost cables, and said nothing about their sonics or their desirability. It appears that you've read things into my post that it didn't say." Al's original statement was, "I’d have to say that those recommendations don’t say anything positive about their credibility as a cable manufacturer, as far as I am concerned." Do you really thinking I’m reading something into what you wrote? That must be one of them lawyer ploys. Lol geoff kait "an ordinary man has no means of deliverance." - Old audiophile expression |
Jea48 wrote, "geoffkait, I can understand why you of all people would feel the need to support Nordost cable claims without any theories or testing what so ever to back up what they believe." Huh?! White Paper is my middle name. Then Jea48 wrote, "Maybe you can find a white paper Nordost has published and share it with us all." Yes, actually I can. The real question is can you? The primary reason audiophiles claim they can't find stuff is because they'd rather belly ache than look. Cheerios, Geoff Kait |
Jea48 wrote, I would love to read your white paper for this tweak of yours. http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm OK, no problem. The Teleportation Tweak. The whole story can finally be told. http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina43.htm Hope you enjoy it. cheers, Geoff W.P. Kait PS the Nordost brochures and white papers and such can be found at http://www.nordost.com/nordost-downloads.php tootles |