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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
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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.

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jea48
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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.

I hate to judge too harshly



geoff kait,

Then don’t!

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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
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