Power Cord For Audio Research gear

Stevemj: Thanks for the common sense approach. A further deficiency of Jon Risch's "explanation" that Kevperro posted is that Risch assumes that the conduction angle in the primary of a power amp's peak-rectification power supply will remain the same at heavy current demand as at light current demand, and thus he divides the RMS current demand by the conduction angle to come up with an absurdly high peak current figure. In reality, the conduction angle increases as the current demand rises, and thus the peak current rises to only about 50% to 100% above the RMS level. That still points to the need for good power conductors to minimize power loss, but they can be had for a fraction of what the boutique power cords sell for. Power cords that sell for $50, $100, $500 or whatever serve the ego and not the audio.

Gmorris - I was trying to explain that cables are AC and, therefore, can not have a prefered direction, regardless of any law imaginable.

My qualification is that my IQ is above 80 (barely, or I wouldn't be wasting my time on this moronic topic).

FINALLY! SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON!

Steve, if all that matters is the #'s then you shouldn't even have to audition equipment. Just get the white papers, read, and buy. Pretty easy that way. Some of us more egotistical morons prefer to actualy LISTEN to the equipment we buy. I will gladly stay in that camp thanks....

By the way Steve, this really is the last post on this one. It's getting way too long. Maybe you can find someone else to debate for a while. Thanks.