Any feedback on the new Wolff PC ?

One additional comment if I may add.
I could build a carbon SOURCE cord that delivers 300 watts of continous power. But, it would'nt have the same sonic characteristic. I've tried it. What we accomplish by the smaller carbon ribbon is more speed, better frequency and all the etc. etc.'s. Quality vs. Quantity - there was no doubt in my mind when I heard it in my own system.
Guess time will tell.
Best,
Michael Wolff

With all due respect to other cord manufacturer's. I owe them an apology and retraction on my earlier comment which implies that they provide no technical merit to their products. Obviously some do more than others.
I guess my feathers were ruffled a little and I apologize to everyone implied or named.
My sincere apologies and I will refrain from furthur involvement.
Best Regards, Michael Wolff

Michael: I see no problems with bringing other manufacturers into question in terms of UL type acceptance, etc... BUT naming names can be a touchy situation.

I've seen some cords that would have NO problems being UL approved and i've seen others that are fire hazards waiting to happen. The funny thing is that, many of the cords that would easily meet UL spec's do so because they are nothing more than "standard" power cords wrapped in "snakeskin" with good quality connectors on them. I guess that the manufacturers include a quantity of "snake oil" along with the "snakeskin" at the prices that they charge : )

Other than that, i agree with your comments about the "quality" of AC being more important than the "quantity" in most cases. Obviously, the one major exception would be high powered amps, especially when coupled with low impedance, low sensitivity speakers. In such a case, a "current funnel" would work best : )

Given the "rebuttal" that you've provided, i would suggest amending your website info to state something to the effect of "Our Carbon Source cord is optimized for use with devices drawing lower quantities of current i.e. sources ( as the name implies ), preamps, etc... These devices are typically more sensitive to the quality of power being delivered to them than other devices that require greater quantities of current that vary on a dynamic basis. As such, that is why we make another cord that is designed to deal with the heavier, dynamic loads that an amplifier consumes." I think that you get the idea.

Other than that, I think that you and Corona should go into business together. You guys are great at giving nothing away in terms of intellectual properties or actual design criteria : ) Sean
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Hey,

Guess what, my "review" is posted on this product's site, although, the review isn't really a review. Rather, they personal emails and discussions with Mike about the new carbon cord that has been in my system for about a week and a half. The reason for the correspondance is that I understand user feedback is helpful in determining the attributes and weaknes of a product. I did give him permission to post the email on his site though.

Frankly, I just wanted to note that the 200 words "review" is derived from 2 separate emails from different dates about a week apart consisting of 600 words. Maybe he chopped my email down for reasons of being more concise and succinct. However, I do want to add I did have some concerns about the cord that were in the emails and is absent in the "review".

For one, carbon itself is not conductive (atleast not that I know of) but the carbon material used in this cord is conductive just as the carbon material you will find in the Stillpoint's ERS stuff (Yes, the same stuff used on Stealth bombers). Yet, the resistance on these stuff is still rather high. This made it not feasible for me to use the carbon cord when it is attached to a passive filter such as the Audio Magic Stealth and Furutech ETP60 that I am using.

Whatever is attached to the filter while the carbon cord is also attached to it causes the wattage going into these components to be reduced. This has caused my gaincard's volume to do a weird synthesizer curves and my transport's light to go bonkers then shut down. As of now, I have the carbon cord attached directly to the outlet in lieu of the filter. And, there is no more poltergeist stuff. No, the carbon cord is not the cord connecting the filter to the wall outlet. It is connecting from the filter's to the transport. So, there are no component downstream from the carbon cord.

I guess Mike never tested the carbon cord with it attached to a filter with multiple outlets with multiple components attached to it before. This may or may not be a problem for some out there. Or, maybe this is an isolated incidence with the cord I have in my system now.

My other concern is what is the long term viability of the component for being connected to a carbon powercord for a longer period of time. This might or might not be cause for alarm. yet, I feel some people might be too faint of heart to try this out on their own equipment, so thank me for being the lab rat *heh*.

If you've been to Mike's website, then you've read the positive virtues; eventhough, they are patched up haphazardly. Sure hope my former English teachers are not audiophiles in the market for a powercord. I will report back, perhaps, after a week.

And Sean, give them a break. It's not everyday engineers transition into marketing. I know this can be frustrating though.