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Is it all in my head??

So I bought a Kimber Power Kord...  yeah, yeah, but it looks prettier than stock, is well built, and having built all my cables myself I appreciated the craftsmanship.

...so, I'm playing an Everest LP--symphony stuff.. and it always sounded noisy and muffled (which is why i decided to give it a spin).  The power cable is plugged into my furman conditioner, and all the other cables are the same.  I swear this LP sounds more "untangled" now (that's the best way i can describe it).

I am an engineer and know intellectually this makes zero sense--is it some confirmation bias?  How can it be.. i didnt buy it expecting a sonic impact, i bought it because i couldn't make one that looks as cool (think of it as a necklace for my rig).  But I swear I think i hear a difference...  tell me it's all in my head.
waltertexas
vair68robert
102 posts
 
Happy New Year All

Normally I wouldn't knock a manufacture but since one keeps being mentioned as being good I have to disagree .
Pangea did not sound good to myself or a friend ( who rebuilds guitar tube amps ) , that includes both the power cords
( we tried both 14 and 9 gauge ) and the power outlets .
Pangea has 3 grades 
We did an experiment with 4 different outlet manufactures  and
the Pangea lowest grade  came in 3rd .
So like all equipment and cables/interconnects what might work for some doesn't work for all . 




buckhorn_cortez
20 posts
 
At this point, I'm ambivalent about cables and power cords.  I keep hoping to hear a change in my system if I swap cables or power cords, but I'm never quite sure I hear anything different in the sound.  I don't have an inexpensive system, and have cables and power cords from Purist Audio, Shunyata, Tara Labs, and at least three other companies.   But, unfortunately, I really never hear a difference.  Yet, I persist in trying things in hopes that I may hear something different and, to that end, just ordered balanced XLR cables to connect the pre-amp and amp in hopes I might hear a change.  

To your question - if you hear a difference, even if it is because of confirmation bias - does that matter?  Apparently, you think something has changed.  If it makes the music you're listening to "better" in some way - enjoy the difference.

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tobor007
59 posts
 
I wonder why people with an opposing opinions are quickly labeled as trolls. Also, people who hear a "big difference" in the sound of cables, always ignore simple tests when it comes to choosing cable a from b. Any test that supports hearing the difference in sound, becomes invalid because it's a test. 
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amperes
1 posts
 
Vodka? They have tests for that, too:

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=588345420

I guess there are sepratate definitions for scitentists and subjectivists for a reason.
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tobor007
59 posts
 
If you can't pick it out with the lights out, it doesn't mater if your a scientist or "open minded" and driven by  subjectivity. It is the same result at a different cost.
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