Pops, Interesting. Some of the best tweaks I have made involve PC's and Audio Magic Pulse Gens, which are supposed to cancel out EMI/RFI. I must be located in an area particularly subject to that problem. In the absence of strong RFI/EMI fields, I could see how a stock PC might be preferred. After all, that is presumably the PC used when the equipment was designed.
I't could be that since your system is not suffering from digititis, your tolerance threshold for RFI/EMI is higher. Who knows?
I tend to tune out ; ) the "don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up" crowd. As I and others have stated, it"s not possible to predict a priori the effect, if any, particular PC will have. It can certainly be a frustrating and expensive process. |
04-05-14: Pops
i have always used aftermarket PC's until I just recently put all my stock cords in and realized I was either choking my system or just changing it. I have tried maybe a dozen and own a few.
I have always been somewhat of a cable junkie with IC's and speaker cables but the PC phenomenon just does not interest me. Way too many options and the dozen or so I have tried are not satisfying long term in my system.
Obviously it works for many, maybe because I am 100% vinyl I don't need the alteration who knows, I know when I had a digi rig I always used aftermarket PC's. Well at least I am saving myself a few bucks. I can blow it on other things, like cartridges!
Pops
04-05-14: Brownsfan
Pops, Interesting. Some of the best tweaks I have made involve PC's and Audio Magic Pulse Gens, which are supposed to cancel out EMI/RFI. I must be located in an area particularly subject to that problem. In the absence of strong RFI/EMI fields, I could see how a stock PC might be preferred. After all, that is presumably the PC used when the equipment was designed.
I't could be that since your system is not suffering from digititis, your tolerance threshold for RFI/EMI is higher. Who knows?
I tend to tune out ; ) the "don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up" crowd. As I and others have stated, it"s not possible to predict a priori the effect, if any, particular PC will have. It can certainly be a frustrating and expensive process.
Brownsfan
The point here, for the naysayers, a PC can have an effect on the sonics of an audio system. Be it for better or worse. |
Until the vast majority of audiophiles consider all cables as another audio component, this nonsense will continue! |
Until the vast majority of audiophiles consider all cables as another audio component, this nonsense will continue!
04-05-14: Dayglow
Component? Do you mean like a resistor, in terms of impedance? A choke, inductor, as in inductance? A capacitor, Capacitance? |
I started testing many powercables in 2002. I had and still have a lot of fun testing them. That time I worked in a speciality shop in sound and vision. I wanted people to understand how big the influence was of a powercable. So I started blind tests. I Always used a very expensive powercable and our most sold one of about 100 dollar. Most of the time I used sources, but also I did it with amps. For example a source of 2000 euro with a powercable of 2500 euro. I compared it with a source of 5000 euro with a powercable of 100 euro. It was a lot easier to get a better end result with the use of an expensive powercable. People Always were very surprised. This is how you can people make aware how big the influence is. That is why you need to keep things as simple as possible! |
