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| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords Then.... YOU can publish the measurements on your website. Hey! That's a great idea!!! Then there would be no mystery, no pouting and wishing that other cable manufacturers published their own measurements.I wish it were that easy. Besides the pos... | |
| Audience Au24 vs Empirical Clarity Speaker Cable Look for a forthcoming review by Positive Feedback on these, particularly comparing Audience to EA. | |
| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords Bwhite wrote:I dare you to find a Power cord that measures well and lets put it up against an Elrod Signature cord, Electraglide FatMan K, or Shunyata Anaconda Vx. I'm sure all three of these cords measure differently and all worse than an "ideal"... | |
| Cable directionality Works for me.... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Increasing the dB is not what I had in mind. I was thinking more that you need high-amplitude transients that are also loud, such as gongs or drum and cymbol crashes, or gunshots etc.. Need to compare these specific events when powered off to alwa... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? then why can my M-F amp play music for 10 seconds with no degradation in sound after I turn it OFF?If this is true, which I will take your word for, it is probably because it has a decent power supply with sufficient storage and minimal inductance... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Sidssp - I'm with you on this one .... and I'm a complete convert to CD's.. | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Drubin wrote:If shorter were better, than no cord at all would be best. Why not just continue the Romex out from the wall and hardwire it into the component? (Has anyone tried this?) This would be the equivalent of no power cord since the PC's fun... | |
| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords Sean - No offense taken.Why is it that most engineers / designers / manufacturers have such a hard time thinking of a power cord as being anything more than a "conduit for power delivery" I can only speak for myself. A power cord is just one segme... | |
| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords On the flip side the "dynamics" seemed improved with the shielded DIY's. The highs seem higher and the lows seem fuller. Interesting...This may be true, but it is difficult to attribute this to the shielding. The new cables were likely lower capac... | |
| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords Marty9876 wrote:The field an unshielded pc gives off seems to be large, at least 12 inches.The fields may be large depending on the construction of the power cord. Many cord designs are field-cancelling, and they are not shielded. I dont doubt the... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Warrenh wrote:Since you say that cheaper cords have higher inductance than the more expensive ones: Is it possible to find a $200 cord with the same inductance as one for $1000?I suppose it is possible. Generally, the things that cause inductance ... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Ozfly wrote:1) Would larger/more capacitors negate the need for a low inductance cord (i.e., is there a substitution effect?)To some extent, this is true, although there are effects from the inductance of the traces and wires in the power supply a... | |
| What are 6 feet going to do for me? Using a power conditioner does not relegate the need for a low-inductance cord to the component. The issue here is inductance. Cheaper cords have higher inductance. Here is why inductance is important:Amplifiers demand current from the power-line ... | |
| Sheilded/Unsheilded Power Cords No technical reason to shield power cords or speaker cables. These are low-impedance output drivers, so crosstalk is not really a concern. The only advantage might be if you wnat to run power cords side-by-side with unshielded interconnects. Then ... |