In Reply to: RE: Connectors and geometry posted by Duster on May 13, 2012 at 18:08:27:
The poster asked about elements of power cords that affect sonics. Of course, IC's and speaker cables are a different matter entirely. In power cords, I can't hear differences between wire types or insulation types. Perhaps you are more discerning than I, but I think fancy wire and teflon is not a good value in PC's. I'm not saying they're unimportant in general, but less important for PC's only. However, every extra dollar spent on better connectors will yield better sonics almost every time.
I'm sure there are exceptional applications, even low current draw components, that sound better with grossly oversized wire, but in general it's a marginal improvement and the cost and inconvenience of stiff, bulky wire is not really worthwhile. Again, quality connectors, not shiny Chinese eBay junk, on decent size wire will probably be a better investment.
Peace,
Tom E
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- These comments were about power cords only - madisonears 21:20:02 05/13/12 (1)
- The response was regarding power cords (nt) - Duster 11:32:13 05/14/12 (0)