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Ole Lund Christensen is probably right

E-Stat pointed to Ole Lund Christensen's explanation. It both sounds logical and an explanation for my experience, at least partially.

I have made a pure silver (4N) power cord with teflon insulation, twisting the pairs and adding double shielding. It had a very characteristic sound, lots of highs (brightness?) and very poor bass. I used it between the wall socket and a power tap for a while.

Then I swapped it with the PC used for the CD player and all the characteristic features became much more pronounced; simply put it, the music became unlistenable. I didn't (don't) understand how changing the order of two cables leading to a CD player can result in a very different sound.

In the first case you'd expect to hear the DIY silver sound more clearly as it affects not only the CD player but the power amp and pre amp also plugged into the power tap. I heard exactly the opposite.

My conlclusion is, the closer the PC to the component, the more it matters. This explains why the long power lines from the power station and wall wiring matter less. It also means that the most important cables are probably inside your components.

I cannot provide a scientific explanation, but Ole Lund Christensen's explanation is logical. The only thing that it doesn't explain why CD players and DACs are most affected despite not having a rectifier...


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  • Ole Lund Christensen is probably right - Zozo 08:46:36 09/16/03 (1)


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