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Re: How is it that power cords can make a sonic difference???

My previously posted and referenced URLs commented on a great deal, of which radiated noise, RFi, EMI, etc were covered. Only in the test of the last post, this one:
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/82423.html
do I only talk about the line losses ONLY.

If the supplied post URLs do not make sense to you, then either I have failed at my laymen's explanations, or you are not geting it despite the layman's explanations.

I can respect someone's experiences, but that would have to include on your part having tried numerous power cords under varied conditions, etc., and having experienced a dedicated run on the same system, vs. the additional use of high perforance power cords, as well as having heard numerous power cords on other ssytems under diferent conditions.
Perhaps your mains are relatively clean, and you have really nice cable layout in back of your equipment. Regardless, your conclusions probably only hold for your system, and not necessarily for others.

I have done the above with all types of audio cables and with power cords. Each system reacts differently, and some equipment seems relatively immune to power cord/mains issues, and each component reacts differently to different cords.

As for an "adequate installation" of the mains, this is the exception rather than the rule, and basing your statements on some utopian ideal is not very realistic.


Jon Risch


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