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In Reply to: RE: Power cord question.. posted by Ric on September 24, 2009 at 07:27:34
It all makes a difference wire, dielectric, geometry, connectors, shielding. Going to Home Despot and make a cord with some of their THHN wire, then compare it to a cord using the same geometry, connectors, gauge but a high quality conductor and the differences are not subtle.At least that is the way I hear it....
A common experience resulting in a common confusion
Edits: 09/24/09
I thought the THHN powercords i made were pretty good, and just stopped there.
I tried some as speaker cable but it was terrible.
So I have just had different experiences. I am willing though to experiment. What conductors do you guys recommend for a powercord?
It's always worked for me and I have no complaints. The terminations and configuration seem to make more difference IME.
But as an upgrade I will definitely go for Chris Ven Haus' Raw Wire any time, as this sounds significantly better to my ears and isn't wildly expensive. I've used both his unshielded (for analog) and his shielded (for digital) and they both sound good. FYI, this is good quality copper with only Teflon jacketing.
I've used mil spec (10 AWG tinned copper in Teflon jackets) and have had mixed results, but my conclusions here may have been influenced by factors other than the wire itself.
YMMV....
Hey Bart,
Thanks for the info.
I have it in my head that I dont want stranded wire though it would be nice to have a flexible cable.
I know THHN is not the best though I have had good luck with it.
But maybe it is time to branch out a bit...
"...the differences are not subtle."
I fully agree with Cpk's POV. I once experimented with THHN wire for AC power use and found it to sound pretty horrible. Terminating such with premium Audio Grade AC connectors would be a real waste, IMHO (you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear)... my 2 cents
Using THHN and high quality terminations also works well. And neither is as good as high quality wire, properly configured to the application, terminated with high quality connectors.
So you get what you pay for, but at least you can do better than stock in most cases even with off the shelf hardware!
Actually, THHN makes great speaker cable....better than lots of commercially available stuff.
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