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In Reply to: Re: Vintage audio power supply posted by Bold Eagle on December 31, 2003 at 11:43:37:
What does fixing the last 6 feet of wire do for you when there's hundreds of feet in the walls that is just plain wire?What does fixing the first 6 feet of wire do for you ?
What you are filtering is grunge from other sources, especially digital ones as well as other sources of interference in your house, not the power source.
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Your argument holds for line filters, but not for power cords or plugs, which is what I directed my comments at. I have used line filters in some cases.
JPS Labs cords (among others) are highly shielded and the ones designed for digital use frequently employ some conditioning.
Sure power cords can be antennae, so can all the unshielded wire in your walls. And unless you have a line filter, the shielding does nothing at all. In fact if the filter is at the input to the component, a shielded power cord is pointless. The filter would have to be in the plug/receptacle to make a shielded power cord usefull. Sorry, I just don't buy the argument. My Rotel CD player has a very nicely implemented line filter just inside the chassis. What would a shielded power cord do for me?
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