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In Reply to: RE: Termination Clamping posted by Duster on August 18, 2020 at 16:50:18
Thanks for the recommendation, Duster. Just ordered 1.5m of the 8800 TripleC. Found a vendor in Italy for almost the same price so I will have no worries about any duty and tax surprises when it arrives.
I plan to make up .75M cords, like I did with the Black Mamba. However, I sometimes run across claims that the minimum or optimal length for a power cord is 1.5M. Do you have any thoughts or experience on this?
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There are very few power cord designs that have a minimum recommended length, such as the Van den Hul Mainsstream Hybrid power cable with a noise filtering layer that needs to be no less than 1.5 meters in order to function properly. Otherwise, practicality is the best rule to follow.Unless I have a situation the requires a longer length than usual power cord, I always build a 1.5 meter (5 foot) power cord, even if the application can use a shorter length. Since I swap-out power cords throughout various audio systems as part of my hobby, I never want to be stuck with a power cord that won't reach a component.
If your set-up allows 0.75 meter power cords to be used without issue, that's perfectly fine, atkinsonrr. However, power cords that are less than 0.5 meter have not performed as well as longer lengths in my experience, so I would opine that folks should beware of power cords that are very short, indeed.
Edits: 08/19/20
Thanks for the clarification. Still waiting for the Acoustic Revive cable, but the leGo Schukos and IECs came in. They look to be quite good quality. They have the clamping style terminations and the terminations are all copper. In the Viborgs, only the side of the termination that is the connector contact is copper, the other side of the termination (whether clamp or set screw) is brass.
Once I receive the Acoustic Revive cable, I'll see if I can discern differences between connectors and between the 8800 Triple C and the Black Mamba. Will report back. Italy is on August vacation so it will be a few days.
I see what you mean about the Schuko plugs.
I don't use or study Schuko plugs, never even held one in my hand.
I'm looking forward to knowing about your findings, atkinsonrr.
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