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Seems like all the good stuff (Neotech, Acrolink for example)is shielded.
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I don't know if solid core power cord can be UL approved. I sure wouldn't use it, in any gauge, no matter how good it sounds.
Besides, I think geometry and connectors determine more of PC sound than the conductor material.
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Tom E
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I'm a big fan of unshielded power cords. Like Duster said though not solid core.
DH labs silver sonic at $8 per foot is a nice bargain. Buy a Furutech FI 25 or similar Neotech on closeout sale at Sonicraft. You can make the cord in 15 minutes.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
Few audiophile-quality power cords and virtually no ordinary consumer electronics power cords feature solid core conductors. Besides the obvious issue of poor flexibility, I have not experienced a power cord with solid core conductors that does not present a notably colored sonic signature vs. conventional stranded conductor power cords.
Interesting. No wonder I haven't seen any.
I don't doubt your observations but I speak from experience that TRL power cords are solid core and some of the best sounding PC's I've ever had. Very thick gauge, heavy and super hard to work with, as you mentioned.
FWIW- These (link) Neotech NEP 3106 look like solid core.
You could make what would IMO likely be an informative comparison of solid vs stranded by just wiring something up with both wires of the same gauge from the hardware store. Like an amp with 12awg and compare the sound. Use the exact connectors, of course. After hearing that you could then explore higher quality alternatives. The TRL's are multifactorial, so it may be or is likely that you didn't isolate the solid vs stranded issue or the wire gauge issue. I'm on the stranded side of things along with thick(er) ,UL and Duster approved, of course. T456
are constructed/manufactured using solid core conductors.Are all manufactured after market power cords UL Listed? No.
Are all after market power cords NRTL Listed? No.Are Pangea Audio power cords NRTL/UL/CSA/ect, Listed?
Click on the Link below. Then click on the picture showing the make-up/construction of the conductors in the cable.
Edits: 09/12/16
I put the UL thing in there so I wouldn't be accused of recommending something dangerous. The Pangea cord mentioned is a Litz construction, not on big solid wire. Of course the proof is in the listening. My simple, easy and inexpensive experiment still holds some water for a comparison of one solid wire to stranded, non litz wire. T456
The Pangea cord mentioned is a Litz construction, not on big solid wire.
Not all current carrying conductors in the Pangea power cord are Litz. You do know Litz wires are solid core wires individually insulated wires, several grouped together, paralleled, to form a larger gauge wire.
As for one big solid core wire for the hot and neutral current carrying conductors I am not sure that is what the OP is asking for.
Here is another manufacture of power cords that uses solid core wire for their power cords. WyWires also uses Litz wire in the construction of their power cords.
The point is the cord's hot and neutral current carrying conductors are not made of stranded wire.
Jea, I did get the impression that that's what the OP was asking for, one solid conductor but only he knows for sure. Litz wires are solid insulated wires "twisted or woven" in a certain pattern, not just parallel. Like I said before I agree with Duster that stranded sounds better that solid from my experience. Never have heard litz and don't know why it would be used for AC other than someone is trying to sell something different and that it may sound better than solid or stranded. Just like everything else people say and like different things. T456
I didn't get the impression the OP was looking for a cable that could be used for a power cord that uses large solid core conductors. Maybe if the OP is still following his thread he will chime in and let us know for sure. I did read responses to the OP where other assumed he meant single large solid core wires.//
I have an older Audioquest power cord that has several individual #18 or possibly 16 gauge solid core copper wires individually insulated that are paralleled together to make an equivalent 12 gauge single conductor. One for the neutral, the other for the hot. The equipment grounding conductor is a #12 stranded wire.
Just a guess AQ still makes their cables somewhat that way.
From AQ's Website:
Audioquest
NRG-2No matter how perfect an AC power source, distortion is added within any AC cable, especially within a stranded cable. Even the most sophisticated filters and power supplies cannot eliminate this cable-induced distortion.
SOLID LONG-GRAIN COPPER (LGC) CONDUCTORS: Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion.
http://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/nrg-2
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PS audio also uses solid core wires in the design of their cables.
See Link below.//
As for using Litz wire the end result is still the same. Why it's used? Probably cheaper and the cable might be more flexible. If you look at the construction of a power cord that uses Litz wire you will notice the paralleled Litz wires groups for the current carrying Hot and neutral conductors are individually enclosed/covered by separate insulated jackets. There could be several individual hot and neutral groups. It all depends on the geometry of the cable design.
Edits: 09/12/16
Many aftermarket power cord manufactures use solid core wire in the construction of their power cords. Audioquest for one. Individually insulated solid core wires that are paralleled with one another to make a desired larger wire gauge conductor. Example, individually insulated conductors that may make up a 12 gauge power cord might be paralleled individually insulated 16awg solid core wires.
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Here are a couple of examples:
Audioquest
NRG-2
No matter how perfect an AC power source, distortion is added within any AC cable, especially within a stranded cable. Even the most sophisticated filters and power supplies cannot eliminate this cable-induced distortion.
SOLID LONG-GRAIN COPPER (LGC) CONDUCTORS: Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion.
http://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/nrg-2
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PS Audio AC12
http://www.psaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/AC12.jpg
There have been many audiophile in-wall AC wiring products over the years, and none of them are popular options for DIY power cord projects. The Straightwire Blue Thunder solid core conductor power cord is very colored-sounding, IME.
YMMV
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