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In Reply to: RE: Accuphase Chinese Power Cord - Does This Look Familiar? posted by el34eh@yahoo.com on February 06, 2023 at 18:10:08
Hi Oscar!
I have a couple of those. In my system, I prefer the various Odin cords, but they are quite good indeed and an absolute steal at the price. Build quality is stunning.
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KanedaK,
Do allow me to rephrase things, as I'm thinking along the lines that in my case I've concentrated all of my energy on finding an indeed power cord solely for my older model Aurender X100L music server which in turn is tied to a Denafrips Pontus ll DAC..., so essentially of which can be viewed at a server based system costing $5.800 retail.
In said case of my rethinking the difference of both the NearEast Odin types | Accuphase 40th Anniversary clones, I'm seriously thinking it's due to the latter being shielded, whereas the Odin types aren't. As a very very strong believer that everything evolves from one's source component..., be that one's phono-stage preamp | DAC ( as both are linked to one's Turntable | CD Player | Computer Audio Player or what have you? ) so the music signal is passed downstream to the amplification | speakers, of which neither is capable to restoring the signal beforehand | so if one's source is corrupted?, one is forced to ask themselves..., just are they actually hearing?, or basing their opinions on?.
With either Odin type PCs, I found myself buying multiple flavors of power plugs, like un-plated red copper | silver and rhodium plated copper ones, figuring out how to mix them onto these power cords to create a sound of my own, whereas with the Accuphase one, I began enjoying it off the bat | seem to love what I'm hearing enough to not be overly concerned with changing the stock power connectors whatsoever | or at least no time soon, such was the impact in my system, whereas said primary integrated amp ( Naim Audio SuperNait 3 ) | speakers ( Rosso Florentino Pienza 2s | Sound Anchors 3 Post Signature Stands ) are also valued at $5.800 respectively, and resolving enough whereas I just don't question what I'm hearing, and have learned to enjoy the entire system collectively.
While there's an ongoing argument as it related to shielded versus unshielded cables | cords, as one allows for better transient response, but can allow for noises to come through | whereas the former can at times sound dulled down | offsetting | yet can at times prove more effective on a particular component more so than not.
Looking at said marketing of Underwood HiFi, I'd have to once again appreciate the fact they were honest about having outsourced these cords from China | yet thinking they'd have just as easily chosen the NearDost Odin design, just maybe they were in fact looking for something which might actually fit a boarded range of buyers | ears ( so they selected this brand or range for a reason ), as I've long seen it, no one brand of cabling fits all, which is why there are more cable designs on the market more so than any other component | yes I see them as components rather than accessories, if one were to try playing their electronics without cabling, guess what the result would be?, no sound at all..., so logically selecting the correctly balanced cabling for one's respective system | ear is essentially based upon one's biases as well as overall preference as far as their personal taste towards different flavoring goes, me myself loved spicy foods | tabasco sauce on just about everything, especially Mexico food | eggs, whereas someone of a different culture might think otherwise.
Apples | Oranges, but as mentioned years ago, I'm the odd man out, as I much prefer cherries to both.
Edits: 02/10/23
The Odin cables are shielded, the gold or silver foil depending on which iteration is wrapped around each conductor is the actual shielding.
Mmmh... have you tried running an unbalanced interconnect cable (let's say, the one that goes from preamp to power amp) close to a Chinese Odin Gold PC? Well, if the IC isn't very well shielded it will buzz. It doesn't buzz with this "accuphase" (LOL) power cable but, as I said earlier, I still prefer the sound of the Odin Gold in MY system. YMMV, of course.
I'm willing to take your word into account, yet have noticed many of the guys over on Head-Fi having taken theirs apart | stating they weren't.
Being that I'm not one to butcher cables | cords, I'm merely playing this one by ear..., but based upon what I'm listening to at this very moment with the Accuphase cord in place, to my ears it's simply more musically correct | whereas with the Odin type I was thinking this is how I'd have to imagine the stock Aurender cord might've sounded, had I not tossed it upon opening the box.
Hey Lil' Brotha,
There are times where one's system plays better with pure copper cables | cords and others where pure silver or silver plated copper based wires better fit, as well as brings out what's needed.
Seeing as how we all select our systems differently based upon set biases as well as budgets | there are times where some components aren't as resolving as others | therefore the overall nature of some brands aren't fully recognized as such, as spotted on several forums some have found alternatives to the Chinese NordOst based cables | whereas I myself initially ended up having purchased a total of 12 of them | I currently count 3 as of yesterday. It became clear ( in my case ) that a certain means of voicing each component means listening to them | then understanding what each one is telling us it prefers?, in my case having tried both the Odin 2 Silver | Odin Gold PCs on the Aurender where they both played nicely..., but and there's always one, upon placing said Accuphase clone onto it out of curiosity | and it was as if all of a sudden the clouds parted | I'd now not only view the stars more clearly, but it became more a matter of I'd actually reach out and touch them ( much like having experienced this type of effect while visiting Orlando Florida for the first time back in October 2008, upon stepping outside around 3:30AM, and looking beyond the stars, into heaven itself and it was simply beautiful ) all told..., I'd clearly hear more harmonically placed chores within the structure of each | every note, of which said Odin designs in hindsight obscured, but once again this is an individual thing | of which is done in isolation of one component which obviously needed a different type of voicing, as it wasn't as responsive to either of the Odin's at all.
But clearly came into its own with the Accuphase | there's no other way I'm able to explain what I hear | yet I'm very very capable of deciphering said differences | have chosen what works in so much as putting everything sonically into its proper placement | as far as I'm concerned cabling wise, I need not look any further, well maybe a Xangsane pure silver usb cable?, and even that's a big maybe?.
Did you change out the supplied plugs to perhaps copper based ones ? Thank you.
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