2. cables
  3. 1187801717

Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference?

I just had to share this. I went to synergistic research the other day to get some cables re-terminated. I saw some power cords on the floor and decided to ask about them. Ted, said they were all prototypes, would I like to listen. He brought me into the demo room and played some great music. He switched out the preamp power cord for one of the prototypes and man was it noticably better. Then, he left and came back into the room with a big smile on his face. He pulled a cable from the back that I swear was just recently built. He confirmed that no one had listened to it yet. He put the new power cable on the preamp and...................NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! It was unbelieveable what a difference I heard. I could not believe how much bigger the sound stage grew, better focus, detail, and faster tighter bass. I had him switch the PC in and out because I just could not believe what I heard. Then he said "lets make it better." He brought it to his Tesla machine and gave it a quantum tunneling. He put it back in the system and to my surprise it was un believably better then what I had just heard. It now made the whole system easily sound 3 times as good. I just could not believe my ears. Then I had to know, how much could I get this cable for. I would think at least $2000 if not $3000. Nope, this will probably go for $500. Well Ted, sign me up for a few of those bad boys.
brutusab

Showing 7 responses by tbg

tbg
5,263 posts
 
Douglas_Schroeder, you call them the "cable atheists" but they are really the fraud police. I can tell you from personal experience that it is best to just ignore them.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Tvad, I think you are too cynical. There is no question that early on I had to be more concerned about affording the equipment I bought than I do now. I don't think ego, power, or control has anything to do with it. I have more disposable income how.

I still think the real debate on threads such as this does relate to some making judgments about what other hear or think they hear. I just do not understand why some think they have the right to judge what others hear.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Tvad, I think you misjudge me. I do post my experiences for others to do with what they may. I post most often against those who would question what other hear or who say that what others hear can be nothing more than the placebo effect. I hate the scam police and their arrogance.

I certainly would not rise to defending the Intelligence Chip were I concerned about image. I also cannot imagine how anyone on Audiogon can exert control. It would be like herding cats.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Newbee, isn't a question of whose freedom of speech is being transgressed? They would have some, if not all, tweaks judged as "fraud" and a ripoff without any demonstration that this is so but rather just on their judgment and mock others who think otherwise.

I guess it is just my opinion that such positions do not contribute to any exchange of information and that I should just limit myself to such statements. God knows I am not affecting any of their opinions and am merely generating heat.

My problem is that after years of participating in peer review and teaching the scientific method with critiquing students' arguments about how they might assess an hypothesis, I have difficulties not making "judgmental opinions about others thought processes" and arguments.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Alun, the same answer applies to why they don't provide a better power supply that might not be so affected by the power cord-price point. But I must say that I don't know any designer that spends much time with power cord evaluation. Recently, I have seen a number of components that do not even come with a cheap power cord, suggesting how common it has become to leave these cords in the shipping box and to use the power cords that you prefer.

I suspect that most manufacturers think that they have properly "voiced" their components on decent power cords and that consumers will use their personal choices anyway.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Mrtennis, some already provide no power cords, Accustic Arts.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
Buy at Radio Shack.
More to discover