Doing the Power Cord Thing

There IS no ’saving money’ making them yourself. Just a different sound, maybe.

When you are not buying $2,000 power cables, but DIY'ing for $100, you are saving money. :)

But you are right in that it is difficult to take a DH Labs cable and make the exact same cable they do for less. However, buying Connex (Parts Connexion) connectors you can actually save a little, plus the ability to make custom lengths can be really convenient.

For PC, I can see myself not spending much over 100 to 200 per cord. Truth be known its carrying power and I personally believe like mentioned above u change one thing for another.  Really the change in sound is personal preference.  As far as me buying new cords in that range would be, because I need something to buy. Lol, got to keep it fun. If I was to make my own PC cable, it would be for fun and satisfaction of making something.  Same satisfaction I get when I do wood working.  Building something I can call my own. Keep up the great work Eric and anyone else who is a DIY.  If it wasn't for DIY crowd, your car stereo would be in a horse and buggy.

I tried several different power cords in an audition process. Did not hear any difference despite hearing large changes in various interconnects and speaker wires in the system. Since you have no control over the miles of transmission lines, the local transformers, the distribution wires in your neighborhood and the wiring in your home spending big money on the last few feet of electrical cable seems silly to me, unless you are doing a full power conditioning setup where you can dial in voltage and cycles, other than to make sure it has very sufficient conductor size for maximum power needs. I don’t think I would use anything with a capacity less than 12 gauge on any amp of respectable power.

Midareff1,


Were your tests straight to the wall, or after a conditioner?

Best,
E