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The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance

This is a journey through real life experiences from you to everyone that cares to educate themselves. I must admit that I was not a believer in power cords and how they affect sound in your system. I from the camp that believed that the speaker provided 75% of the sound signature then your source then components but never the power cord. Until that magic day I along with another highly acclaimed AudioGoner who I will keep anatomist ran through a few cables in quite a few different systems and was "WOWED" at what I heard. That being said cable I know that I am not the only believer and that is why there are so many power cord/cable companies out there that range from $50 to 20-30 thousand dollars and above. So I like most of you have to scratch my head and ask where do I begin what brand and product and what should i really pay for it?

The purpose of this discussion to get some honest feed back on Price to Performance from you the end user to us here in the community.

Please fire away!


 


blumartini
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blumartini OP
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Anybody out there able to give me some feed back on the below listed cables price to performance?

Odin 2 Power Cords 1.25 Meters 16,999.99
Shunyata Research Sigma NR 1.75 Meter $3000.00
WireWorld Platinum Electra 7 1.5 Meter $2,350.00
Snake River Audio Signature Cottonmouth 1.0 Meter $1,875.00
NRG Custom Cables The 5 Power Cord 1.5 Meter $300.00



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daveyf
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@blumartini  Can't hep you with the above question, but an
A’phile friend of mine brought over some of the inexpensive Ching Cheng pc’s last night. We listened to them against a number of other pc’s --from Zen Wave, Black Cat, Synergistic, Cardas, Nordost and Audience. Interestingly...the Ching Chengs were basically junk in my system. Resolution dropped like a stone, frequency extension was non-existent, imaging diffuse, plus it was quite obvious that these inexpensive cables were no different than the stock ones supplied by all manufacturers’ to at least give you the ability to hook up power!
My friend left the Ching Chengs with me...to throw into the bin.
Even the entry level Cardas cables had it all over them..Moral of the story, at least in this case, is you get what you pay for.
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blumartini OP
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Hey dayveyf1,

Please remind me what system you used the cords with?
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geoffkait
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Hey, $16,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to the Von Schweikert Ultra Speaker internal wiring upgrade that sells for as much as $35,000. Are you saying $4,000 for a power cord is where you draw the line. $1000? $100?
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