Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers?
The reason I am asking is I feel manufacturers of high quality components include all that is ever needed, power cable wise. Sure, some people buy power cables because they need special lengths or have some out of the ordinary "noise" issues that need extra insulation. Some even like the visual aspect of the aftermarket cables. I’m just curious why many spend thousands of dollars on such when the manufacturer has taken the power cable into account when producing the product. I cannot see a High-quality audiophile component maker (especially some that sell volume) pass on a few dollars for a better sounding power cable if indeed the cable improved their product. I cannot see a person buying that $7000 amp is not going to balk if the product was introduced at $7100 (with the better cable).
I wonder if Luxman, Accuphase, McIntosh, Gryphon...you name it "dressed" their power cables up to look like expensive aftermarket cables, owners would be so quick to "upgrade"?
I’d be curious to hear Ralph’s opinion on the subject
@aberyclark Power cords affect the sound of an amp due to Voltage drop across the power cord. Due to the power draw of our tube amp power cords can affect them quite a lot but not so much for our class D where the power draw at idle is insignificant. If you were pushing that amp hard all the time then the power cord would make a difference in theory; so far we've no feedback on that at all.
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yes ! cables make huge difference. i have parasound a21+ ive replaced standard power cord with Nordost, "heimdal" power cord. also use Nordost rca "heimdal" between naim pre amp, and power amp , best thing is to ask your local dealer for an in home ''try before you buy '' . most dealers will accommodate you, good luck |
@tony1954 Because the customer has to be able to plug it in right away. Even though they may never use the stock cord, if you were a manufacturer and didn't include it you'd hear about it right away. |
@devinplombier interesting possibility re legal requirement for some power cable. There would still be the possibility for basic and upgraded cable. Particularly those that according to electronics manufacturer have the best "synergy". Someone else mentioned that the reason is that electronics manufacturers do not make their own cables. They do not make their own capacitors ... either, so that notion does not apply either. Re simple interconnects, the ones I have on my Woo WA6 SE and also on the Holoaudio May are something quite different. My point stands that I have not seen any discussion on upgraded power connectors between power supply and signal processing box. Wall socket to power receptacle, yes. Signal interconnects of every description, yes. Power connection between power supply and signal box, no. I hope I did not give anybody any ideas, yikes! |
