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Al Sekela

In Reply to: RE: Your new sound-stage is more correct for your setup. posted by Dynaudio_Rules on March 21, 2010 at 03:48:37:

Power cords affect the electrical noise environment as well as the equipment's tonal balance. A component may be designed and voiced in a particular noise environment which does not represent the user's and does not reveal problems with the stock power cord. Thus, the component may not sound like what the designer intended in a different environment.

This works both ways. A component may sound better than the designer knows if the user takes pains to minimize the noise. I have a Wadia 861, and the manual contains the hilarious claim that the CD player does not need a special power cord.

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Topic - Power Cords - ricjor1@yahoo.com 19:24:48 03/16/10 ( 11)

RE: Power Cords - Wasatch 17:22:39 03/17/10 ( 0)
Your new sound-stage is more correct for your setup. - Al Sekela 15:27:05 03/17/10 ( 4)
- RE: Your new sound-stage is more correct for your setup. - Dynaudio_Rules 09:38:04 03/20/10 ( 3)
  - RE: Your new sound-stage is more correct for your setup. - ricjor1@yahoo.com 14:18:04 03/20/10 ( 2)
    - RE: Your new sound-stage is more correct for your setup. - Dynaudio_Rules 03:48:37 03/21/10 ( 1)
      - Too simple. - Al Sekela 03/21/10 11:23:23 03/21/10 ( 0)
RE: Power Cords - avsBuddy 07:33:18 03/17/10 ( 0)
Yes - Freddy70 06:38:59 03/17/10 ( 1)
- Another Van Alstine IEC man? - Muzikmike 13:34:52 03/17/10 ( 0)
RE: Power Cords - mrjdub33@aol.com 20:11:50 03/16/10 ( 1)
- Speakers... - Muzikmike 13:52:38 03/17/10 ( 0)