General Asylum: Dissenting OPINION by waVeman

General Asylum: Dissenting OPINION by waVeman

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In Reply to: Re: What about cheap ones though ? posted by Cliff D. on April 20, 2001 at 06:40:00:

Be wary of the claims made for power cords. I have yet to see any scientific/technical proof of these "improvements". Me and many other people believe the differences are from the "placebo effect": one thinks they are going to hear something different, so they do. And that "break-in" thing: I have never, EVER heard of metals changing their composition/electrical characteristics because of current flowing through them for a certain length of time. To me, this sounds like a manufacturer's way of taking advantage of someone's imagination, or trying to boost sagging sales with something that doesn't need that pesky "factual proof" stuff.
Using cheap power strips MIGHT cause problems because of those inexpensive surge components they use-the best way to find out is to contact the maker of your audio equipment and see what they think.

Spend your money on a better cartridge or speakers to get a real improvement in your system's sound.
Expect to read some really nasty responses to this.
Peace out.

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