chrissugar
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Audiophool power cables.
This time not only subjective impressions but also some objective data.
We had some discussion about this subject long ago, and most of the thread was about making fun about audiophools. I understand this because the audiophile world is full of bullshit and absurd prices but this is not a reason to dis without at least doing some objective/subjective tests.
Everything started when a friend of mine called me to listen to his audiophile system because he received for testing four identical Siltech power cables.
I thought that is insane but it costs me nothing to go there and make some tests. He had the cables for more than two weeks, so it was enough time to do many tests. To make the long story short the shocking conclusion was that the system powered from those cables sounded much better/detailed/transparent than with the "cheap" power cables.
That was the moment that made curious to see what the hell makes the system sounding much better with those cables.
My quest became to build a relativelly cheap cable that can produce similar or identical results like Siltech cables.
I started to make a list with criteria to keep in mind:
-large diameter core, not necessarily because of power consumption but to have the lowers possible resistance, and when all the devices powered from the same power distribution unit (star grounded connection) to have "similar 0 volt value" on the chassis of each device. This will assure very small currents flowing in the ground connections between different devices.
- all cables of identical length, because of the same reason
- shielded with steel braid armour for better efficiency
- high AL ferrites at each end of the cable to reduce high freq contamination (radio stations, CB radio, computers, motors, cell phones etc)
- high quality, solid connectors to ensure very good contact with the wire and also with the mains adaptor or the IEC inlet.
- shield and ferrites should not only help the system from the outside world noises, but also should minimise noise radiated to the outside world from the power cable (for example audio cables should not pick noise from the power cables).
chrissugar
This time not only subjective impressions but also some objective data.
We had some discussion about this subject long ago, and most of the thread was about making fun about audiophools. I understand this because the audiophile world is full of bullshit and absurd prices but this is not a reason to dis without at least doing some objective/subjective tests.
Everything started when a friend of mine called me to listen to his audiophile system because he received for testing four identical Siltech power cables.
I thought that is insane but it costs me nothing to go there and make some tests. He had the cables for more than two weeks, so it was enough time to do many tests. To make the long story short the shocking conclusion was that the system powered from those cables sounded much better/detailed/transparent than with the "cheap" power cables.
That was the moment that made curious to see what the hell makes the system sounding much better with those cables.
My quest became to build a relativelly cheap cable that can produce similar or identical results like Siltech cables.
I started to make a list with criteria to keep in mind:
-large diameter core, not necessarily because of power consumption but to have the lowers possible resistance, and when all the devices powered from the same power distribution unit (star grounded connection) to have "similar 0 volt value" on the chassis of each device. This will assure very small currents flowing in the ground connections between different devices.
- all cables of identical length, because of the same reason
- shielded with steel braid armour for better efficiency
- high AL ferrites at each end of the cable to reduce high freq contamination (radio stations, CB radio, computers, motors, cell phones etc)
- high quality, solid connectors to ensure very good contact with the wire and also with the mains adaptor or the IEC inlet.
- shield and ferrites should not only help the system from the outside world noises, but also should minimise noise radiated to the outside world from the power cable (for example audio cables should not pick noise from the power cables).
chrissugar
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