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i've never understood the need for various designs of hifi mains cables. its function after all is just to get electricity from the wall socket into your equipment and thats it...
i did try 2 aftermarket designs some years ago (russ andrews and clearer audio)
plugged into my musical fidelity m6i integrated amplifier (which was pugged direct to wall socket) and detected no sound quality difference hence experiment over !
as a result, unlike interconnect and speaker cable, that actually carries the musical signal (and therefore design changes, i believe, effect this and the sound we hear) a mains cable can only have one correct / perfect design.
here is a video explaining why hifi mains cables are basically "snake oil". it is based on american cable / plug designs but the information i believe is still relevant to the u.k designs.
of particular interest is the safety advice regarding the use of shielding on the more exotic designs and their lack of safety approval markings...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgun97VK7y8
i did try 2 aftermarket designs some years ago (russ andrews and clearer audio)
plugged into my musical fidelity m6i integrated amplifier (which was pugged direct to wall socket) and detected no sound quality difference hence experiment over !
as a result, unlike interconnect and speaker cable, that actually carries the musical signal (and therefore design changes, i believe, effect this and the sound we hear) a mains cable can only have one correct / perfect design.
here is a video explaining why hifi mains cables are basically "snake oil". it is based on american cable / plug designs but the information i believe is still relevant to the u.k designs.
of particular interest is the safety advice regarding the use of shielding on the more exotic designs and their lack of safety approval markings...