Mains Cables

[andywscott]

Hi I'm wanting to know if anyone has any experience with any of these cables Ixos XHP125 UK Mains Cable, Silvermann - Clarity 1 IEC Mains Cable, The Copper-Line Alpha Power Cable - IEC 1m
for tv's & the Silvermann - Clarity 1 'Figure 8' Mains Cable for a blu-ray player

 

[chudleighpaul]

You will soon regret posting this!

 

[Ronald Archiebald]

chudleighpaul:You will soon regret posting this!

Hahahahaha

 

[Andrew Everard]

Just when I was looking forward to a quiet weekend...

 

[Anonymous]

Im with chudleighpaul on this

Hope Andrew gets paid overtime

 

[Andrew Everard]

lesmor:Hope Andrew gets paid overtime

Funniest post of the day.

 

[bigboss]

Let me start the argument.

MAINS CABLES DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Your take......

 

[idc]

It is not an argument, it is a fact. Mains cables do not make a difference. I rest my case..........

 

[Anonymous]

Well I am disgusted at your responses, so much so I am going to post my finding on how HDMI cables dont and do make a difference at the same time whilst using a 200.00 mains vs a 2.00 mains vs HDMI 1.3 vs 1.2 multiplier, vs amp fuse ratio

LOL

I also dont hold much weight in spending up to and over 100.00 for a 2.00 power cable.

 

[idc]

What I do not understand is how copper and silver and braiding and solid core and silver plugs and nickel plugs and different types of cable sheathing can, according to the cable makers, all improve the sound? It does not appear to matter how you make the cable and what you make the cable with, you will get better sound.

 

[jase fox]

idc:It is not an argument, it is a fact. Mains cables do not make a difference. I rest my case..........
I was always under the impression you where a believer in mains cables idc?

 

[idc]

Hi Jase, sorry I have defected to the other side.

Making cables lead to reading up on materials to use and the contradiction that different materials and means of construction end up all, according to the different makers, resulting in improvements.

Then further reading lead to a lot of blind tests. I found that with speakers blind tests tend to find differences, with bit rates, amps and CDPs there are differences, but not so easy to spot. But with cables, nothing. One was a very well run test of mains cables and people reported hearing a difference between the same cable! (Four cables were disguised with the same covering and two were the same).

There are very good placebo, psychoacoustic and justification of purchase reasons why cables can be perceived to sound different. But that is in the mind and not the cable.

 

[grdunn123]

I agree that the placebo effect is not only real but also very important! Look how often in drugs tests the sample who have taken the placebo drug actualy experience benefits. The same must be true of expensive cables to the same sort of degree - if you believe that theywill sound better then they probably do.

Even if you have identical equipment running side by side and with all settings identical there may still be differences in p/s quality. Bottom line is if you can afford the 'upgrade' and you believe it has made improvements then you can relax and enjoy.

 

[Andrew Everard]

idc:There are very good placebo, psychoacoustic and justification of purchase reasons why cables can be perceived to sound different.

Three quid in the objectivist clich‚ box, please.

 

[grdunn123]

That's the same as a swear box is it??

 

[MUSICRAFT]

andywscott:
Hi I'm wanting to know if anyone has any experience with any of these cables Ixos XHP125 UK Mains Cable, Silvermann - Clarity 1 IEC Mains Cable, The Copper-Line Alpha Power Cable - IEC 1m
for tv's & the Silvermann - Clarity 1 'Figure 8' Mains Cable for a blu-ray player

Hi andywscott

For optimum performance i'll suggest you use the mains cables supplied with your components.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[grdunn123]

Strange really....we all generally use the supplied mains cable but most will replace any supplied interconnects with much more expensive ones.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

Hi grdunn123

I would rather buy a graphic equalizer then many expensive interconnects.

All the best

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[grdunn123]

can you still buy graphic equalizers?? ?I remember seeing them years ago with all those slider controls and flashing lights and thinking that they looked wonderful!

 

[jase fox]

grdunn123:
I agree that the placebo effect is not only real but also very important! Look how often in drugs tests the sample who have taken the placebo drug actualy experience benefits. The same must be true of expensive cables to the same sort of degree - if you believe that theywill sound better then they probably do.

Even if you have identical equipment running side by side and with all settings identical there may still be differences in p/s quality. Bottom line is if you can afford the 'upgrade' and you believe it has made improvements then you can relax and enjoy.
Well grdunn123 i couldnt of said that better myself.

 

[Andrew Everard]

grdunn123:can you still buy graphic equalizers?? ?I remember seeing them years ago with all those slider controls and flashing lights and thinking that they looked wonderful!

I assume Musicraft sell them, since Rick mentioned them.

 

[grdunn123]

Rick, I'm looking for a Kenwood graphic equalizer??

 

[chudleighpaul]

Andy,

I see from your signature you have a Tacima mains conditioner, this is all you need, dont waste your money on fancy cables which will do nothing except impoverish you and increase the makers profits.

 

[grdunn123]

So the Tacima works but the mains cables don't???

 

[grdunn123]

Isn't the Tacima no more than a fancy mains cable??