Question What's your next HiFi purchase?

[A-Line]

In what way are the Volex ones better than the factory issued ones?

Yes. There's a certain stock # for these cords and I no longer have that stock number. The cost of each power cord is £7.00 ea

 

[A-Line]

Yes. There's a certain stock # for these cords and I no longer have that stock number. The cost of each power cord is £7.00 ea

I got the info on Volex from the guy that owns and operates Crimson Electronics. His first name is Peter.

 

[A-Line]

I got the info on Volex from the guy that owns and operates Crimson Electronics. His first name is Peter.

Here's a link: https://crimsonelectronics.com/amplifiers.html

 

[Gray]

Yes. There's a certain stock # for these cords and I no longer have that stock number. The cost of each power cord is £7.00 ea

Yes, I understand they're £7 each.

But I asked what it is that makes them 'better' than the factory supplied mains leads.

 

[A-Line]

Yes, I understand they're £7 each.

But I asked what it is that makes them 'better' than the factory supplied mains leads.

Sonically, because sonically is all that matters, these cords made the sound more 3D, cleaner sound, and broadened the sound stage. Not a lot of tweaks that can do all of that for £7.00.

Interpretations are mine of course but also not that a room full of people heard the same thing so having "golden ears" is not a requisite prior to a demo.

 

[A-Line]

Sonically, because sonically is all that matters, these cords made the sound more 3D, cleaner sound, and broadened the sound stage. Not a lot of tweaks that can do all of that for £7.00.

Interpretations are mine of course but also not that a room full of people heard the same thing so having "golden ears" is not a requisite prior to a demo.

*note rather than not.

 

[Dom]

Except that it's nothing to look at - and it's hidden inside an out of sight plug.

Maybe I should have said trinket or bric-a-brac? My point is that there worth is similar to an ordinary fuse or about 10p.

 

[Friesiansam]

Everybody's mains power comes from the same power station, wind turbines or solar panels, as everyone else in their neighbourhood. down the same power lines via the same sub station etc, then your own house wiring. That the last metre of cable might make a very noticeable difference, makes no sense.

 

[podknocker]

Everybody's mains power comes from the same power station, wind turbines or solar panels, as everyone else in their neighbourhood. down the same power lines via the same sub station etc, then your own house wiring. That the last metre of cable might make a very noticeable difference, makes no sense.

Exactly. One of the cheapest and most effective ways of reducing noise is the careful use of ferrite rings. Spending a gazillion pounds on a mains lead, which just standard copper inside, is a daft idea. It's the same mindset that thinks expensive speaker wiring will be effective, when it's standard copper after the speaker binding posts. The signal leaves the amp and then gets 'polished' somehow, on its way to the speakers? Speaker terminals use various materials, but the crossovers and voice coil windings will be standard copper.

 

[Revolutions]

"Shall I compare thee to a kettle lead? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

 

[Friesiansam]

"Shall I compare thee to a kettle lead? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

"Yer avin a laff mate."

 

[James105]

Sony CDP-C325M, £25 quid on ebay, part of my nostalgia search.