Why I wont buy WHAT HI FI ever again- power cords

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the What HiFi community: the world's leading independent guide to buying and owning hi-fi and home entertainment products.

Lee H

New member
Oct 7, 2010
336
0
0
Visit site
Alternatively...

Cord may refer to:
 

laserman16

New member
Nov 23, 2007
99
0
0
Visit site
Andrew Everard:

Lee H:Alternatively...

Wiki'd, innit?

Even laid out the same order.
emotion-1.gif
 

Lee H

New member
Oct 7, 2010
336
0
0
Visit site
laserman16:
Andrew Everard:Note to self: Must try to find out how that cut and paste thing works one day...

Lee H might be the guy to ask.
emotion-1.gif


I just cut...and...well, paste. Simples
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
richardw42:
The OP must be glad to get that off their chest.

I'm not an electrician or that technical, but surely the better the quality the better delivery of electrical signal.

What if a manufacture of 5 grand amps,put on their ads that they used only the finest quality components, engineering and manufacturing techniques, but sourced the mains lead from the local Market at 50p a time.

WOULD YOU STILL PAY THAT 5K ?
i don't think electricity is overly concerned about the quality of the copper it passes through
emotion-15.gif
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
It's lovely to have a near perfect mains supply.

Don't knock it till you've got it :)
 

Cookie Monster

New member
Jan 25, 2010
132
0
0
Visit site
Anybody explain to 'Abbey' thats its the reduction in RFI and mains noise combined with a consistant electrical flow that makes the kit work at its best.

Thanks for the Fig 8 review.
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
Cookie Monster:
Anybody explain to 'Abbey' thats its the reduction in RFI and mains noise combined with a consistant electrical flow that makes the kit work at its best.

Thanks for the Fig 8 review.
could anyone explain to me why they think that the likes of sony, panasonic etc wouldn't also be aware of this?
 

datay

New member
Nov 19, 2008
28
0
0
Visit site
maxflinn:Cookie Monster:
Anybody explain to 'Abbey' thats its the reduction in RFI and mains noise combined with a consistant electrical flow that makes the kit work at its best.

Thanks for the Fig 8 review.

could anyone explain to me why they think that the likes of sony, panasonic etc wouldn't also be aware of this?

Do the likes of Panasonic and Sony make the mains and interconnect cables they ship with their products? No, they buy them from another supplier. They don't make cables, that is not their business. Out of curiosity, are you using anything other than generic cable at any point in your system, and if so, what informed that choice? My guess is that your What HiFi Award-winning amp and speakers are connected by Chord Carnival Silverscreen perhaps?
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
datay:maxflinn:Cookie Monster:
Anybody explain to 'Abbey' thats its the reduction in RFI and mains noise combined with a consistant electrical flow that makes the kit work at its best.

Thanks for the Fig 8 review.

could anyone explain to me why they think that the likes of sony, panasonic etc wouldn't also be aware of this?

Do the likes of Panasonic and Sony make the mains and interconnect cables they ship with their products? No, they buy them from another supplier. They don't make cables, that is not their business. Out of curiosity, are you using anything other than generic cable at any point in your system, and if so, what informed that choice? My guess is that your What HiFi Award-winning amp and speakers are connected by Chord Carnival Silverscreen perhaps?

i don't know if they buy them or make them, but i'm pretty sure they do what they are supposed to do, which is transport the necessary electricity from the mains to the product..

no, i sold my chord carnival silverscreen, and am now using generic £3.44 pm copper speaker cable which is fine..

copper isn't intelligent..
 

datay

New member
Nov 19, 2008
28
0
0
Visit site
Fair enough (I was right though). Of course, a certain hifi dealer from the East Midlands recommends generic cable, so that's what you now use.

Who said anything about copper being intelligent?! There are different qualities of copper available, and they have different electrical properties, in terms of resistance and impedance. Whether those differences are audible are system, location and possibly most importantly listener dependent and result in the kind of futile to and fro we're now engaged in. Some may even just like the look of a certain cable and who's to say they are wrong to spend their money on that basis? Somewhat absurd, but true.
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
Ravey Gravey Davy:
maxflinn: copper isn't intelligent..

Have you been following the student riots?

i've been following something far more serious this evening, and it's left me stunned.

i'd start a thread about it, but it probably wouldn't last long.
 

Ravey Gravey Davy

Well-known member
Apr 28, 2008
225
3
18,795
Visit site
maxflinn:Ravey Gravey Davy:

maxflinn: copper isn't intelligent..

Have you been following the student riots?

i've been following something far more serious this evening, and it's left me stunned.

i'd start a thread about it, but it probably wouldn't last long.

Never stopped you before.
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
datay:
Fair enough (I was right though). Of course, a certain hifi dealer from the East Midlands recommends generic cable, so that's what you now use.

Who said anything about copper being intelligent?! There are different qualities of copper available, and they have different electrical properties, in terms of resistance and impedance. Whether those differences are audible are system, location and possibly most importantly listener dependent and result in the kind of futile to and fro we're now engaged in. Some may even just like the look of a certain cable and who's to say they are wrong to spend their money on that basis? Somewhat absurd, but true.

yes, i value said hifi dealers opinion, and have bought some speaker cable from him, on his reccomendation, and i'm very happy with it..

sure, it's silly declaring a person is wrong becauses he/she likes something, whatever that something may be..

as regards mains cables, i've never tried an aftermarket one, because for me, the relationship between copper and electricity is the same now as it's always been..
 

datay

New member
Nov 19, 2008
28
0
0
Visit site
maxflinn:datay:
Fair enough (I was right though). Of course, a certain hifi dealer from the East Midlands recommends generic cable, so that's what you now use.

Who said anything about copper being intelligent?! There are different qualities of copper available, and they have different electrical properties, in terms of resistance and impedance. Whether those differences are audible are system, location and possibly most importantly listener dependent and result in the kind of futile to and fro we're now engaged in. Some may even just like the look of a certain cable and who's to say they are wrong to spend their money on that basis? Somewhat absurd, but true.

yes, i value said hifi dealers opinion, and have bought some speaker cable from him, on his reccomendation, and i'm very happy with it..

sure, it's silly declaring a person is wrong becauses he/she likes something, whatever that something may be..

as regards mains cables, i've never tried an aftermarket one, because for me, the relationship between copper and electricity is the same now as it's always been..

I.e. you know nothing about it?
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
Ravey Gravey Davy:maxflinn:Ravey Gravey Davy:

maxflinn: copper isn't intelligent..

Have you been following the student riots?

i've been following something far more serious this evening, and it's left me stunned.

i'd start a thread about it, but it probably wouldn't last long.

Never stopped you before.
true, i'm thinking about it now...
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
datay:maxflinn:datay:
Fair enough (I was right though). Of course, a certain hifi dealer from the East Midlands recommends generic cable, so that's what you now use.

Who said anything about copper being intelligent?! There are different qualities of copper available, and they have different electrical properties, in terms of resistance and impedance. Whether those differences are audible are system, location and possibly most importantly listener dependent and result in the kind of futile to and fro we're now engaged in. Some may even just like the look of a certain cable and who's to say they are wrong to spend their money on that basis? Somewhat absurd, but true.

yes, i value said hifi dealers opinion, and have bought some speaker cable from him, on his reccomendation, and i'm very happy with it..

sure, it's silly declaring a person is wrong becauses he/she likes something, whatever that something may be..

as regards mains cables, i've never tried an aftermarket one, because for me, the relationship between copper and electricity is the same now as it's always been..

I.e. you know nothing about it?

i don't think that what i know or don't know, or what you know or dont know, has anything to do with the relationship between copper and electricity..

do you?
 

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts