Will your local dealers let you take home the power cables and test them yourself? If a dealer will let you take home a power conditioner and all the cables you need to power your system with a no questions asked return policy, why not take them home and try them. Personally, I'm very surprised at what a difference power conditioning and good power cables make. But I'm not sure how good my power is to begin with (if that makes a difference), and I couldn't begin to explain why a power cable would make a difference. Nor could I tell you what brand is the best. But it makes a difference in my system that I can hear and I really appreciate. I would never go back to regular power or cables.
I wholeheartedly agree with your skepticism and belief that everyone should think for oneself, and again I would add to listen as well. My neck is starting to quiver. Will _________________________________________________ Transporter -> ATC SCA2 -> ATC SCM 100 ASLT Ayre C5xe -> ATC SCA2 -> ATC SCM 100 ASLT AngorWatts;233968 Wrote: > Ok so I have some mixed feelings on this whole cable thing, I have > decent cables under $100 per cable/pair or half that price. I have a > lot of heartburn with all this smoke and mirrors routine for ultra > expensive audio cables and now power cables are the flavor of the day. > > I have been to CES the last four years and have seen and listened to > some amazing gear, and talked to the designers and owners of the > companies. I get the The Absolute Sound, Stereo review and read like a > fiend about audio on the internet. I have a decent audio system. I > truly love high end audio. I write this to let everyone know I have > some idea of the industry as a whole. > > Ok so when cables or equipment are reviewed, there are some > prerequisites like you will advertise with the publication, as is seen > with that companies who's equipment was just reviewed ad on the next > page probably half the time. Coincedence? Things that make you go > Hmmmm?! Also the reviewer should have to state a few facts besides > what is his test gear that he is employing this test component or cable > into, like does he live in an apartment(almost always yes!).Which leads > me to the next disclosure, size of room that gear is in. The > enviroment of the review has a high possibility of being terrible. But > I guess as long as he has a $1700 Shunyata power chord it will magically > overcome all this. > > And finally one of the biggest disclosures these audio reviewers should > have to disclose is a recent hearing test to show where their hearing is > lacking, if it is. I mean Kal Ruben is how old? > In your fifty's your upper frequency hearing loss can drop down to > somewhere below 10,000 hz. If we knew the reviewer lived in a little > crappy apartment with a tiny listening room with a flawed apartment > wiring in San Francisco or L.A., and has flawed hearing(ie hearing > test). How much weight would that review hold for the majority. No > reviewer wants a blind a/b comparison there is nothing monitarily to > gain for anyone except the buyer. > > I am saying maybe we should think for ourselves, and not be told what > we should like from someone who might not have the creditionals. -- musiklov3r ------------------------------------------------------------------------ musiklov3r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13166 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38902
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