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Heavy Duty IEC AC Power Cable
- Thread starter stringtapper
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Don't tell him! If you do, everyone will want one!
We live in an amazing world, when an extension cord for your amp can cost more than your 5A flame maple topped Alembic bass! 
I had never heard of "six nines" silver, so I Googled it and learned that five nines silver (999.99) is the purest silver that has ever been produced. But I suppose if you can believe a power cable can be worth $11,000, you can believe in six nines silver as well. The copy writers must compete to see who can successfully get away with the most outlandish claims.
Rappers will be wearing their six-nine silver power cords, two or three at a time
Yeah.........
Four nines (.9999 pure) is the finest grade bullion you can easily purchase. Six nines (actually .999999 pure) would require an enormous increase in refinement, increasing the price of the silver tenfold, if it can even be done to a measurable standard.
They mention "pure silver" or "pure six nines silver" seven times in the copy, so they're either really proud of this accomplishment, or very insecure about their BS.
When you're asking someone to drop half the price of a new Malibu on a power cord, it would be nice of you to proofread your copy before publishing it.
Nothing says "limited business intelligence" like misspelled copy.
To wit...from the ad body ...."and the most complex duel folded electromagnetic cells".
Sounds too violent to me, probably better a punk band uses it.
It appears rather rigid, as well. Don't think it will hang well over your cab. You may have to place your amp at the exact level of the outlet.
It would be cheaper to run a fresh line from the upole with some 99.999 copper. Then back your stereo amp right up to the wall. But giving the intelligence involved here, a 6’ high end cord should make your 100K stereo sound like you lifted a blanket off your speakers !!
I know there are better things to do with my time, but after seeing it, I'm fascinated by this " high end cord" fraud. There are sites devoted to reviewing this nonsense. They review cords as a wine connoisseur would bottles of expensive wine. Each power cord delivering different nuances to the sound.
Reality check: the power cord plugs into this.
Reality check: the power cord plugs into this.
I guess it’s not that sad that these high end manufacturers have found a way to separate fools from their money.
Ahh, good to know we weren’t the only house tossing out a few hundred pounds of lighting and motor cables made of 12sow and 14sow that had rotting and peeling insulation ...
(Actually, I did kinda guess that, but I’ve never seen anyone else write about it...
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The Lug Power Systems 5000 was specifically designed to overcome these and other limitations.Ahh, good to know we weren’t the only house tossing out a few hundred pounds of lighting and motor cables made of 12sow and 14sow that had rotting and peeling insulation ...
(Actually, I did kinda guess that, but I’ve never seen anyone else write about it...
Let's put on our fairy dust hats and pretend that the special power cord "fixes" the power from the wall to the amp.
What about the wiring inside the amp? It's just stranded copper!
I once had a guest engineer insist that we had the output of the console stereo buss connected to Monster cable to drive the monitors and tape decks. All I could think about was the miles of Belden cable for all the studio mic cables, mic snakes, as well as the mic, effect, and console patch bays.
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I worked in the high end audio industry straight out of college, got recruited by a friend from another audio company we both worked for before it went under.
I didn't last long, the deceit was mind blowing and I don't know which was more disturbing... the intentional deceit or the folks lapping the BS up. Made me ill watching it.
I ended that career when I rigged the AB double-blind test in a way the owners hadn't expected. During a wine and cheese extravaganza held at a fine hotel conference room, where the had folks sniff the exotic cables, fondle knobs, etc. I was in charge of the testing suite which was decorated and equipped with everything but hookers. It was billed as a golden ear competition (with score cards) too... ooooh that's going to be fun.
What nobody knew was that they were listening to the same amp in all 3 positions (3 different amps were shown, basked in sexy lighting and surrounded by beautiful objects de arte, and there were no differences when the signal was switched. The most egocentric listeners made the boldest and most outlandish claims, absolute statements complete with descriptions like fine wines, women and artworks. Got worse as the evening went on and the wine took ahold too. Their confidence that they could correctly identify which amp was A, B and C during their 10 listening rounds was crazy. Total phoniness with absurd posturing and bragging. You guys can probably guess how it went over, the results were completely random (to be expected because there was no difference). It didn't go over well, these folks took their feelings of superiority very seriously and I made a planned exit out the back of the hotel where I has strategically parked. I didn't "technically" get fired since I had left my letter of resignation at the shop, but it was the end of my career in that industry.
What funny about it was that they did it to themselves, if the had been honest they would have stated that they couldn't hear a difference (a few did admit this during testing but were made fun of by the other "golden ears" for not hearing the "obvious" differences).
This is why it's important to make decisions based on your own perspective and not on the pressures or manipulation of others.
I didn't last long, the deceit was mind blowing and I don't know which was more disturbing... the intentional deceit or the folks lapping the BS up. Made me ill watching it.
I ended that career when I rigged the AB double-blind test in a way the owners hadn't expected. During a wine and cheese extravaganza held at a fine hotel conference room, where the had folks sniff the exotic cables, fondle knobs, etc. I was in charge of the testing suite which was decorated and equipped with everything but hookers. It was billed as a golden ear competition (with score cards) too... ooooh that's going to be fun.
What nobody knew was that they were listening to the same amp in all 3 positions (3 different amps were shown, basked in sexy lighting and surrounded by beautiful objects de arte, and there were no differences when the signal was switched. The most egocentric listeners made the boldest and most outlandish claims, absolute statements complete with descriptions like fine wines, women and artworks. Got worse as the evening went on and the wine took ahold too. Their confidence that they could correctly identify which amp was A, B and C during their 10 listening rounds was crazy. Total phoniness with absurd posturing and bragging. You guys can probably guess how it went over, the results were completely random (to be expected because there was no difference). It didn't go over well, these folks took their feelings of superiority very seriously and I made a planned exit out the back of the hotel where I has strategically parked. I didn't "technically" get fired since I had left my letter of resignation at the shop, but it was the end of my career in that industry.
What funny about it was that they did it to themselves, if the had been honest they would have stated that they couldn't hear a difference (a few did admit this during testing but were made fun of by the other "golden ears" for not hearing the "obvious" differences).
This is why it's important to make decisions based on your own perspective and not on the pressures or manipulation of others.
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Great story Andy.
I've read it before but it never gets old!
I think it was Stereophile Magazine (or maybe Absolute Sound) that was having a continuing dialog about speaker cables probably 35 years ago. They published an article about using standard Romex for speaker cables (based on the "skin effect") and claimed it sounded great.
As I recall, there was an immediate backlash the next month about how impossible the results were.
The replies were mostly from folks that owned expen$ive cables and manufacturers.
Never heard another word about anything other than esoteric cables.
Every recording / mastering studio tech I've ever worked with (and some were EE's) laugh at the idea of anything other than stranded copper for speakers and name brand, stranded copper with a good wire braid for signal.
I've read it before but it never gets old!
I think it was Stereophile Magazine (or maybe Absolute Sound) that was having a continuing dialog about speaker cables probably 35 years ago. They published an article about using standard Romex for speaker cables (based on the "skin effect") and claimed it sounded great.
As I recall, there was an immediate backlash the next month about how impossible the results were.
The replies were mostly from folks that owned expen$ive cables and manufacturers.
Never heard another word about anything other than esoteric cables.
Every recording / mastering studio tech I've ever worked with (and some were EE's) laugh at the idea of anything other than stranded copper for speakers and name brand, stranded copper with a good wire braid for signal.
So this is proof that there IS, at least, 2 forms of wealth. Money/snobbery AND true value/ common sense! Makes me less envious of the money side.
I've been known to use tinned copper when that's what happened to be available. I hope that doesn't put me into the audiophool category.
This seems to be a big part of the hype.
If you can't tell the "obvious difference" you're not worthy of being a "high end audiophile"
I saw several reviews of "golden ears" hearing much more depth and definition when listening with high end cables to "Charlie Parker at Birdland". (it's a 1950 live recording)....
I’ve heard a few years ago, similar test. Same results as you’ve mentioned.
I’d love to be in a test like that as I’m very keen on differences. Bad health prevents travel and more but It would tell me if I’m true. I do get respect from local mastering engineers on my mixes which to me just means I’m on track.
