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Hospital Grade Power Cords are inexpensive and are high quality....https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=Hospital+Grade+Power&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GUEA_enUS338US338&q=hospital+grade+power+cords&gs_upl=0l0l0l10937lllllllllll0&aqi=g4&pbx=1#q=hospital+grade+power+cords&hl=en&rlz=1T4GUEA_enUS338US338&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=3GcsUNzAHMGyyAGRwoGgCg&ved=0CJEBELMY&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=2132f1a0f02b61e2&biw=1280&bih=628If a life depends on them, I'm sure my stereo will live! Jim
Using not for 120Volt Ac wire for powercords is BAD, very bad.The insulation on Kimber speaker calbe is NOT RATED to carry 120volts.Both for your own safety, and for your insurance killer if it starts a fire, using speaker wire for power cords is BAD.Sorry to be a bummer, but a powercord made from ANY speaker wire iss a terrible idea,anddangerous.Unless that wire is specifically insulated to be able to be used for 120 volts use.
The Pangea cords are an excellent bargain. Not up to the sound of more expensive cords but it's definitely a case of diminishing returns relative to the respective prices.I think a significant difference in the sound between stock cords, which usually have nickel plated connectors, and aftermarket cords (at least of the same copper gauge), are the (usually) gold plated copper connectors on the latter. They give a more realistic tonality.Un-plated copper, as used by Kaplan Cables and Triode Wire Labs, sounds even more natural to me.The rhodium plated connectors sometimes found on more expensive cords sound horrible to me: forward, with a glaze over the music.
Actually I confirmed with Kimber the voltage ratings and the VS cables are rated for 400 volts. Their TC wire is even higher and has a more durable insulation. The braided ground may be overkill but I wanted to be consistent.
And wasn't one of these sold as a Jellyfish PC or some such thing?Ah, yes, here http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=77657.0 The consensus was the hospital grade at $6 from something like Jim's link was identical. How these compare against different price levels of PC's up to $500, but mostly C&C examples, is here http://www.head-fi.org/t/219202/its-done-power-cord-shoot-out-22-power-cords-reviewed The hospital grade cord was given a favorable, if not glowing, review by the poster.
You can't plate gold onto copper. It will not stick. Copper has to be first plated with nickle, then plated with the gold.Wayner
For over 15 years, Molecu Wire has plated gold directly onto 0.004 inch diameter OFC copper wire for the computer industry.This wire is used to connect the read / write head to a terminal strip attached onto the suspension arm in a hard disk drive.Billions of feet have been used in this application.No nickel underplate was ever applied!IBM was our first customer...and was our last until just some months ago...these discrete wires are now replaced by high density flex circuitry.Yes, the nickel inhibits diffusion. Yes, nickel underplate is SOP for connectors, pins, etc.Yet - no one has yet to tell me why no nickel was necessary for this hard disk drive application...esp. since this wire is the "first" wire to be seen by any data coming into the computer from the data storage device media!...a rather critical place, I would say.Regarding diffusion time - it is my understanding that, at room temperature plus, detrimental effects due to diffusion would occur in a period of time which exceeded the product lifetime.Comments from others are invited.
Should we be surprised that the reviewer picked the most expensive as "the best?" Through headphones no less.
So do we know why in laymans terms the power cord effects sound like myself and others hear?
