Disclaimer: I do not intend to question or dis' anyone's perception.. I'm just 'skeptifying'
It has always seemed very specious to me to think that 3' of special power cable is capable of somehow improving upon the miles of municipal supply and hundreds of feet of romex or knob-n-tube that gets it to the meager wall-outlet you're plugging into.
However... People rave about this stuff. Granted, some of the same people raved about green magic markering their CDs, but saner people rave too. I have used some of the esoteric cables myself on occasion, when packaged with other rental gear, but never in a comparison-type situation. I just plugged the heavy thing in and didn't give it a thought.
So, I wonder -- how do you
compare? Listen to something, then unplug, change power cord, plug back in, power up, and listen to the same thing again? That's a lot of subtlety to remember over the course of this procedure, and a lot of room for your mind to work on your ears, isn't it?
Is there any way to actually instantly A/B perfectly gain-matched identicals (ie 1 DAC-1 with stock IEC cord, switched blind A/B or A/B/X with the Requisite-corded DAC-1?). Doesn't EveAnna make some nifty little fish-named switching box that could help de-mystify this whole thing a bit?
I'm ever-so-fascinated by the claims of certain esoteric products in the world audiophilia, and ever-so-incredulous at the prices. It would be interesting to see/hear some more definitive testing and evaluation above and beyond the usual subjective, superlative conjecture that usually flows around such things. I understand the difficulty in making objective tests/evaluations, but it seems like there's an apparent lack of effort to try, and that some folks (present company excluded by gearslut honor) hide behind the impenetrability of "opinion", while the emperor's ass is hanging out.
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-dave