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Aftermarket Power Cord Recommendation for Naim\Pardo

chiily said:
What about the cable inside the box, and the PCB tracks, surely they have an impact too according to your thoughts?
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Sure, it’s a common practice for the users of a tube components like Audio Note to upgrade internal wiring. As for pcb tracks, it’s dielectric which is more important as EM energy is there, that’s why many prefer point-to-point wiring.
 
chartz said:
You’re probably right. Everyone is free to spend their money the way they like. Even at the detriment of their families sometimes I’m afraid. The divorce rate must be pretty high among hi-fi nuts. I’ve heard so many sad stories.
I chose my camp (the skeptics) long ago. But my opinion is set on science, not psychology or make-believe.
Whatever.
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These fuses are a complete scam, a con. It’s only the hifi context which allows such things to exist; to me it’s akin to the proverbial little old lady being robbed of her savings.
 
hifi-dog said:
But back to back they sound different? Why?
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Your brain. Tell a friend to go to your system having tossed a coin, heads he does nothing tails he changes out say two of your power cords for kettle cables. Go into the room blindfolded and listen, write down your assessment of what he did. Repeat 30 times to eliminate statistical anomaly. Then report back.
 
hifi-dog said:
But back to back they sound different? Why?
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Normal human expectation, bias, etc. are always amongst the list of possible reasons but usually get ignored or dismissed.

I cottoned on to this as a factor decades ago. Quad published statistics on amplifier tests where listeners under blind test conditions heard and reported a difference between amplifiers in about 35% of the cases where they were hearing exactly the same equipment and recording. There was no technical difference but there was a human one.

I often see someone write that they made a technical change, heard a difference and dismiss every possible reason other than that specific technical change. That's OK for a hobby, but it's bad science because that experience isn't transferrable to others. My point doesn't invalidate the possibility that the technical change was the cause of an audible difference. However, the assumption typically gets made that the experience is always transferrable. Hence some of the opinions and arguments we enjoy.
 
chartz said:
Yes. Expensive snake oil. Like homeopathy, there’s nothing scientific. At best pseudo-science babble.
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