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Originally Posted by JustPhilbo

Imagine that, a MOT, that sells power cables, doesn't think testing can show the benefit of power cables.

I *almost* believe that ICs and speaker cables can affect sound. I can not understand any way that a power cable could do so, unless the downstream transformer and power supply were defective or under-engineered.

I am an IT architect for a large company with millions of dollars of computers, storage and network equipment that run with standard IEC power cables that the manufacturers supply as $0 line items. These free power cables sure seem to do what they are supposed to do, which is to transmit AC power to the load.

So, would one of these special power cables make a server run better?

Testing may and may not show, it pretty much depend on how you test them. What I'm saying is that trying to simplify it by measuring a PSU connected to a said power supply would not be simplifying it at all, but opening another can of worms with results that is most likely unrelated to the actual performance of the cable on audio equipments.

IMHO the simplest way to test it is simply use it is use it in your stereo setup and see. IMO, consider yourself lucky if you can hear no differences, since you won't be spending all the money on cables like those who can hear a difference.