Uncle Erik
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I always wonder about all the other factors affecting the power grid. Not just the other cables running to the house, but how the grid ebbs and flows depending on the loads and capacity. How different generators go on and off line. How the weather affects transmission, how the sunspot cycle changes the amount of RF absorbed by the grid's equipment, employees constantly upgrading and changing out various equipment, and dozens of other variations. These are all real events that really happen. If systems are so sensitive that 3' of cable change the sound, then there must be a massive change in sound every time a different plant goes on line and another cycles out. Heck, plants built 25 years apart MUST sound different. How could they possibly sound the same?
What I find curious is that the power grid, demonstrably, undergoes massive change every minute. Literally. A system sensitive enough to resolve the difference between power cords should resolve the difference between power stations, as well as everything mentioned above. To argue that power is constant is madness and demonstrably wrong.
Therefore, you would expect a system to sound different, minute by minute. Maybe power cords do make a difference, but how could you ever distinguish that from every other variable? If you insist that minute differences in cable construction change the sound, you have to accept that every other variable upstream plays a part.
What I find curious is that the power grid, demonstrably, undergoes massive change every minute. Literally. A system sensitive enough to resolve the difference between power cords should resolve the difference between power stations, as well as everything mentioned above. To argue that power is constant is madness and demonstrably wrong.
Therefore, you would expect a system to sound different, minute by minute. Maybe power cords do make a difference, but how could you ever distinguish that from every other variable? If you insist that minute differences in cable construction change the sound, you have to accept that every other variable upstream plays a part.