[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by afbug You guys are using cheap freebie power cables or better ones? DIY or aftermarket? Can you tell the difference in sound quality?

I am using a decent (better than throw away) power cable, but nothing exotic at all. Very thick but still came with some power amp I no longer have, not expensive aftermarket. I don;t really own any of those, so I can't try one.

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

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Originally Posted by afbug You guys are using cheap freebie power cables or better ones? DIY or aftermarket? Can you tell the difference in sound quality?

Right now I am, but I ordered an Irong Lung cable....They have it on sale for $19.99 I can't find the link again I think was a link on there home page for sale....

This shootout review done here might be of some helpt to ya

Also I beleive some are using a sheiled 14gauge VOLEX branded computer cable...

When I get the Iron Lung(ETA 6/28) I'll do some A/B and see if there is really any difference or not and report back....

 

[afbug]

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Originally Posted by c0mfortably_numb Right now I am, but I ordered an Irong Lung cable.... This shootout review done here might be of some helpt to ya Also I beleive some are using a sheiled 14gauge VOLEX branded computer cable...

lol Jelly fish. Yeah I was told that those 'hospital grade' ones are better. Please share your thoughts on those power cords when you receive them.

Oh my, that thread is a lenghty read.

 

[afbug]

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Originally Posted by Skylab I am using a decent (better than throw away) power cable, but nothing exotic at all. Very thick but still came with some power amp I no longer have, not expensive aftermarket. I don;t really own any of those, so I can't try one.

I have some thicker ones too. Still deciding if a power cord upgrade will be worth it or not because I don't know if I'm able to tell the difference. I think the difference will not be as great as what interconnects can be.

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

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Originally Posted by afbug I have some thicker ones too. Still deciding if a power cord upgrade will be worth it or not because I don't know if I'm able to tell the difference. I think the difference will not be as great as what interconnects can be.

I dunno either...cables are kinda like voodoo it seems like...you have the ones that swear up and down there there is a difference, then you have the other camp that says Rubish a cable is a cable.

I am kind of the middle of the road...I refuse to use throw away cables (the onest that manufactures are so kind to throw in the box of your new expsensive electronics) but I can not and will not spend 100's of dollars on a cable. A) I am not Rockafeller, and B)I really think there is only so far you can upgrade a cable, the rest just seems like your paying for a name and some marketing...

 

[Skylab]

I have never been much into expensive aftermarket power cables. I certainly can't see using a $250 power cable on a $250 headphone amp.

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

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Originally Posted by Skylab I have never been much into expensive aftermarket power cables. I certainly can't see using a $250 power cable on a $250 headphone amp.

Neither can I, I had a hard time swallowing $19.95...If I was going to spend 250 bucks I would get a pair of Sen's red magic headphones

 

[Skylab]

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Originally Posted by c0mfortably_numb Neither can I, I had a hard time swallowing $19.95...If I was going to spend 250 bucks I would get a pair of Sen's red magic headphones

BINGO!

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

Well we are on the topic of Headfives and power, heh, How are you powering your headfive. Are you going directly to the wall, or are you using a surge prorector? I was using what i thought was a decent surge protector, then when I was unpackin I found an old Belkin SurgeMasterII gold and I remember how much it cost me so I hooked it up and moved the cheaper surge protector somewhere else....I have to say I noticed a bit more bass impact on my headfive, I didn't think a surge protector could hamper sound....

 

[Skylab]

Monster Power surge protector for me.

 

[afbug]

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Originally Posted by Skylab I have never been much into expensive aftermarket power cables. I certainly can't see using a $250 power cable on a $250 headphone amp.

I read the intro of that thread. On with the reviews section and see some of the prices.

Skipped the rest.

IMHO, 10% of the price of the amp/source should be a guage for getting a suitable power cable.

c0mfortably_numb, a surge protector protects your equipment from electrical spikes too but that is all I know about surge protectors.

 

[episiarch]

BTW as long as we're digressing about power cables, if anyone wants to get their HeadFive a little closer to the wall as I did, Parts Express sells a right-angle power cord for about $4.

 

[highgrovemanor]

Regarding the power-cabling:

I've always taken a weakest link in the chain approach to cabling....and if you update the cable...and put in a hospital-grade wall socket...what about the cheapo-wire thats inside the wall going to the breaker-box???? Video / analog / digital cables maybe, but I just don't see if for the last two feet on a power-cable.

Left-over computer cable, here I come! Lets hope my amp(s!) arrived today!

 

[c0mfortably_numb]

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Originally Posted by highgrovemanor Regarding the power-cabling: I've always taken a weakest link in the chain approach to cabling....and if you update the cable...and put in a hospital-grade wall socket...what about the cheapo-wire thats inside the wall going to the breaker-box???? Video / analog / digital cables maybe, but I just don't see if for the last two feet on a power-cable. Left-over computer cable, here I come! Lets hope my amp(s!) arrived today!

Well the one cable I was talking about (Irong Lung) it has hospital grade ends, but as far as I can tell from the pic, its a standerd 3 prong so it will fit a regular outlet...

 

[crazyhatusc]

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Originally Posted by c0mfortably_numb Well we are on the topic of Headfives and power, heh, How are you powering your headfive. Are you going directly to the wall, or are you using a surge prorector? I was using what i thought was a decent surge protector, then when I was unpackin I found an old Belkin SurgeMasterII gold and I remember how much it cost me so I hooked it up and moved the cheaper surge protector somewhere else....I have to say I noticed a bit more bass impact on my headfive, I didn't think a surge protector could hamper sound....

I've got mine going through a PS Audio Ultimate Outlet and a PS Audio Power Punch cable that I picked up for $30 in the FS forums. The Ultimate Outlet did wonders for my Creek 5250SE speaker amp and helped out the Headfive too.