[sublime9]

But was it enough to make you want to get out of bed...

I had to get out of bed because I needed to work two jobs to pay for my $2000 power cable.

 

[JamminVMI]

That's a medicinal digestivo.

LOL! Digestivo, yes, but Medicinal? Maybe if they carried it at the local chemist (pharmacy), I’d buy that...

 

[Alcophone]

I suppose because you think it "looks bitchin" is one of the few legitimate reasons to use an after-market power cord.

Certainly can't blame someone for tinkering with the optics of their system, including cables, yes.

An exception may be cables with built-in LEDs for an "energy flow" indication. Sure looks cool, but can't help with noise reduction.



I guess the least controversial reason is length, i.e. reduce it where possible (Yggy and Jot on desk), or increase it where necessary (Subwoofer).

Very nice!

Are those yours?

Edit: Never mind, the caffeine finally kicked in and I found the link!

Hehe, I'm not quite there yet Just thought they looked pretty unique. Though something about a flammable material (even if it just looks like wood) right on a hot power amp makes me feel nervous. I do like the slightly more polished look of the heatsinks (compared to Vidar), but not the 20x price increase (when new)

 

[JamminVMI]

Squeezebox is sweet!

Now then, on to the cables. Do the cables look bitchin"? No, really. For me a cable is a cable. It either carries the signal or it does not. But looks? Ahhhh...That is where subjectivity reigns supreme because everyone understands that looks matter. Everyone knows that saying they do not is merely trying to look "fair". I am a shallow individual I know, but for me in the real world where I shop for stuff, more often than not looks are important. If stuff is ugly, I do not want it. If I want ugly I will look in a mirror.

So hey. In your opinion (and in truth that is the most important one where the buyer is concerned) do the cables in question look bitchin' to you?

ORT

Oddly, they do, and custom length was what got me there first.. durable and no microphonics, which bugs me more than anything else. I needed a long cable since my 6XXs are arriving with a short one...

 

[AudioBear]

Just turn it around. Voila! The power switch is now also front-mounted and the LED isn't as bright. Magic!

JC

You aren't restricted to just two sides, front or back. I have a piece of kit from another company that sits under my monitor sideways. This way I have access to front and back, wouldn't see the LED if it were Schiit, and with connections coming in from left and right they just plug straight in. Until designers start putting all the switches, knobs, and I/O on the same side, sideways is the way to go.

 

[JamminVMI]

Never mind. I went to their site and have decided they look bitchin'. As I read through some of their thoughts, I saw some thing where they classify their product as "MidFi". They are doing a disservice if that is what they think. No...Wait! No one thinks that way. They may "feeeeeeel" that way but feelings are subject to emotions and emotions are subject to foo-foo of the worst (not first) order.

So given your (JamminVMI) endorsement I would say their products are not MidFi but HiFi. Schiit ain't "MidFi", it is definitely High Fidelity (great film, by the way). Call it SchiitFi.

I joined their email list and down the Long and Winding Road (great song, by the way) will doubt less buy some cables from them.
SchiitFi does read nice. To me.

ORT

Sounds good to me too, nearly as cool as Vahalla noir!

 

[nerone]

@Jason Stoddard,
Dear mister Stoddard,
Can you please put the AC connection of our gear on the front of it so we can actually see our AC cables?

What about ont top of it, so it’ll look like a Medusa and make us all petrified by it's sound(or looks)?

 

[Mike Foley]

https://www.essentialsound.com/essence-power-cord.htm

It makes digital sound analog and its cryo treated to -300C silly.

I modified one end to power my $11.95 alarm clock radio and it sounds amazing.

I’m going to stick my head in the freezer, and everything should sound amazing.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

I’m going to stick my head in the freezer, and everything should sound amazing.

The real deal is to expose to two extremes.
So you have to do that while having your ass in a hot oven.

 

[Alcophone]

Just saw a Norwegian forest cat named "Freya" at the vet's.

 

[KoshNaranek]

Just saw a Norwegian forest cat named "Freya" at the vet's.

It's a sign

 

[RCBinTN]

Pietro,

I once was bringing up DIY two SS amplifiers I had built and power resistors were not in my budget so I used a toaster for a load. I was driving the amp with a sine wave and the problem was that the bimetal tripped toaster would pop after 20 seconds so I eventually put bread in it to get a longer test time and then frozen bread.

When I switched to music which has far less power than a sine wave, I could drive the toaster for much longer. Rock music produced toast more quickly than classical which popped the toaster more quickly than baroque. I could hear the music from the toaster coils and considered if Bach toast tasted differently than Beethoven toast or Freebird toast.

LOL! A classically toasty post.

 

[Pietro Cozzi Tinin]

Just saw a Norwegian forest cat named "Freya" at the vet's.

An omen indeed.

 

[AudioBear]

I just saw a 87kg (192 lb) mountain lion. Is that an omen? A couple of Dept. of Natural Resources officers had darted him, measured him, and tagged him with a transmitter. Nice ***** cat. Very pretty.

OMG: The forum software blocked the use of a common English synonym for kitty or cat that even President Trump uses.

 

[Alcophone]

I just saw a 87kg (192 lb) mountain lion. Is that an omen?

I don't know, was it called "Yggdrasil"?