I had a great Power conditioner that I used back in the 90's. I bought it from a guy in Chicago who was with a company that made products for hospitals and patience care. the unit worked great and i stil have it. He told me that he would make me power cords that are great and do not cost much. They have hospital grade plugs and ends. They are very well made, shields and a thick, PVC cover. I nolw wil be using a Belkin PureAV PF60 and wil stil user the power cords on my Denon 3930CI DVD, HSU VTF-2 MK2 and soon Outlaw Audio 1070.

Here me when I say do NOT spend a lot of money of a power cord. Yes they help but do not get foolder by all the hype and BS. Get one that is designed for good Electrical specs!

Videodrome nailed it! Those who claim power cords don't/can't make a difference have either never tried them or their system offers such poor resolution that anything outside of a component change would not offer any audible difference.

Lizard King:

Your contact in Chicago was defintely on the right track. I have noticed most of the DIY cords are based on simlar principles: good hospital-grade connectors (such as Hubbel) and good, heavy gauge OFC copper cabling. The last thing that ssems to be common is the use of an EMI/RFI suppressor such as a ferrite barrel integrated at the source-end of cable.

Lastly, the hospital grade parts seem to be popular among tweakers, extending even to the receptacles themselves. Believe it or not, many people swear by the Hubbel hospital grade outlets for A/V gear.

Personally, I don't know if I'm interested in going quite that far.

Lizard King, is your friend willing to build power cords for others?

thanks,

John

First, if the article were correct then the voltage drop would be observable via measurement at the equipment end of the cord. Second, competently designed consumer devices are carefully made to work with a variety of input line voltages simply because the voltage presented at the service entrance itself can vary by more than 10 volts.

Snake. Oil.

That's entirely reasonable as long as it's a proper double blind test, the results are statistically significant, and it is repeatable. Harmon Intl. uses a system a lot like this and gets valuable information this way.