Originally Posted by
Marco
What for you is a "fancy mains lead" - would the likes of what Oliver has just built qualify as such?
Marco.
One that claims to be able to change/improve the sound. So I guess that Oliver's qualifies. I would like to be able to hear this improvement for myself, if no other reason than I like mysteries. If I heard an improvement for myself I would be happy to say so even if I still ascribed the reason to be purely psychological, since that is still interesting in its own way. Not hearing it is boring.
The one I have cost me £25 second-hand. But I have no way of knowing if it has 'the magic ingredients' of the ones that people do say make a difference since even the manufacturers of these leads don't seem to know what they are. (The bollocks explanations written in their advertising blurbs is the giveaway to that). Believe me I would be very happy with an improvement in sound quality that only cost £25 and simply involved me swapping one lead for another.
Sadly I'm a little limited in my ability to experiment now since the Krell has to be used with the power lead that came with it and the pre amp is passive. And my Sony ES cd player has a captive lead. I do use it with the Technics CD player when it's in the system. Maybe I'll try swapping cables on that again, the power amp and speakers have changed since last time I experimented in that direction so who knows?
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.