I was thinking about upgrading the line cord on my RB-985MKII from the 16AWG to maybe a 14 AWG. Does anyone have any recommendations? And do you really notice a difference with the better line cord?
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A 110 volt 16 AWG power cord is rated at around 13 Amps (1400 watts), a 14 AWG cord at 15 Amps(1650 watts). I'm sure the standard power cable is adequate. I am not a believer in power cable voodoo, and personally can never hear any difference.Last edited by mjb; 30 March 2005, 07:29 Wednesday.- Mike
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I would have the same question: I have a Rotel RX-1052 Stereo Receiver and RCD-1072 cd player. Do I need to upgrade the power cord that came with them? I've read a thread in this forum with many people arguing that power cord is very important in sound quality. Do you agree?Comment
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Personally I've never heard any differences between the standard and the "boutique" power cords, but hey that's just me. Some highly motivated people claim to hear a difference, especially after they buy one...
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I've heard the small difference when changing a power cord which was the size of a standard lamp cord (unshielded 18awg) to a PS Audio 12awg cord. This was a power souce to the subwoofer in a power tower. Keep in mind PS power cords are impregnated with ferrite which reduces rf signals.
IMO Rotel supplies shielded power cords with their products. Generally I have a cleaner power supply than other areas I know of. Also, less stuff powered on in the house feeding back, etc. also have a power conditioner. I suppose if you didn't have a power conditioner and had a lot of rf signals feeding back into you power supply from appliances, etc. then a power cords with ferrite may benefit you.
I recommend you borrow one very good power from your dealer and perform some a/b tests. Like you said, some people believe they work, other don't.
This is something that you need to sell yourself on.
To be honest, insted of spending an extra $100 to $400 per power cord, invest in some high end speaker cable or interconnects. The difference will be MUCH more than a power cord. :TComment
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Hi,
I've tried a few power cords. Many made no difference to my ears. One that did (and was a well priced) is the AUDUSA-Eupen GNLM 05/2.5 (CSA 2.5) mains cable from http://www.audusa.com/eupen.htm. Still the only 5 star mains cable in Hi Fi Choice and starts (export price) at 40 pounds (about US $ 70 for a 1m cable.
Review http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/review_read.asp?ID=1509
Hi Fi Choice Comparison http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/review_l...subcategory=MC
They too have ferite coating on the cable. I now have 5 and found well worthwile cleanup of the sound (especially bass) for my Rotel amps, RCD-1072 and RSP-1098.
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