Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
I think the arguments about power cords are probably the most nonsensical ones out of all of them.
Of course, they are Wooch. Nonsensical because the very idea that a power cord can actually have an effect on the performance of the component that it is supplying A-C power to is outside the realm of possibility, that's why.

I posted an analogy on these boards a couple of years back - which was promptly pooh-poohed by the likes of Jon Risch (if my memory serves me). But, he was flat-out wrong to deny that my analogy was accurate, for it was very much "on the mark". It likened an A-C power cord to the hose that transfers gasoline from the pump at the gas station into the gas tank of your car. There is absolutely nothing that can be done to that gasoline hose that can have any effect whatsoever on the performance of your car. You could make it out of a different material - line the inside of it with Teflon (or whatever) - make the diameter larger - coat the outside with diamonds, etc. It's not going to make an iota of difference. Likewise, the A-C power cord can have no effect whatsoever on the performance of an electronic component ... none. It merely supplies raw electrical power to the power supply circuitry within the electronic device, where it's converted into an entirely different form of electrical power to run the other circuits of the device with. There's nothing that can be done to that power cord that's going to have any effect whatsoever on what the power supply inside the component receives and does with the power once it gets inside the "box". Yet there are countless people running around loose proclaiming that such and such a power cord made a remarkable improvement to the sound of their system, and willing to spend inordinate amounts of hard-earned cash to bring this bit of pure, unadulterated fantasy into reality - at least, that's what they think they're doing. What a pity! IMO, it's also a pity that those that are foisting off these magical pieces of wire - under the most blatant of false pretenses, aren't likely to be prosecuted for perpetrating this sort of a SCAM!