What is it about the bass, that it becomes so robust with after-market cords and conditioners?

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Nightlord

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One iteration of the "if / then" scenario assumption.

The other side but this doesn't fit your narrative / bias. Hi end amp manufacturers assume that folks buying their products will likely use an "after the market" power cord.

Going down that logical route they would stand the risk that their great amp was demoed poorly and got a bad rep or sold poorly. And they'd also lose out on a potential income from offering a cable upgrade with their own brand name on. Heck, not even the marketing people have managed to sell that in. Why? Because they don't want to be seen as peddling snake oil and damage their brand.
 
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If someone puts a huge effort into making the best amp they can, and they don't spend a cent on making the power cable any better, there's your proof that the amp designer can't extract any more performance from it due to the cable - otherwise it would have had a different cable. And it seems close to every amp designer in the world agrees on it too....

Perhaps think about it this way...in many industries with high end products, there is SOME guy who specializes in some part that other high-end manufacturers just use 'basic high-end parts' for which are not the ultimate, ultimate, ULTIMATE version. You can buy an expensive sports car...150K+...and some custom seat guy will give you a more expensive custom racing seat. Some other guy will give you custom run-flat tires, special rims, add a whole new stereo system worth 75K, special pistons, etc....bullet proof sides and windows. you can ALWAYS MOD with 'upgraded parts'.

That's the whole point of upgrading/mods, etc in super-high-end hobbies...people always want to push the performance envelope by going to specialists in every little part to really get the main product even better. and i suspect car manufacturers would probably acknowledge that this market is legitimate...but not their own core business which is perfectly understandable.
 

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Why? Correct according to who?
To you and everyone else.

A simple version of that is you being tested blind with the tester not making any changes. Have them do this a few times. If you say they sound different, yet you and everyone else knows there weren't any changes to sound waves, then you know how good your listening test is. Until you have been through this, you don't know the limits of your testing or your hearing.
 
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