Caelin, a couple of threads bought up a question in my mind regarding the capabilities of power cables. At various times, people have stated things similar to "the bass improved", "the mids became more open", "the highs more pronounced", or variations. From my perspective, I just say everything sounds better when I added a Shunyata power cord.
However, I have felt that it wasn't the power cable causing various frequencies to be better defined. Rather, I feel that the cable is delivering cleaner power, and lower DTCD, to whatever piece of gear, and this then allows the gear to perform better. In other words, the gear is working as designed. It is this better performance that results in better bass, etc. This is the basis of why I now say power and cables are the foundation of a system.
If that is valid then while one person using cable 'X' might experience better bass, somebody else with different gear might experience something else with cleaner power, depending on how their gear reacts to cleaner power.
Along this line, I suspect those who feel things decreased when adding a power cable might actually be hearing their gear operate at a better level, but not prefer the more accurate sound. In other words, they prefer the sound resulting from a lower level of performance. I say this because it doesn't seem reasonable that a piece of gear would perform worse with better power.
While it makes sense to me that an interconnect could affect the various frequencies making up a musical signal regardless of the gear at either end, does Shunyata feel a power cable can enhance any aspect of the music signal?
However, I have felt that it wasn't the power cable causing various frequencies to be better defined. Rather, I feel that the cable is delivering cleaner power, and lower DTCD, to whatever piece of gear, and this then allows the gear to perform better. In other words, the gear is working as designed. It is this better performance that results in better bass, etc. This is the basis of why I now say power and cables are the foundation of a system.
If that is valid then while one person using cable 'X' might experience better bass, somebody else with different gear might experience something else with cleaner power, depending on how their gear reacts to cleaner power.
Along this line, I suspect those who feel things decreased when adding a power cable might actually be hearing their gear operate at a better level, but not prefer the more accurate sound. In other words, they prefer the sound resulting from a lower level of performance. I say this because it doesn't seem reasonable that a piece of gear would perform worse with better power.
While it makes sense to me that an interconnect could affect the various frequencies making up a musical signal regardless of the gear at either end, does Shunyata feel a power cable can enhance any aspect of the music signal?