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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: Shielding of dedicated power lines.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 2/4/2014
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I feel that shielding of dedicated power lines is kind of arguable
subject. First of it I do not know if it is necessary. What will you shield
from? The main point is what kind shielding
and how it affects sound. It might be shielding
that is implemented in cable and it might the dedicated power line all together
running in metal pipe. I did not try to shield my dedicated power line but I
did experiment with power cord for audio components. My observation was that
any shielded power cable made sound more challenging in imaging and slightly
more flat. I have no idea why and it might be was the problem of specific shielded
cable that I happened to have. I still have in basement perhaps 3-4 “expensive”
shielded power cords that I do not use. Now if I have a superstition (perhaps I
am wrong) that shielded cable adversely affect sound then how easy would be to
do the same taste with let 150” dedicated power cable. A dedicated power line
is an expensive and demanding project and I would applaud to somebody who would
have 3-4 different examples of cables and chose among them. I would also applaud
to somebody who would run 200” of steal pipe across house and then evaluate of
this shielding have any sonic difference. I wish I had this experience and I am frankly speaking
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