This is a continuation of the article: Paradoxal cable fun - Overture.
My system had been on for a good hour or so, I had been listening for a while before making the change to different power cables, "Edison cable" was so stiff and thick that the relative huge "Chinook" was moved out of position, but after some bending I managed to make it work. The music started a new, and I was focusing, but the first impression gave me nothing. It was hard to even figure out the slightest difference in sound characteristics, I had to sharpen my senses, so I tried focusing on the three most important areas when needed to be critical.
Was there any noticeable differences in the characteristics and frequencies of the sound? Not that I could register, at least not in my setup and with my senses.
Was there any differences in the dynamic spectrum? No, not worse nor better. For the last part I focused on the perspective and the soundstage but not even here I could hear any differences.
I played several records, and changed back and forth between the cables three times without noticing any differences. I even made a pickup switch to see if there was more or less noise from using the standard power cable or not without any luck.
I came to the conclusion that upgrading to a better power cable for the RIAA-amp has no use. If you are looking for improvement here I suggest you use the money on a better RIAA.
Is there any differences in sound characteristics when changing power cables?
Power cables seems automatically like an area without making the big differences in sound. Power is sent from the power station thru a system of up and down transformation of voltage around the whole country before ending up at my house, then it travels from the grounding cable and in to my fuse box where it's sorted out on different amp outlets, as well as the one that goes to my hifi system. A lot might happen to the electricity on this journey but it's hard to believe that the last couple of feet to my system is where the real differences really happen.
Considering I have these ASR where power cable is highly prioritized, and there might be reasonable to believe that the differences in power consumption of these beast differ from the moderate 42 W the "Chinook" needs to operate. We see that the manufacturers differ from cables used to f.ex the waffle iron to lamps, so I don't skip to conclusions around the importance of power cables might have on the power amps, but if you use vinyl as your source I find it a waste of money spending around 4 thousand bucks on the Edison power cable. Personally I would use the investment elsewhere. But if you have a power amp where the power cables are switchable you might be able to draw different experiences than myself. The good part about Paradox cables is that you have 30-days to figure this out before making the final decision to keep the cable or not.
Producer: Paradox Audio.
Price in Norway Edison coil: 24.990,-
Also read Paradox Cable Fun - Overture.
Also read Paradox The Link RCA - Paradox Cable Fun, second movement.
Also read Speaker Cables Paradox MK II - Paradoxal Cable Fun, third movement
Also read Paradoxal Cable Fun - Finale
