Short review of $550 power cord plus a new SWTPC 6800

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that Michael Holley may have mentioned these words:
>With all of this ragging on audio nut who spend obscene amounts of money 
>on wire, I  decided to at a look. I don't know why we call them crazy, 
>they don't have 1975 computer running in the basement.

See below.

>The guy in the next office is in to high end audio. (Although he claims 
>that he is in the lower end of the people in his audio club.)  I asked if 
>he had a power cord so I could take some pictures. He had a spare PS Audio 
>xStream Statement Power Cable, the 2 meter version lists for $550.

$550 *spare* power cables? Where can I go to get *his* job... If I pissed 
away a truck payment on a power cable, my wife would (rightfully so) kill 
me. :-O

>I took it home and hooked it up to my new custom case computer which also 
>cost me about $550. It is a modern 3 GHz Pentium that looks like a 1975 
>SWTPC 6800.
>http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/MP_F/MP_F.htm#NewCover

So how much faster did your computer go, and/or how much better did it 
sound with that new power cable?

What would $550 *actually get you*??? Perspiring minds wanna know!

[[ It also begs the question: What good is a 6 gauge power cord gonna get 
ya when it's fed by 12 gauge mains? ]]

BTW, *very* nice job on the computer. ;-) When my 60-80 hour weeks slow 
down again, I'm finally hoping for a "CoCo into an AT case" conversion.

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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