OT: Re: audio insanity

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Mark Tapley wrote:
> At 12:00 -0500 10/21/05, Roger wrote:
> 
>> What would $550 *actually get you*??? Perspiring minds wanna know!
> 
> 
> I assume it *very very cleanly* conducts the noise from your power 
> outlet to your amplifier.
> 
> Ya know the face I'd like to see?
> 
> Take somebody that just bought one of those cables outside his house, 
> point up at the power line coming to his house, then whip out an AM 
> portable, scan down the spectrum, and let him know that *all of that* 
> was hitting his socket, and being transmitted with extreme fidelity 
> across his $550 power cable to his power supply.
> 
> That's the face I'd like to see.

Is there any place where it would make sense to use giant power cables 
on an audio system?  How about if the stereo is located in a Faraday 
Cage running on a diesel generator producing very clean power?

FWIW, I tend to use computer power cords ($1 per) for all my stereo 
equipment.

Peace...  Sridhar