I always try and send out brand new 'Fig-8' mains cables when i sell products - and we're running low..

So, i thought i'd have a quick look to see if anyone was selling good quality ones in bulk, online, at sensible prices. Business logic and all that. But... i also thought i'd look at expensive power leads (and remember they are just plain old power leads - from the mains to your piece of B&O) - and i thought £9.95 was expensive when i saw one on eBay.

However.......  have a look at this

There will always be people who think it makes a difference

Now there's a way to help your business go backwards!! Fig 8 cables here are about $5 or $6

tournedos:

There will always be people who think it makes a difference...

Oh, and they do ...  when your credit card statement arrives..

.. and being a bit dim - I really don't understand this statement...

"The leads were taken in part exchange so have been well burnt in.." 

Exactly how the Dickens do you 'burn in' a Fig-8 mains cable - and how noticeable is the 'performance' of a fresh one as opposed to one that's been 'burnt in' ?

It's a sodding mains cable !!!!!!!!  

Sorry - i'm getting a bit carried away here.  My apologies....

That article about the Magic Audio ICE Power monoblock amps had a lot to say about these things... the ones mentioned were said to cost $850... I think the amp itself listed for $3,000.

9 LEE:

Exactly how the Dickens do you 'burn in' a Fig-8 mains cable - and how noticeable is the 'performance' of a fresh one as opposed to one that's been 'burnt in' ?

Oh, it's a big business! You can even buy cable burn-in devices, or if you don't want to do that yourself because your kitchen isn't a clean room op or your mains supply hasn't been blessed by the Pope, send your cables away to be "burnt-in".

The sound will be so much better after that. Don't forget the support poles for the cable.

tournedos:

... send your cables away to be "burnt-in"....

...

Of course what you really need is this - no point messing around with cheap rubbish. If used with a kettle, the water molecules all line up and will stir the tea for you.

Easy way of DIY:

Plug in mains cord and short circuit the other plug's wires - this will have both effects:

a). the cable will definitely have its "burn-in"

b). YOU look like Lee's picture in his post above

hx

Doctor:

Of course what you really need is this - no point messing around with cheap rubbish. If used with a kettle, the water molecules all line up and will stir the tea for you.

Presumably buyers of this stuff don't think about the 150km of HV cable to their local substation, then the final 1km, then the wires in the house.....

I once went to a dinner where the guest speaker (a former Chief Constable) read from a 1920's police manual about what to do when your police horse started dancing around on the road due to main current leakage! Electricity supply has moved on a little, but not so much that playing with the final 1m of cable could make any difference!

Graham

If you want a difference, use a mains filter. I have seen the difference on an LCD screen with and without external mains filter. After that we tried the same mains filter on an Avant. Then we could not notice a difference. So something like a mains filter can make a difference, but not if the mains filtering in your equipment is allready good!

9 LEE:

tournedos:

There will always be people who think it makes a difference...

Oh, and they do ...  when your credit card statement arrives..