The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old 2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

--
Pete Cross

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:12:59 -0000, "Pete Cross" wrote:

http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old 2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

They can't even get the basics right. They are claiming a current
rating (OK, they call it a power rating, but we already know they are
clueless) of 60 amps - with a 13 amp mains plug on one end and an IEC
connector on the other. Interestingly they have used the one designed
for kettles, not the equipment one.

d

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The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

"Pete Cross" wrote in message ...
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old
2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........


Now I know where I've being going wrong all these years, I should have been
selling 2m IEC leads for almost 2 grand a piece. I could have been enjoying
my own private island in the Caribbean by now, instead of having to put up
with January in England!

David.

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

"Pete Cross" wrote in message ...
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old
2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

--
Pete Cross


Just remember to top it up with the best quality snake oil before use.

Last year "Hi Fi World" did a comparitive test on mains cables, this is what
they said of the most expensive one (480 pounds):

"The outstanding bass extension and tunefulness of the TCI was soon evident
as it had a wonderful ability to reproduce the timbre
and dynamics of the solo piano playing from 'Beethoven Piano Sonatas'" ...
"the lead guitar was also stunning, eliminating the
uncomfortable ringing distortions of the 'Free' mains lead."

Perhaps some-one cleverer that I could explain how a mains cable can do this
unless it was compared to a 100 metre coil of bell
wire on an amp with a totally crap power supply.

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:53:34 +1100, "keithr"
wrote:


"Pete Cross" wrote in message ...
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old
2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

--
Pete Cross


Just remember to top it up with the best quality snake oil before use.

Last year "Hi Fi World" did a comparitive test on mains cables, this is what
they said of the most expensive one (480 pounds):

"The outstanding bass extension and tunefulness of the TCI was soon evident
as it had a wonderful ability to reproduce the timbre
and dynamics of the solo piano playing from 'Beethoven Piano Sonatas'" ...
"the lead guitar was also stunning, eliminating the
uncomfortable ringing distortions of the 'Free' mains lead."

Perhaps some-one cleverer that I could explain how a mains cable can do this
unless it was compared to a 100 metre coil of bell
wire on an amp with a totally crap power supply.


This wasn't in an April issue, by any chance?

d

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The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

"keithr" wrote in message
...

"Pete Cross" wrote in message ...
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old
2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

--
Pete Cross


Just remember to top it up with the best quality snake oil before use.

Last year "Hi Fi World" did a comparitive test on mains cables, this is
what they said of the most expensive one (480 pounds):

"The outstanding bass extension and tunefulness of the TCI was soon
evident as it had a wonderful ability to reproduce the timbre
and dynamics of the solo piano playing from 'Beethoven Piano Sonatas'"
... "the lead guitar was also stunning, eliminating the
uncomfortable ringing distortions of the 'Free' mains lead."

Perhaps some-one cleverer that I could explain how a mains cable can do
this unless it was compared to a 100 metre coil of bell
wire on an amp with a totally crap power supply.

If the free cable was of reasonably decent construction (no poor connections
etc) then I can see no possible way in which substituting an outrageously
expensive alternative could possibly alter the sound in any way.

How was their "listening test" conducted I wonder? and who got the
backhanders?

David.

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

Pete Cross wrote:

http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old 2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

Fraudsters never stop trying to relieve you of your money on the basis of
phoney claims.

Since this is in the UK this could perhaps be legally challenged using consumer
protection law.

Graham

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:04:03 +0000, Eeyore
wrote:



Pete Cross wrote:

http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old 2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

Fraudsters never stop trying to relieve you of your money on the basis of
phoney claims.

Since this is in the UK this could perhaps be legally challenged using consumer
protection law.


Only if it was an advertising claim made by the maker, I believe.

d

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The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

In article , keithr
scribeth thus

"Pete Cross" wrote in message ...
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Nordos...LA%20Power.htm

Odd that a cable like this is needed to extract the best from the old
2.5mm
t&e!
They could extend the ring main into the amp and save a packet.........

--
Pete Cross


Just remember to top it up with the best quality snake oil before use.

Last year "Hi Fi World" did a comparitive test on mains cables, this is what
they said of the most expensive one (480 pounds):

"The outstanding bass extension and tunefulness of the TCI was soon evident
as it had a wonderful ability to reproduce the timbre
and dynamics of the solo piano playing from 'Beethoven Piano Sonatas'" ...
"the lead guitar was also stunning, eliminating the
uncomfortable ringing distortions of the 'Free' mains lead."

Perhaps some-one cleverer that I could explain how a mains cable can do this
unless it was compared to a 100 metre coil of bell
wire on an amp with a totally crap power supply.



Just shows..

1. What a load of bollox these people write..

2. How gullible/insecure some people are to believe it all!.....
--
Tony Sayer

The emporers new clothes ? or cables.........
 

In article , David Looser
wrote:


How was their "listening test" conducted I wonder? and who got the
backhanders?

Some points to note about the 'cable reviews' in HFW.

1) The often say little or nothing about the equipment used.

2) Generally don't give a by-line so you can't identify whose views are
written.

Thus they seem to be opinions stated as facts which have preciptated from
thin air, with nothing in the way of any assessable evidence, and almost
nothing in terms of context. Content free writing. :-)

Mind you, (1) may be relief to some equipment manufacturers as it means
their gear isn't give a reputation of being incapable of working correctly
when mains powered. ;-

Slainte,

Jim

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