....why do some many people get so very worked-up over the mention of such a thing & that it could provide a better pathway for your signals & controls?
....why do some many people get so very worked-up over the mention of such a thing & that it could provide a better pathway for your signals & controls?
Mike do you mean wiring romex to equipment? (now that sounds like hell to me)
Most cheap electronics have the powercord hardwired in... better report to China if you think that code is wrong there!
I don't really believe people when they talk about differences in solder (...)
I have done it & am a Hardwire Freak or.....Nut depending on which side of the debate you stand on but there is no better way! Yes it can be inconvenient but if your hardwired you don't need to be swapping things in & out continually. So what about type of wire or solder used? I have found huge differences there also.
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No intention to crap on the thread but this is a discussion forum so here is my take on the issue for ..further discussions
... aren't we getting to the point of no appreciable returns except for what we fabricate in our mind when it comes to that ? Hardwiring everything? Once we've done it and we sit down and listen then aren't we predisposed to hear differences and find things that were never there ? How reliable such observations can be? Then the question has to be asked: if and when we become dissatisfied with said products so lovely hardwired and whose warranties we have so thoroughly voided by our loving hardwiring, how do we dispose of said components? So that we can fund the next to-be-hard-wired components? It is one of those extreme things that some of us do and will claim it to be the only way to go but so unpractical and the benefits so minimal to non-existent as to explain why this is not more often done!
There is a belief that everything matters in High End Audio and come to think it of it everything matters ...in any sector of life... Things are indeed more connected than we realize.. Yet.. One specific butterfly landing on a flower in Australia could be said to have no impact on my life as it is presently here in Haiti .. Same for the electrons for that notion of cable settling and the likes ..
YMMV but most audiophiles don't do it (hardwiring) and for good reasons. I don't see this changing... ever... and no one will lose anything from not doing it.
Frantz, you make some very good points. However, I do think there is a strong case for some manufacturer's hard wiring their power cords. The loss in SQ that I believe is there with the typical amp/preamp or?? iec connection is IMO an issue. The current vogue for iec connections and the strong after market power cord industry is not going to be in favor of this, but I feel that we are loosing SQ because of it.
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."Hi
No intention to crap on the thread but this is a discussion forum so here is my take on the issue for ..further discussions
... aren't we getting to the point of no appreciable returns except for what we fabricate in our mind when it comes to that ? Hardwiring everything? Once we've done it and we sit down and listen then aren't we predisposed to hear differences and find things that were never there ? How reliable such observations can be? Then the question has to be asked: if and when we become dissatisfied with said products so lovely hardwired and whose warranties we have so thoroughly voided by our loving hardwiring, how do we dispose of said components? So that we can fund the next to-be-hard-wired components? It is one of those extreme things that some of us do and will claim it to be the only way to go but so unpractical and the benefits so minimal to non-existent as to explain why this is not more often done!
There is a belief that everything matters in High End Audio and come to think it of it everything matters ...in any sector of life... Things are indeed more connected than we realize.. Yet.. One specific butterfly landing on a flower in Australia could be said to have no impact on my life as it is presently here in Haiti .. Same for the electrons for that notion of cable settling and the likes ..
YMMV but most audiophiles don't do it (hardwiring) and for good reasons. I don't see this changing... ever... and no one will lose anything from not doing it.
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
This quote is pointing us in the direction of this thread, no?