Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Let's be real here - the subject of "audiophile" power cables and fuses is a controversial one - and for good reason, and depending on what components you use them with. But you're NOT going to get "better" sound from ANY cable unless you have SERIOUS issues with your electrical system and components!! For one thing, any description you read of how a standard power supply in an audio component works starts with the simple fact that on the most basic level, there is a fuse, a transformer, followed by a rectifier of some kind (diodes or ICs) and a capacitor bank which supplies DC current to the rest of the circuitry. The capacitors filter all ripple current above a certain frequency, usually way below whatever EMI/RFI or other "noise" you might expect to encounter. So any notion that the power cord - which ostensibly supplies MORE line current to the device - would have a role in reducing noise is relegated to the type of insulation/shielding utilized in the cord. Insulation and shielding is EE101 and dirt cheap to implement, so there's no reason that would be a contributing factor to power cords costing more than $50. Secondly, every component draws different amounts of power from your wall socket, but if the idea is that the OEM cable with that component cannot provide sufficient power, all it would take is a larger conductor, aka thicker wires inside the cable. But that notion is semi-ridiculous because EE101 also tells us that if a conductor is not capable of conducting sufficient current then it must be presenting a resistance to said current. Resistance in a conductor is most often dissipated as heat. How many power cables have you ever felt that got physically warm or hot to the touch? I'd wager ZERO. If in fact your power cable was not allowing enough electricity to get to your component, you'd have an obvious problem and one that's easy to fix. But standard 12 gauge copper wire can supply up to TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE (235) Amps before it "fuses" (or melts)!! Added conductors, conductor "quality" or conductor diameter up to 12-gauge wire is not a primary cost driver, nor does it significantly affect the amount of current available to your "current hungry" devices. Then you get into all this esoteric nonsense that involves transmission line theory (capacitance, inductance, reflected waves, etc.), phasors, and alleged directionality of conductors (most often copper). Before anyone bites my head off, I am strictly talking about POWER CABLES here, not interconnects or speaker cables. No power cable is going to fix or adjust the phase angle on the power supplied by your utility or get rid of any line interference such as would be caused by switch mode power supplies that are common on computers and other devices. I challenge anyone to explain to me from a physics or EE perspective how "better" conductors or more of them are going to out-perform any other cable that sufficiently conveys the necessary electrons to a given device and I DO NOT mean "it just sounds better!" Soooo.....all of that having been said - this power cable is well insulated, made of high quality conductors and uses decent quality connections/plugs. That makes it a good value in my book and a recommended addition to your hi-fi system (most) amplifiers and DACs or source components (CD, BluRay, Phonos). There is simply NO NEED to spend more than what this vendor is charging on a power cable - and any perceived difference in performance between this cable and one costing $500 is 100% the placebo effect. Thanks Waudio for not abusing audiophiles with too much disposable income!!