@raghupb thanks a lot for the details, appreciated.
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@sunand777 u have furthermore confused me lol my marantz AVR and amp are both 2 pin.
So final question, will the pangea 14SE work on the marantz?
@raghupb
For CDP AC14. For AVR AC9. As per Pangea recommendations.
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I could not find any mechanical or electrical specs such as gauge or current capacity on this website.
Disclosure:
As an electrical engineer, I would look for material (conductive and insulative), gauge, number of conductors per core and amperage numbers first.
Then about any other stuff.
The 2 pin is usually for European standards, so it works even if you use the 3 pin cable but, without a ground connection. Which should be fine as the device itself has option for 2 pin only.
For my Marantz AVR the DIY cable with 6sqmm Finolex cables has given me a good performance over most of the other third party power cables I've used, including pangea 14se.
Nothing wrong with thick guage, but there are not very easy to work with.
For DIY power cables here is what I would use this as thumb rule:
Source components (DVD, CDP, BD, DAC, etc) - 1.0 to 1.5 sq. mm per core
Power components (IA, AVR, TV, say up to 400W max power consumption) - 1.5 to 2.5 sq. mm per core
Power components (monoblocks, distribution amps with max power consumption > 500W) - 2.5 to 4.0 sq. mm per core
Cheers,
Raghu