I am little confused here, Murali. Are you saying power cables/cords make a big difference and connectors do not?
Cheers
Venkat,
In the beginning of that post, I have mentioned that it is a different person's experience shared in one of my audio forums, and not mine. I believe the gentleman runs a high-end hifi shop in Malaysia and never bullshits. I have so far found him very honest, open and opinionated and have no reason to disbelieve his experience.
Another good friend of mine is Chris ven Haus of VH Audio who started as a DIY person and later ended up making cables like Jon Risch, Russell Andrews etc. Chris is a very knowledgeable person and not only sells his own made cables but also excellent value-for-money cables from Acrolink etc. He only introduced me to the merits of wonderfully made connectors of Furutech and Oyaide (please note they are Japanese) which are way above Wattgate and similar. I use simple Furutech (< $50) copper plugs in source components and slightly more expensive gold and rhodium ones in amps. I moved to Oyaide plugs in my power amp which is even better than Furutech.
My experience is that both the wires and connectors matter. You don't have to believe this unless you try these out yourself. That is why I like doing business with Chris who suggests the right combination for the equipment with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If I don't find any improvement, I just return it. So far I have used only his Flavor series cables and yet to venture out into the top-of-the-line Airsine which my good knowledgeable friends in audioasylum believe as the best. Too expensive, at least for now. I also moved to Tel Wire power cord (discarding VH Audio's Flavor-4) with Oyaide plugs for my CD player which I find better.
These are personal experiences being shared and not to prove or disprove anything to anyone. In fact, I came across some recent postings like someone advising a simple experiment of simply changing one's computer power cord to a better one and listen to the audio (he claims you will notice the difference), another suggesting to walk around the house with a radio tuned between any two AM stations (with only static sound) and claiming that when you are close to equipment like fridge, TV, even your mains, etc, you will notice dramatic changes in the static which is an indication of the RF nonsense and noise such gadgets throw into the household wiring and can affect the audio components. Not only a mains conditioner, better quality cables and connectors also help to keep such things out of the audio circuits. Please..., not my claims but others'.
I also recently started reading about dedicated mains supply to audio room from the famous Ben Duncan notes available for small money from Hifi World of UK.
The quest continues. At least until the hearing faculty lasts.
Good luck, venkat and happy listening.
regards.
murali (from the land of dates and camels)