I collected my mail today, found a audiophile catalog. On page 5, they are pushing AC cables. The best of them cost $3,500 for a six footer. Now, I ask, just what can a power cable actually DO? Granted, from nuke power plant to my house, between step-ups, step-downs, confusing poles full of raggedy wires, my 60 hz AC probably has gotten somewhat messy and, for the sake of argument, let's assume that the "dirt" will effect my sound quality.
The question is, however, just WHAT would a CABLE do to fix that? Is there something in a real expensive piece of wire that would restore my electricity to pure, sine wave 60 hz AC or, would it just very accurately transmit the messy AC from wall to amplifier? This stuff just doesn't make sense unless I can get a clean wire all the way from the power plant, or, better still, make my own AC.
The thing I like about this wire scam is that I wouldn't feel bad about doing it. After all, it's not like scamming seniors out of their social security checks. What it IS, is scamming willing believers who already have enough disposable income to buy 3 thousand dollar wires out of money they were going to spend anyway. Since this stuff is largely voodoo anyway, would they NOT use cognitive dissonance to tell themselves that a 5K$ wire made by me from recycled bob-wire purified their AC?
