Originally Posted by Richard Davis
The newest con job is "oxygen free" cables. I didn't realize that Oxygen in my signal transmission lines was a big problem for some and something about which to be concerned. LOL
If you waste much time on audio discussion forums you will see all sorts of outlandish claims for wires with nearly magical properties. It is commonplace for truly "out there" audio nuts to claim that they use interconnects as "tone controls" to adjust the brightness and pitch of their systems. I'm thinking that if their interconnects have enough capacitance or inductance to serve as low or high pass filters, they must be really crummy interconnects!
The money people spend on power cables is insane. As if this last three feet between the wall and the amp makes a huge difference. Especially when they are plugging in to a couple hundred feet of unshielded Romex strung through he walls!
But like you said, if it brings one great joy to spend $20,000-40,000 on a power cable, who are we to deny them that fun? These are particularly cool looking. You can also buy little stands to raise them off the floor!
https://www.nordost.com/odin-supreme-reference/odin2/power-cord.php