RIDICULOUS AUDIOPHILE STUFF ! "2 foot spread" 20AWG power cable !! LOL. 

No Vey

Wait it's not UL how can they sell that?

That was my impression. The audiophile market is crazy out of control. I would violate all those instructions (if the damn thing didn’t catch fire first).

Hi mike. I even not touch that cable when power runs true it. Unbelievable that the sell that. Gr André de vries.

Just had to check the date, and it’s not April 1st! This cable is absolute madness. Thanks for sharing this. 😂

More to come!

There ya go !

Right ? Woo hoo !!

@@OCDHIFiGuy Give it to Jay,he would like it!...hahaha!

With fairy farts...

Lol. Yeah Baby.

Nutso...

Talk about a toothless grin !

Glad you liked it!

Boom Cat !

Rest in pieces

I wish!

Aaaaaand, we've got an ATTORNEY !!! ;-)

Ridic...

Right ?

It's ridiculous. I've got one that takes it all coming up.

Lol. I'll bet ! DOOP !

Lol. OK.

EXACTLY. lol...

Perhaps you’ve not been in this crazy tweaking hobby for 60+ years ? Start your exploration of SOTA insanity with Shakti Innovations - pack a pic in lunch, ‘cause there some labyrinthian rabbit warrens to be spelunked.

@@fonkenful I've been in it since about 1995...

@@shaynerismMy first DIY speaker build (used car radio 6x9” corner mounted OBs) were circa ‘62 or so. Fell into the audiophile tweaker FOMO life style myself for a bit for a couple of decades from early ‘70s, thankfully modest early income and family life snapped me back to reality.

@@fonkenful The hobby had no tweaks 60+ years ago.

Not all of them are created equal. I'll show other ones made with integrity.

What works for a phone over great distances outdoors is different than indoor Hifi IMHO. Thx for your feedback !

@@OCDHIFiGuy A lot of it is applicable. Noise rejection, for 1 thing. Which is what the twist is about. But they studied everything, resistance, capacitance, dielectrics, etc... All of that matters for HIFI as well.

I'm not gonna be THAT guy... be my guest !!

Right ?

It sounded bad.. did not want to showcase that.

Have no idea... never seen them.

Lol. You found that out after how many lines of speed ? Lol.

@@OCDHIFiGuy I wouldn't plug that thing in anywhere in my house even if i was on drugs

It's true..

Hi James, rather than expect people to figure out a solution after I expose an issue, I always provide solutions. Otherwise I'm just a complainer, and where's the love in that ? Shortly I'll have a 10AWG power cable available under $500 that hits all the main points of high integrity design. 👍FYI, I founded a cable brand 23 years ago and have a patent. ;-)

@@OCDHIFiGuy That sounds very good. I will impatiently wait for your product reveal. I did know about your cable brand, and that is a portion of the reason I appreciate your opinions. If I may suggest/request a particular element of your power cord design for consideration, please make it flexible. I am tired of strong-arming cables into position and also having them so heavy they unplug or tip over a smaller form factor component. BTW, I hope that the $500 price ceiling is in my currency. The US greenback kills my Canadian backside! LOL!

@@jamesnero_d.c. my cables are always very flexible. I also appreciate that feature. ;-) stay tuned for more !

Right ? Lol

Want to buy it ?

There it is...

Sure, they could do whatever they want. I don't care. Truth is I've listened to it and it was horrible. But I'd rather not say that in a video, I'd rather just blow it off and use it to show what silly things manufacturers expect you to do sometimes. Ie; Rig it with string taped to the wall and the rack for a minimum 6 inch space. Ridiculous. And as far as quality, I'll bet M&Ms outsell Godiva by 10X. Being in business is no indication of quality.

@@OCDHIFiGuy While all you say may be true, my comment was only in regards to how you chose to share your knowledge which in this case got lost. I've never used a Mapleshade product, but your video didn't change my opinion about it, but left me wondering why you would post such a video. While you chose not to "say it in the video", for all intensive purposes, you might as well have and taken it all the way, because at the end of the day you said that it was worthless. This is a hobby, no lives will be saved by picking the right component. I for one appreciate anyone who will share their authentic subjective or objective reasoning and preference or ambivalence towards a product.

Says the Large Gray... ;-) 😉

Hel lo..

It's a twisted pair only on one side and it's ground and neutral. The live side has one conductor lifted

@@OCDHIFiGuy these look rather like spiral shields for each conductor ( live and neutral) than common mode noise rejection by twisting live and neutral together (which is also illegal and yet done by many brands I believe). I wonder how the connections are on the other end.

I agree... good history in hifi tho with his wood and brass stuff

Lol. Funny ending.

Exactly, and this industry is full of things like this. I'll be releasing some designs soon. ;-)

Yes.

I don't know either...

Free to anyone that's bought from me. ;-)

Electro - Enema?

Right ? Lol

Ouch.. lol

Lol. Wire condom !

That's good !

Wood and brass should never be together.. ;-(

@@OCDHIFiGuy Thanks for the tip!

@@OCDHIFiGuy lol

Yep. I like pure silver better tho.. but if we're talking need level, then yes, pure OFC copper is it.

Exactly.. while burning incense, wearing shorts and walking backwards.

Yep ! Shhhhhhh!

This power cable ?? I wont use it ...

Right ?

Right ?

No.

The ground is hooked up on one side and twisted with Neutral.

Could be...

Right ? Can you imagine the Audacity ??

Long gone, sorry

There it is !

So why do you need to spend $900 for Mikey's power cord?

Hi Jim, good to "see" you. As far as the walls, one can think of the power cable as an AC filter on the last 5 feet before the system. But expecting people to hold this thing apart with string and tape as read in the manual shows the thought process of the inventors. And yes, these are the same thought patterns that go into many other products...;-)

Ya think ? Lol.

@@OCDHIFiGuy So if I follow your reading of the owners manual, the 5-ft length power cord needs to have its two separate conductors spaced 0.5 ft to 2 ft apart. Seems like that would reduce the effective length to about 1 ft to 2.5 ft. 🤡🤡

No my friend, it's absolutely 100% real. They expect you to believe in thier "R&D" ...

@@OCDHIFiGuy Holy shit that’s insane! and to think some sucker will think they’re the best thing since sliced bread based off their verbiage on the little paper they provide 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

The company who makes that stuff is called Mapleshade.

@@flashhog01 I know Mapleshade well , they make great brass footers and isolation wood plinths but charge insane money for them. I will admit I own their anti static brush for my vinyl and it is the best anti static brush I have ever used and I’ve just about owned them all.

@@Audiofreak71 I have two pair of their brass footers which I like.

Double Jankage...

Right ?

Because the power cable can act as an AC line filter for the last 5 feet before your component.

It would be interesting if it could be tested and proven to actually make a difference in power. If there are actual tests that were done I am happy to be proven wrong.

@@OCDHIFiGuy Well, then it's an active device, not passive. What is the filtering mechanism?

​@@user-zq8uv8gw3w Conductors and dielectrics all have individual 'sounds'....that is the filtering.

Well, I was almost with you until you recommended a 400 hour burn in time. How do you justify an arbitrary number. Did something change from 399 to 400, and will I notice that in my own living room?

First question. Are they still in your system ? Next, how did you spread them apart, did you use string and tape ? Next, explain how cellophane reduces skin effect ? Or do you mean the enamel on the magnet wire that's used to wrap transformers ? If your sound system gets "thrown off" by the effect of plastic on the EM Field, then you've got issues.. the truth is I DID try this cable and the sonic was absolutely horrible. But I'd rather not showcase that in this video. My current production F35 power cords bury this F16 into irrelevance. But kudos to the guys that created this stuff for thier tenacity.

Oh You can’t be so literal. That’s just a ballpark just just means that once you’ve used it for a few weeks depending on usage most year at 400 hours is completely burned in. That’s the ballpark.

So to separate the cables, as you noticed, the cable wire is kind of stiff. you literally just pull them apart so they’re separated around 3 feet . The wire will stay in position because of its stiffness. I’m not sure what they use on the wire itself, how neutral that is regarding Skin affect, but I know all of their products and as you go up the ladder, they move away from the cellophane and they use a mesh wire. So yes, the wires because of their stiffness will hold their shape. That’s how they stay apart. If you play with them, you’ll see what I mean. It’s sort of a bow effect going from each end wider in the middle. And you also need to pull the outriggers the little green wires apart like the wire itself. The outriggers are there to help with electromagnetic field. If you do a little research on electricity, electricity doesn’t just travel through the wire. whenever electricity is pushed through wire, it naturally creates a field around the wire, which is a part of the movement of the current. If you completely damp that field, it will affect the efficiency of the current. This was discovered once, when they were putting long lines of wire under the ocean, and found that there was a disruption and electrical efficiency. They weren’t aware of the electromagnetic field yet. So when you place wore anywhere on the floor and it is plastic the floor or carpet it act as a disruptor to the electromagnetic field. And yes, the first time I started looking at these cables, and some of the other products I was quite cynical. But I tested them and was quite surprised at the quality of the sonic change Considering the price point. For instance, there I believe it’s $180, HDMI cable is better than Audioquest diamond HDMI cable. Which I believe is around three grand. I bought it and compare them and was shocked. Audio quest rip off. Well if you compare it to the Mapleshade stuff. If you like, I could send you photograph / video of my system. I’m using Mageas and the same engineers, most sophisticated cabling. Best Matthew. A Ps I have been an audiophile for 55 years.

Oh, You shouldn’t be so literal. That’s just a ballpark: once you’ve used it for a few weeks, depending on usage, at 400 hours / most electronics / speakers / are completely burned in. That’s the ballpark.

No Fucking way... you try it in yours...

Crazy, right ?

5 foot.

@@OCDHIFiGuy Yep so a 2' x 3' rectangle with the plugs in the middle, 90° angles 1 foot in each direction, then 3 feet across and back down 1 foot each side. The device would have to be 3 feet max from the outlet.

No way.