Power cable construction/shielding

JohnnyNapalm

Price seemed reasonable and it should stop any possible noise from the mains to my phono’s. Not sure if it is one end as I would have to cut the plastic screen to meter it out.

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Welwynnick

SMPS are becoming the norm for electronic equipment, and I think they're bad news.  I have an Oppo player and Meridian processor, supposedly high quality equipment, but both had SMPS.  I  replaced both with linear  power supplies, and the sound quality of both took a good step upwards.  Indeed I used to have a nice business upgrading Meridian players and processors to linear supplies until Meridian switched their high end gear to linear supplies, and offered after-market upgrades to existing equipment, which became very popular.

SMPS produce a lot of noise, and that travels in both directions - downstream to the electronics, and back upstream to the mains.  With the widespread adoption of switching supplies, switching amplifiers and high speed digital signal processing, I think noise and interference is a significant factor in sound quality these days.  

Nick