Sorry, but any review where the reviewer starts by selecting $750 power cables and woffles on about the sound benefits of this ( though he does admit that they make little difference with this amp) loses all credibility.

Peter wrote:

Sorry, but any review where the reviewer starts by selecting $750 power cables and woffles on about the sound benefits of this ( though he does admit that they make little difference with this amp) loses all credibility.

I agree. Strangely enough, searching for 'Audio Magic' (manufacturer using Ice power amps) with Google suggests that they are marketing their own special power cables (and getting rave reviews for them!) I'd have thought that the only real difference you get with any cables is minor differences in voltage drops compensated for by tiny adjustments in volume control or balance.

Well I've been running ICEpower modules for about six years now, and my review is they are simply superb! I started with some DIY amps from Denmark called "BEAST" that had 1000ASP & 500ASP modules and now have 1000ASP's powering my mains and 250ASP's in PS Audio chassis's for the rest of my speakers including my infinite baffle subs.

This reminds me of a recent visit to a very decent audio shop, a big McIntosh dealer.

A salesman told me about how one of his customers could hear the difference between silk and nylon speaker wire hangers. I thought this was rediculous.

evman140 wrote:

This reminds me of a recent visit to a very decent audio shop, a big McIntosh dealer.

A salesman told me about how one of his customers could hear the difference between silk and nylon speaker wire hangers. I thought this was rediculous.

Well, the mind is a powerful thing. Ever heard the term placebo?

And there was me with the attitude that spending any more than £10 for a pair of audio phono leads was a waste of money lol!

Oh no, not again...

The first thing when you test an amplifier is to choose the correct power cable for it ?
And $750 power cables ?
Would that be the last 2 meters, as in the distance from the wall outlet to the amplifier ?
What about the 22½ kilometers to the power plant ?

And the transformers and generators ?

In Copenhagen, we were running on swedish nuclear power for years (until Barsebäck closed down),
I noticed no difference in sound when we switched back to coal.
But OK, I can't say I actually listened for it either...

The worst thing is that those people often try to give the impression that they really know their stuff...

Sorry but that was as far as my reading of the first review went.
From there on, I wouldn't be able to trust a word anyways.
The second review was a bit more reasonable and it leaves no doubt that B&O did good with ICE power.

Martin