it sure went through a lot of componets and wires, so again, why would the last few feet all of a sudden make for massive improvemtns, it all starts off this heavily loaded ckt board, lotsa ative ckts, now when you play it back, you say, teh AC cord will make it better? Or the wall outlet is giving it more space and air....hmmmmmmmmm http://www.akg.com/mediendatenbank2/psfile/datei/22/c414b_xl41136043685e2.pdf