Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
Chuck Harris wrote:
Mostly true, the biggest advantage to oxygen free copper is in applications
where the cord gets daily flexing, think of all the times you have found
a broken spot in the cord on an iron, vacuum cleaner or shaver. With
oxygen free
wire, it is supposed to last longer.

Of all the vacuum cleaners and shavers I have ever owned, don't think I
have ever found a broken spot on the cord. If fact, the cord usually
outlast the device.

That's probably because you take care of the cord. Although actually most
of the vacuum cleaner cord failures are at the connector ends, and are
usually because SOME people unplug the thing by pulling on the cord and
eventually weaken the connection at the plug.

Oxygen free is just for the audiophools to spend outrageous amounts of
money on for nothing.

You'd be surprised how much commercial cable today is OFC. They might not
advertise it, but if you're buying cordage today it's almost certainly
made with OFC material.
--scott
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