10-Sep-2015, 09:20
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has made an interesting ruling on Naim's adverts for its Powerline mains cable:
https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudicat...fE6RShzUog
Probably the most interesting aspect of this is that even a well-established and respected company like Naim could not produce convincing evidence that "mains power had a negative and perceptible influence on audio equipment or that their products could control such an influence."
Naim's claims are pretty mild compared to those of many other manufacturers and I don't know why they were singled out. I actually could hear a benefit when I tried a Powerline in my system...
https://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudicat...fE6RShzUog
Probably the most interesting aspect of this is that even a well-established and respected company like Naim could not produce convincing evidence that "mains power had a negative and perceptible influence on audio equipment or that their products could control such an influence."
Naim's claims are pretty mild compared to those of many other manufacturers and I don't know why they were singled out. I actually could hear a benefit when I tried a Powerline in my system...
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