about to jump into the power cord foray

COngratulations on getting a few good cords and "hearing the difference".

At the risk of vastly oversimplifying the above discourse, it seems to me that the more resolving your system, the more you will hear sonic differences in ICs, PCs and SCs. The "non-believer" camp will usually have non-resolving gear, and thus ICs, Pcs, etc will all sound pretty much the same to them, thus perpetuating their "waste of money" diatribes and Home Depot power cords.

Those with more resolving gear usually CAN hear the differences, because their systems allow them to, plus at some point they have probably been guided as to how to "hear into" the music, which is where lots of the enjoyment lies.

In other words, each side's arguments become self-perpetuating due to their particular approaches to "putting together a system". Sometimes this might be a function of money spent, but not necessarily so. "Resolving" doesn't require lots of money, just a good synergy between components, in most cases. The best advice is to put the cord into your system and listen for yourself. IF you have a fairly resolving system and a good ear, you will probably hear a difference, either positive or negative. Just my $.02

Hi guys,

I have just changed my Nordost Valhalla power cords to a cord made by a lithuania company called lessloss and I want to tell you that the sound is now truly amazing yes right out of the box. More bass, more presance, bigger sound stage, more transparancy, more definition, I hear things that I did not hear before I am just so impressed and amazed
that I want to tell everyone -
Please do yourself the best thing you ever did and visit www.lessloss.com and write to Louis Mortek

many thanks

paul

The Nordost power cords start at $159.99 (Magus 1 meter) and boy oh boy do these cables make an audible difference! The Vishnu at $659.99 (2-meter) or $549.99 (1-meter) is the sweet spot in this line-up, in my biased opinion. Anyone with even average ears can hear the improvements in image width, depth and overall separation in just a matter of minutes. Even if you just use one going to your power distribution unit. I wouldn't have believed this 1 year ago but I do now. I say nix the SJ-type cable do-it-yourself route, however, since doing that myself for my Mac 30's made very little difference. I used high quality hospital grade male plugs, too. I don't think the SJ type cable is high quality enough plus it's stranded cable. Solid core seems to work better (like the Nordost cables, which also extrude silver over the copper solid wire). Try good power cords on loan from your local dealer over one weekend and you'll become a believer too. Amazing stuff!

I have found the same results in rolling power cords in my system.
Everything just seems quicker, tighter, and more detailed.
Unfortunately, I have tried several different cords on my Rotel 1093, and cannot equal the performance of its stock cable.
I can't understand it.
Everything I have tried (Xlo, Zu, Miova, Audioquest, ect.) has not equaled the perfomance of the stock cord.
Amps, pre-amps, conditioner, ect. I have noticed a difference, digital has been a real problem for me.

Congrats on your new cables, no turning back now.

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Jump Jump!!