Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet?


I am curious about improving my sound with power cable upgrades.

At present, I'm using a setup which Almarg (RIP) used and which he recommended to me:

Wall outlet (hospital plug)
Audience Adept Response-ar2p power conditioner
Wiremold strip w/ Shunyata defender

I use Pangea AC 9 SE and AC14 SE cords, at present.

This setup has been quiet and hum free. 

Still I'm curious about whether better power cables might make some improvements, here or there.

The question is, whether any improvements a power cable could bring would be blunted or nullified by the setup I'm presently using.

Any thoughts?

Those who say power cables never matter, please go watch a cute cat video instead of posting here, please.



 

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@thyname Yes, I did. I’m sure he’s considering that I want to begin in a way that does not break the bank and I appreciate him being sensitive to the "sticker shock" some may experience with this aspect of a system. That said, I can imagine that if an F3 was not significantly better than my Pangea, there’d be little which I would hear that would make me wish to keep it.

Experimenting is the only way forward, but it needs to be an experiment that, as some have said here, tries something significantly better or it won’t be worth it. Is the F3 significantly better than the Pangea SE9 Mk II, which uses Cardas copper?

That’s why I said "hmm."

@audphile1 You skip over the $180 cable and go for the $1500 cable. I want to party with you -- no stops on this train. This is the Express! ;-)

Hahaha. 
All jokes aside, going from one sub-$200 cable to another will get you very little ROI if any at all. I’d go for a used Audience AU24se power cord. StudioOne is a replacement for it that uses different connectors. The older se is a great cable. No need to spend $1500.