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Can upgraded power cords help my setup?

I have some KEF LS50 Wireless speakers and decided to use them with a Bluesound Node 2 via a Lifatec optical cable. Can I see a significant and worthy improvement if I swap out my power cords for something like Pangea cords? Do I need the AC 9SE MKII on the speakers or will the AC 14SE MKII be good for each speaker and also the Node 2 (C7?)? Power cords seem to be the only place left for me to tweak the most out of my setup.

Thanks for any input.
asahitoro

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hifijones
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How about this affordable approach? Buy a sturdy 14 or 12-AWG power cord from a retailer that sells guitars, amps and other instruments. Then install a ferrite choke on each end, 6-inches from each connector. Done. Ferrite chokes reject RF and EMI contamination. This is not snake-oil or voodoo science; it’s a proven fact.

Btw I use Nordost power cords but only on certain components...the rest of my gear uses the inexpensive cords that I described above.

hifijones
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@dlcockrum

Quote: BTW - add-on ferrite chokes not only kill the RF/EMI/digital hash (if they do) but also the sound. Try them and see.

What a load of hooey. So you’ll admit that the ferrite chokes will block/filter the harmful effects of RF and EMI but in doing so it makes a generic pc sound worse? Really? The chokes prevent your pc from becoming an antenna for any stray and spurious RF/EMI. And when those chokes perform exactly as they’re supposed to they somehow decrease the potential performance of any given pc? Puh-lese.

I wish I had your golden ears....


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