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Ching Cheng Power Cords

Does anyone know a source for purchasing ching cheng power cords?

I want to buy a reliable 14 or 16 gauge power cable, but have read enough information that I don't want to spend the money for a boutique or audiophile cable. Nelson Pass ships his amps with this brand of cable, so I figured that's a good enough testimonial for me.

Unfortunately I can't find a way to buy them (their website appears to be made for commercial buyers).

Thanks for any help.
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rlwainwright
1,904 posts
 
Lots of folks like the Pangeas. I recently purchased 3 power cords from Monoprice.com and they are well-built 14 gauge cords. 10 ft. cords were $4.88 ea. and 6 ft. cords were $3.33 ea.

Great cords, great price, and Monoprice had 'em to my door within 1 week. I am quite satisfied, they are doing a great job getting the juice from the wall to my amps and my Oppo BDP-93. I see no reason to pay more than I did...

http://www.monoprice.com/Search/Index?keyword=14awg+power+cord

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acman3
4,250 posts
 
http://www.stereophile.com/content/silent-source-cabling
dkarmeli
334 posts
 
We have 16 gauge Ching Cheng Power Cords in stock, contact me off-line for pricing and information.
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dragon1952
181 posts
 
"Also, for your reading pleasure: www.audioholics"

Yep, you can find an article on the internet to back up just about any viewpoint you want on any subject you can think of. Just because it appears in print doesn't really mean much other than it's one person's opinion. Many have learned to experiment for themselves but I guess if you'd rather just base what you purchase on opinions then just pick one and go with it and more power to you (no pun intended...ha ha)
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cal3713 OP
1,421 posts
 
I'm not saying it's impossible that power cords matter,
just that their argument makes sense, and given limited
funds, I'm happy to settle on an adequate product. The
Ching Cheng power cords are not only less expensive than
the cheapest audiophile cords, they're also good enough
that Pass is willing to ship them out with $10,000 amps.
If they made equipment sound bad, that simply wouldn't be
the case.

At this point, faced with the option of only
experimenting with the absolute cheapest audiophile cords
and 1000+ different opinions about which cords are
good/real/fake/snake oil, I'm happy to settle on a known
quantity backed by a reasonable argument (made by someone
who should be motivated to say that the cable does
matter; i.e., a cable manufacturer). That said, if I woke
up every day with another $3k in the bank, I'd happily
experiment with some top end PCs.

It's funny that people attack such an attitude.

And here, to balance out the thread (for your reading
pleasure):

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/powercords.html
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