Musical Fidelity A5 CD-Player Powercord proposal

For power cords, I have tried a Harmonic Tech Pro AC-11, a VH Audio Flavor 2 (yeah, I know its not recommended for digital), and a Van DenHul Mainstream Hybrid. The Van denHul was the best of the lot, but still not quite satisfying. As an experiment, I switched the Cardas Golden Reference the I had on my amp to the A5 and put the Mainstream on my amp. Bingo. Everything clicked and sounds very very nice. Weird how these combinations can have an unusual synergy.

By the way, Mrtennis is correct; the A5 is not a warm player. It is a very smooth but tonally neutral player. Although it may not have the warm sound that one would expect from a tube CD player, there are moments when I find myself amazed at how natural this player can sound.

Fredrik, to answer your question, I'd say you might be more than happy with the SR cable on your A5. The SR cables have fell out of favor with many because they don't diminish the midrange and highlight the bass and treble the way most of the 'mega gauge' powercables do. If indeed the A5 is neutral (I haven't heard it myself), you might find the SR cable to be a very revealing match.
The SR cables are not recommended if your system is at all forward in the midrange and upper-midrange.
JMHO.

Hello!

I have a SR Resolution Reference AC in my system right know.

It added a warmt to the midrage thats correct but overall, I don´t think it´s that mutch better than my DIY screnned cable! I hade hope for more Room in the Soundstage.

Synergistic made a Huge improvment on my Amp but on drive Im not sure.

My plan B is either Shunyata Taipan Vx or JPS Digital

The Shunyata Taipan Vx is the one I am most interessted in.
Any comments on Taipan

/Fredrik

Fredrik, the Taipan didn't work very well on my front-end gear, it lost too much midrange texture, although it was very smooth up-top. I think I'd be more willing to give the JPS a try. The JPS was very close to my custom-built reference in many ways, but not as uncolored or dynamic sounding.