I have built several cords and used several premade budget cables from AudioQuest, Shunyata and IsoTek. My current favorite, and not by a small margin, is a DIY unit using the new Nanotec #308 "Wonderful" Power Cable and Furutech FI-11 G connectors. I got connectors off eBay and the wire here:
http://store.jaguaraudiodesign.com/nanotec-systems-308-wonderful-power-cable/
The #308 is a new wire made with some metallurgy tricks and is not shielded but I find works equally well with amplifier and digital source. I am currently using with Main Cables R Us linear power supply upgraded with Furutech rhodium IEC outlet, Furutech rhodium fuse and silver DC cable driving an Arcam IrDAC. The Nanotec #308 was a revelation with no apparent weaknesses.
In fact I like the sound of Nanotec continuously cast wires with the silver-gold emulsion so much I’m using their rca interconnects for both analog and digital front ends in my main system.
http://store.jaguaraudiodesign.com/nanotec-systems-308-wonderful-power-cable/
The #308 is a new wire made with some metallurgy tricks and is not shielded but I find works equally well with amplifier and digital source. I am currently using with Main Cables R Us linear power supply upgraded with Furutech rhodium IEC outlet, Furutech rhodium fuse and silver DC cable driving an Arcam IrDAC. The Nanotec #308 was a revelation with no apparent weaknesses.
In fact I like the sound of Nanotec continuously cast wires with the silver-gold emulsion so much I’m using their rca interconnects for both analog and digital front ends in my main system.