Power Cord for NAD M51 and Musical Fidelity A3CR

Milpai and Rich, thank you for your response.

Let me know if anyone else have other recommendations.

For my amplifiers (Prima Luna PL2/ tube, Prima Luna PL5/ tube, and Outlaw RR2150), I use PS Audio Punch . At the time I went the PS Audio route because they offer ground pins which screw out. I had ground loop issues with both Prima Lunas that I could not isolate and disliked having a heavy duty power cord plugged into a cheater plug.

For my Musical Fidelity CD PRE 24 (preamp/ cd player), I use the MF supplied power cord. It is a quality, thick cord and it fits nicely in the back of the component. Not all cords do that.

For everything else I use these NAIM $ 35 stock power cords that Gene Rubin Audio sells on eBay. I purchased a half dozen or so of these cords about 6 or 7 years ago and they work ridiculously well.

In all honesty, I don't know whether power cords widen soundstage, or not. I doubt my less than golden 55 year old ears would have noticed anything like that 20 years ago. I thought that fiddling with speaker placement or buying bigger, badder, speakers widened soundstage. I listen for a quiet background and power cords can affect that.

Rich

Listening to Pretty Thing's 'Parachute' from 1970 while I write this.

That is a lot of budget - good for you.

I recommend the Signal Cable MagicPower Power cord for the Musical Fidelity A3CR Power Amplifier:
http://signalcable.com/magicpower.html

For the NAD M51 DAC + Preamplifier, I recommend the Signal Cable MagicPower digital reference:
http://signalcable.com/digitalpowerHC.html

Discuss these options with Frank Signal Cable. He is a very nice and helpful guy to work with.

I do not have any experience with SR Power Cords.