Power Cord Revelation

I just put the new bpt L10 --has new oyaide plugs with the same material as my ri oyaide outlets --20a ded line into furman ref 15 IT--took the old L10 and put it on my sub --bass has tightened and bass speed on the sub is better and now is more seemless with my stats-- the first L10 I put on the furman was nothing short of spectacular --great bargain--fast and dynamic --have them on my stats and cdp--will eventually put them on my other furman and amps

i hear difference among all my cables - both ICs and PCs. i think for some i would have no problem telling the two apart, whether in a blind test or otherwise. for example, for a while i used a pair of signal cable silver resolution XLRs. they were fast but had an unmistakable lean sound to them which, although may be beneficial on some systems, was not entirely to my liking. i then purchased and now use a pair of audio quest jaguars. the sound of these cables could not be more different - very warm and full sounding. i think in a blind A/B i would have little difficulty telling the two apart. but that in my experience is not the norm. generally differences are more subtle than that - although still important in terms of overall sound quality, and doing an A/B, as mentioned, often does not show anything other than this - that differences in audio are not and generally never night and day. although i doubt i would be able to pass most blind tests with my cables, i still believe that i can pick out differences - meaningful ones - among and between them.

to further my point. imagine a blind test between two drinks. in the first test, one is milk and the other is water. i guarantee that 100 times out of 100, people will be able to correctly identify which is which, because the differences between the two are so stark. but this is not audio. audio is a blind test between coke and pepsi. although there are clear differences between the two, if a person does many A/Bs back and forth and back and forth, the traits that made each stand out individually start to blur because the two although different are also by their very nature similar.

this is my take on cables and most audio equipment in general.

Tboooe, which power cord are you using on the Esoteric?

If ya can't hear a diff with various power cords... things should be far cheaper for ya.

I do hear diffs with power cords.

I always do blind testing when I get cables from the Cable Co. as they all arrive at the same time, and I can't read the tags on them. Same way with ICs. But that's just me.

it's a good thing I think however, and I'd reccomend people start doing just that... don't look! Just listen... after the initial bloom wears off from the first few days of integration of the ??? cable.

The results from not looking, might well be beneficial.

The one obstacle to all this how long it takes for a cable to run in... and then run in on the component you wish to hear it on... adapters help on the former... paitience and time are the only paths for the latter. I find the second or third session of playing a well run in cable on a particular conponent is about all that's needed... they're usually acquainted well by then.

The caveat is finding "better", as different is always handy. Pluggin back in the existing cable once again is prerequisite before a 'final' decision should be made.

Aural memory is not what I'd depend on when the $$$ is getting up there, and the betterment is succombing to but marginal increments.

my friend brought his Lessloss filter PC to compare my Tara Labs Cobalt PC last week. I was surprised by the performance of Lessloss for its value.
Lessloss is a well balanced PC with articulated/strong bass performance. Overall, my friend and I both still think Cobalt is better, more musical, more presentations, but Lessloss is very close. Considering the price difference of these two PC, I would recommend Lessloss for less budget users.