Meh. What does Nelson Pass know?
Power cords or power conditioner
I’m at a cross roads and I’m looking for some advice from those have have gone down this road. I recently added a 2 channel integrated amplifier to improve my 2 channel performance. I had been using my Datasat LS-10 for music and while it sounded really nice, it was missing the depth and clarity that I know my speakers are capable of. My speakers are KEF Reference 3s, rest of my 2 channel set is is as follows:
Luxman L 509x
Luxman D-03x
Roon Nucleus Plus
Lumin U2 Mini
Transparent Audio Super speaker cables
Nordorst Red Dawn XLR, Blue Heaven USB
Wire World Platinum USB
All power cables are DYI using Oyaide Tsunami V2 cable
So what I feel I am missing is that 3D holographic sound stage. It was there with the Luxman 509 when I demo’d it, but I am unable to get that experience at my house. I feel that majority of equipment is up to the task but I am curious if I should ad a top shelf power condtioner like a Shunyata Triton or Torus AVR20 into the system or replace my Intergrated’s power cord with a Shunyata Alpha NC? I’m getting tapped out, so for now it can only be one or the other.
Or should I skip the above and focus on room treatments?
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@wheelndeal1099 , try a demo of 1.5 or 2m quality USB cord. You might be surprised at the results…. No matter the vendor they always say that their products cannot be improved on. Best policy is to try for yourself, ideally with a blind test so it is objective, and see what you hear. Power cables can help improve soundstage depth, but I agree they shouldn’t be your first focus to address this issue though.
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Correct. Almost always. Yet, if you encounter them in audio shows, various in-house demonstrations, at dealers, etc. etc.... you will never find them hooked up to $2 junk power cords, or colored (also junk) interconnects, or lamp cords for speakers.
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Excerpt from the Pass Labs XA30.8 manual…
Hey even in the older .5 series the manual stated the exactly the same as the X.8 series manual I cited above. I have owned both the .5 and the .8 series Pass amps and each amp reacted to power cord changes. Just curious…what is your source for this information? Link us to the article where Pass says he doesn’t think aftermarket cords make a difference. The “quote” you posted says nothing about that and just translates to the capabilities of the stock cord to adequately power the amp What’s your personal experience with pass amps and aftermarket cords? If you have none you’re just theorizing.
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