Upgrading

I'd do power cords 1st

It would be really helpful to see your system… you can put photos under your user ID: your virtual system. This allows us to help. Without us knowing your system it is hard to make educated recommendations.

I have been at this for fifty years. My current ranking of importance would be 1) speaker cables, 2) amplifier power cord, 3) other interconnects, 4) other power cords. But, your components mater… the venue (do you have direct power lines?… etc is important. More info would be helpful.

Remove sighted bias and all wire sounds identical. Have someone help you do a blind listening test. You will be surprised by the results!

Jaonb, et al...

To say that all cables sound alike is pure.... choose a derogatory word

Case in point: Over the last month I replaced/updated my entire system’s cables, ICs, PCs and speaker from very well known and well reviewed company, PLUS, some 10 yo+ PCs from a boutique company to Nordost knock-offs from China. Like most of us I proceeded cautiously, first buying just a Odin 2 coaxial cable to replace my Pangea Premier XL ($169). The improvement was not subtle, so I ordered Odin 2 XLRs and power cord, similar improvements, so I followed with 2 robust twisted, but unnamed PCs from same company @ ~ $40 (these for my transport and dac/pre outboard PS- much better than the boutique >$400PCs. Enjoying my vastly improved musical enjoyment, it occurred to me that I should also replace the PC to my CorePower 1800 PLC. This time I ordered a Odin Gold, and the system sounded better still. On well recorded discs I often feel transported to the live performance or recording studio. Sharing this experience with a fellow ’phile, he noted the Odin Gold might not be heavy enough gauge for the PLC and recommended a Chinese PC that is available from Amazon; 10ga single crystal copper, very high quality Rhodium plated plug 1.5m just $45 with 20% discount, shipped in 2 days, compared to the ~ 3 weeks from China!. I decided to try it on the dac/pre PS- absolutely no comparison, so Saturday I ordered another for my transport, which is scheduled to arrive today

On entry level kit one may not notice much, but if your system, sans cables, is $3K +, Im confident you will be highly rewarded

I had your VIRTUAL DYNAMICS POWER ONE power cords in a prior system about 15 years ago.

I was disappointed with them and thankful to ditch them in favour of significant upgrades for two reasons :

- they were bulky and overly stiff and comparatively hard to position in an audio rack

- performance wise, I found them to sound like crap. = Not one of my finer moments in purchases 

FWIW: I have an entire loom of CARDAS CLEAR / CARDAS GOLDEN  REFERENCE power cords that smokes them …. Not even close.

And yes, it is also a full loom array of CARDAS CLEAR XLR/RCA ICs and digital IC with the final speaker cable upgrade in process.

BUT ,,,,and it’s a big “BUT” ,,,, the CARDAS are clear winners by a long shot with the burden of a lot more money spent (…worth every dime IMO …)