Who has tried all these power cords?

FIM Gold is stiff and unwieldy, but, yes, superb: increased focus, bass control, detail, dynamics, absolute focus, and very open. Nicely constructed. What do FIM Golds sell for used? Why are people selling them?

Slawney- You're absolutely correct about the FIM being stiff and unwieldy. They take me an average of 20 minutes to bend into shape! As for the reasons why someone would sell them, well I'm sure that the reasons number almost as many as the cords for sale. The main reason I'd suspect is the attempt to adjust system tonality through the exchange of power cords. Mixing and matching is fun, though it can be expensive. I used to do that too. I'm now more willing to adjust other things in my system (speaker positioning, room treatments, NOS tubes, coupling caps, power supply modifications, and finally interconnects and/or speaker cables)to facilitate improvements rather than the power cords. As for the price of used FIM power cords, their list price is not outrageous in comparison to other top level power cords. I'm not saying they're inexpensive, but most of the top competition is in the $2400 to $8000 range. In relative terms, their performance (in my system) vs price seems quite reasonable. Just my opinion.

I've had all the mentioned with the exception of the whale. The FIM Gold was the best sounding in my system. It is indeed, stiff and unwieldy, but if you've got the space and patience, well worth it. I have recently however gone to TG Audio PC's, which in my system bested anything I've yet tried. Loooong breakin, but worth it. And they're all of about $300, for those of you looking for the best bang for the buck. I outfitted my whole system for the price of 1 Cobra or FIM Gold. Price excluded, they sound better than anything I've yet had in my system.