yes, I have considered all that you have said Melbguy1 about the power cable on the power amp, I will say this, I may or may not one day get a better amp than the one I have, what I am saying david, I will not sale my amp ever, I have over $11,000.00 u.s.d. in a $14,000.00 amp, she will ride off into the sunset with me, whether she is on the main system, or a second system, LOL!, or in the closet, It's a collector to me anyway, David, you should see the stock power cord on this thing, it's huge to be stock, krell had a third party vendor make it, and you guessed it, the power cable is hard wired on the amp from the factory, the cx line is the only amp model in the history of krell they hard wired the power cable to the amp, that's all the cx stereo amps, and the mcx mono blocks as well, the stock power cord on my amp is 9'ft long!, sounds good to me, however I was thinking of some modds for long term, just an idea spinning in my head David, cheers.