New Pangea Audio AC-14 XL Power Cord

St I'm with you.

The 14 series I Use with my dac and preamp hit the sweet spot for
performance quality and value. Some day I may try the Pangea. 9 series
which is the model designed for use with power amps.

Not a big believer in spending huge $$$ on power cords, I just acquired the Pangea AC-14XL. I have power conditioning throughout my system, which is comprised of customized vacuum tube equipment, including a pair of 805 SE amps. I have some vintage name brand power cords supplying the main power to the conditioners, and SoniClear, cryo treated, power cords supplying all the other gear. The SoniClear cables were reasonably priced and a nice upgrade over stock. In comes the 14XL into the preamp. All else remained the same. To say I was surprised is an understatement. The sound literally exploded (but very smoothly) into my room. I had no idea that my SE amps could make such low bass. My Von Schwiekert speakers are capable of going very deep into the nether regions. I put on cut 6 from The Gladiator CD and was astonished that my system, particularly the amps, could produce the low bass that it did. Improvements are not just in the bass, but I can't get into all of those now. I have had the cord for about two weeks and I think I am still hearing changes (for the better). Given its gauge, I would not use these on power amps.

I got the ac14 and the xl cables and wasn't happy with the performance. The bass was too boomy and one of the connectors wasn't fitting snugly into the source device. I understand these cables are made for audio advisor and don't compare to other brand like shunyata. I replaced the Pangea cables with shunyata cables. Big difference.
My system has the Wilson sasha, bryston 4bsst2 and 26 pre. Nad m50 music server and wired 4 sound Dac 2, oppo 105.

Jm,

Yes, the 14s I have are well built and bulky. I had to manipulate them somewhat at first to stay attached securely in my small light DAC units, but once I did initially no problems since.

Regarding the sound, the bass was cleaner and more articulate and perhaps a tad lighter accordingly.

I would not judge the change in any single case as a knock on the product. part of it is what did it replace and how the sound changes accordingly. Like any change that affects teh sound, the changes may not all be positive in any particular case alone. Other tweaks might be needed to get things to sound exactly right to the only one who matters, the listener.

So I would not designate the 14s as inherently "boomy" or inherently good or bad in all applications.

In my particular case, I would merely say that the product worked exactly as advertised, which is the best one can hope for. It is also quite substantial in form and comes off as a good value for the asking prices. YMMV.

I gave the AC-14 XL a try for 30 days. My impression is it's not a significant upgrade over the AC-14SE; which is the great bang for your buck cable.