Purist Audio power cords and cables

Albert, thank you for taking the time and informative writing.
Figuring out what you like is easier than why you like what you do.
When I look at the pictures of those $100k turntables and then at the pictures of Studer decks that sound better than any of them, I think..well I just think that it's too bad that there is very limited number of pre-recorded reel tapes available. I don't think that vinyl was supposed to be an audiophile medium. Good for archive though.

Inna - unless you heard the top Wireworld your statement is subjective. I agree...Cardas was the poorest sounding wire I ever had in my system...and I have Ayre electronics who suggests Cardas.

Stringen .....we all get that you don't like Cardas ....you have made your point numerous times here. For 20 years I have had either close to the top of the line Purist or the top of their line cables in my system and have loved them ...PAD is a great company with great products and Jim Aud is great to work with .....However, I am sonically shocked over the ( new ) Cardas Clear and Clear Beyond cables ......change is not always a good thing in this hobby but I am considering the Cardas cables very seriously in MY system. So....why don't you give them a listen NOW because you obviously are basing your opinions.....on the older models of Cardas which were a little dark, fat sounding ....slow but were always '' musical ''.

I only heard older Cardas, that was enough for me to steer clear of it. However, next time I do a major upgrade - not very soon - which, I think, is going to be either a phono stage or cartridge, I might want to try some other brand. I have always wanted to try Echole cables - hard to find used -, but maybe also Wireworld, Stealth and High Fidelity. Unlikely but perhaps even newest Cardas.
Purist are great, but yeah it's not the only brand. Problem is that I usually advocate one brand throughout the entire system approach. Still, I could try different interconnects between phono and integrated amp leaving Purist Colossus speaker cables alone.
In any case, I believe that generating, proccessing and transmitting the signal are equally important. In this sense, cables are components. Power cords are very important too, but this is something different.

"Problem is that I usually advocate one brand throughout the entire system approach."

I used to think that myself, but find that there is so much variation in the equipment that can't be controlled, it doesn't really matter. I take each connection separately. The only exception, I think, is that if all your equipment is made by the same company. Then its easier to use 1 brand of cables.