Power cords at ridiculous prices?

South43, I agree, I love my Chang, but don't use it for the power amps............Highwayman, I don't doubt that optimizing your house wiring and circuitry is a huge benefit, but there's no need in saying it's a "must" BEFORE you even try a highend cord. Also, my Chang is indeed a power filter, but it is NOT active, so this idea that filters must be active, to be effective, is in error. I'm all for the performance the PS units allow, but they consume far too much power for me right now, and cost too much. I'll get a used one sometime, perhaps. I don't think any of you would believe the performance I'm getting from what I've got anyway, though, so I won't waste my time trying to explain.

Onhwy,let me reword my previous post, the reason good AC cords improve the sound is by various means they "enhance" the performance of a components power supply over using stock cord. Let me be more specific, they improve the "dynamic" delivery of current by using high purity conductors(silver, 6N copper etc), improved connectors each end, superior soldering or fusion etc.....but most important they control and filter electro-magnetic fields created by current in the "critical" 6ft leading up to component by using various techniques......that is why some of these cables are 2 inches or more in diameter.....the manipulation of these variables results in different sounds various AC cords have, I don't think it is hype, I hear significant differences, BTW I have no electrical background, I just try things and listen, regards Sam

I saw this thread I have a high fidelity helix cord so that makes me a nut!

I am old enough to remember when speaker cables were 18 gauge lampcord and interconnects were the cheap vinyl-insulated RCA cables bought at Radio Shack.  I also once thought that buying 10 gauge Monster Cable for $1 per foot and gold-plated interconnects for $15 was outrageous and that I was gullible for buying them.  Now I have High Fidelity cables that cost over $10K each and have bought special vinyl pressings that cost hundreds of dollars each, not even mentioning what I have paid for components.  We have paid a price for improved technology and I certainly am guilty of supporting the exponential increases in costs to be in this hobby.  I am also not sorry I have done so given the major improvements in sound.  It seems as though what is just out of reach financially sounds absurd to us.