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Power cords at ridiculous prices?

Seems to me there's no shortage of "black magic" out there, people spending $1000 on power cords? If the equipment you own is well designed with hefty power supplies and adequate capacitive filtering on-board, the grunge from the AC lines will be dealt with. I'm not discounting upgrading stock cords with something of a little better quality, but it seems to me spending the equivalent of a mortgage payment, on a piece of wire, makes us audiophiles the subject of ridicule by any reasonable person. Okay, I'll stand back now and take my lumps....
jeffloistarca
schubert
7,386 posts
 
+ ! for the power cords sksos 1  !
   Power cords have done more for every piece of gear I have than anything
else and not by a little bit . Mostly Shunyata and JPS labs .
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
An MIT Magnum AC2 or Oracle AC2 power cord provides the equivalent of not only a great cord, but parallel filter line conditioning/power factor correction and high current delivery!  I have heard an Oracle AC2 make a $2000 integrated sound like high end separates...maybe better!
xti16
1,525 posts
 
The Ansuz DTC power cord is the most amazing power I ever heard. Pretty expensive (@20k for a 2 M retail) but it will bring your system to a new level. Everything sounds more natural with a wider and deeper sound stage.
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audiolabyrinth
4,555 posts
 
Nearly every cable manufacturer has a multi thousand dollar flagship power cord these days. 
taters
1,149 posts
 
Well of course they do. You can't legally counterfeit money but you can make a power cord for 500.00 and charge 10,000. If I had the knowledge about how to make a great power cord I would start a company tomorrow. The profit margin on these products are beyond Insane. If I ever was going to buy and expensive power cord I would buy them from a well known company that has distribution. At least that way you could resell them down the road and get some of you're Investment back. If you buy a cord from one of these obscure companies there may not be a secondary market to resell them. 

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