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Power cord feeding a power conditioner/regenerator


I am waiting for my Purepower APS 3000 to be delivered; it comes (it's the european version; I am from Italy) with a stock power cord with 20A IEC, so I can't use my power cords (Cardas Golden Reference) to evaluate how do they work on the power regenerator in comparison to the stock one.

I should buy a new cable with 20A IEC, or do it by myself buying a piece of a brand cable and the right connectors (Furutech, Oyaide, Wattgate).

Any experience, before I make an useless buy?

Thanks,

Emanuele
biggy79
biggy79 OP
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In this topic http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1318151545&openfrom&1&4#1 David12 tried different power cords on his PP, that's what he said :

" there clearly was a difference ..."

"... I would say there was not as much difference as putting the same cables on the amp or CD player, perhaps that is accounted for by the Pure Power being a regenarator, not a conditioner."

I will post you my impressions whem my Cardas Golden Reference with 20A IEC will arrive.
lloydelee21
1,202 posts
 
Look forward to hearing about your findings! Enjoy!
rlovendale
91 posts
 
Biggy, you never posted your findings once the 20A Cardas GR came in.
biggy79 OP
64 posts
 
Sorry! I really forgot that.
It was more than 4 years ago, but I remember (after a long burn in of the Cardas) better sense of density, richer voices, better mid-bass fullness and bass impact, more harmonics, more real and natural timbre and better dynamics than the stock power cord, with a bit of sparkle typical of the Golden Ref. power cords.

Now I changed house and I made a dedicated line for the Purepower with 10 meters of an industrial, "hospital grade" cable 12 AWG(3,31sq)x3 with double insulation (good for medical UPS), terminated with Oyaide C279 gold plated 20A IEC plug.

No other contacts, a single cable with good gauge from the power panel to the regenerator, only the C279, it makes sense but I could not ever try other solutions here.

I still have an Oyaide SWD-GX gold Shuko wall inlet, I used in the old house, never installed here; I should install an external box for the SWD without cutting the dedicated line and try again an aftermarket cable with 20A IEC.

Before moving from old house I installed the C279 gold 20A IEC on an Oyaide Tunami GPX of mine instead of its C046 gold/palladium IEC, the result was better to my ears in that room than the 20A Cardas G.Ref. : smoother, quieter, more dynamic, powerful sound with better bass impact and no added sparkle.

I think Oyaide Tunami with its impressive gauge (I opened it to install the C279) of 5,5sq (it was difficult to fit in the C279, while its C046 "special edition" have larger holes) is a great solution for regenerators.

I have to try it in my new room.
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