Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord?

Power Core Technology 1800

The day finally arrived, November 11, 2016. I was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the UPS delivery truck and my long waited for Power Core Technology (CPT) 1800.

The heavy-duty box had some weight to it and I lugged it downstairs to my dedicated music room.

Upon unpacking it, I found the 1800 enclosed in the typical plastic bag, totally surrounded by solid protective Styrofoam of some type along with a supplied power cord.

The 1800 is very solid, well constructed and attractive. It weighs in at 55 pounds and is 11.6” L x 11.6” D x 5” H.

The back of the unit has four duplex receptacles, a rocker on-off switch, a push button reset and main power cord IEC connector.

Out of the box with only a couple of minutes of warm up time I could definitely hear improvement with my music and as time went on the 1800 continued to burn in and is still improving.

I currently have my Transport, DAC and FM tuner plugged into the 1800, while my integrated amp is plugged directly into the wall outlet using the CPT 300 power cord. At a later date I’ll plug my integrated amp into the 1800 also.

The first four days of use I listened to dozens of my audiophile recordings that I always use for the purpose of demonstration and comparison. I noticed a lower floor noise; wider, greater depth and definition of sound stage; increased resolution, including more details; better vocal and instrumental harmony; improved timbre, better attack and decay elements, and bigger deeper bass resolution.

If you were considering some type of power filtration system I would definitely recommend the CPT 1200 or 1800. I believe you will find that it competes with the big boys at a fraction of the cost.

Associated Audio Equipment

Allnic T-1500 300B Integrated Tube Amp

Audio Research Reference CD7 (as transport) or

Music Culture MC 501A CDP or MBL 1531 CDP (as transport)

Yamamoto DA converter YDA-01

Montana EPX Speakers or Von Schweihert dB 99 Speakers with Super Tweeters

Magnum Dynalab MD-106T Analog FM Tuner

Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth

Magnum Dynalab ST-2 Indoor Antenna

Cerious Technologies Extreme Graphene RCA Interconnects on Tuner

HiDiamond 8 Speaker Cable  2.5/M or Cerious Technologies Extreme Graphene Speaker Cables.

HiDiamond Jumper Cables

High Fidelity Ultimate Power cord on DAC

Core Power Technology CPT-300 power cord on Integrated Amp*

Cerious Technologies Extreme Graphene Yellow power cord on CPT 1800; which powers the Transport, DAC, and Tuner

High Fidelity CT-1 Ultimate Interconnect on DAC to Integrated Amp

Cerious Technologies Extreme Graphene Digital Cable*

High Fidelity CT-1 power cord on Transport

2 High Fidelity MC-0.5 in each power outlet

Billy Bags Pro Stand for Audio gear

Custom Acrylic top for TT Stand by Valley Plastic

Porter House AC Outlet

Furutech GTX-D(R) AC Outlets

Cable Risers by Valley Plastic

Audiodharma Cable Cooker Anniversary Edition 3.5 CCGR  

All Power Filtration provided by: Two Extreme Isolation Transformers (5 KVA each) from the main panel into a sub-panel that feeds all AC power into the audio systems. The Extreme Isolation transformers have a huge iron core design, noise suppression is -146 and they weigh 129 lbs. each. The isolation transformers actually sit on three 1-1/2" solid brass audio points that are on top of the cinder blocks and the cinder blocks rest on top of three hockey pucks that are on the concrete floor.

The CPT 1800 is an addition and improvement used in conjuction with my isolation transformers.