Hearing is believing?........power cables.......

Todd - Since you have the KLE Innovations RCA’s on an existing IC, I would encourage you to try them on a Helix geometry.

I had originally installed the Silver Harmony onto a pair of Stager Silver Solids - a great commercial Tight-twist IC for a really good price. The Harmony RCA’s elevated the Stager’s to another level of performance.

But my experiments with the Helix got the better of me. The Helix V is the culmination of about two years of development and listening. Its predecessors employed CAT5/6 - so you could start there.

The greatest attribute of the Helix V is their ability to recreate the venue space around the artist - and also me - the listener.

A comment from my neighbor - "so how many speakers do you have hooked up?"
- Needless to say he was amazed at the answer. 

I’ve stopped listening for bass depth, control, clarity, etc. - all the traditional metrics - I now listen for - reality and sense of space.

Unfortunately one IC is unable to accomplish this completely on its own - but replacing the IC between your main amp(s) and pre-amp is a great place to start.

You are well on your way with the PC’s - now you’ve done that, the IC’s will allow your components to really show their stuff!. If your experience is anything like my own - you are in for a treat.

I hope this post has peeked your curiosity (shame on me) :-)

One other factor that can impact the sound of these cables is the listening room and any applied treatments - which may well require some tweaking.

As before - keep me posted - especially if they don’t pan out as expected.

Cheers - Steve

Hey hddg:

I assume I am the uneducated "troll" you are referring to in your recent post. I do disagree with the premise that an expensive power cord is going to improve the audio performance of a component. I chose to state that opinion here. I believe that I have the right to politely disagree - without you, for no other reason than that I disagree, referring to me as a troll.

Todd - if you do try the CAT5/6 Helix version
- use two twisted pair (i.e. 4 conductors) for the Neutral - leave twisted
- one twisted pair for the "floating shield" and only connect it at the source end - leave twisted
- one single piece of CAT5/6 conductor for the signal conductor (i.e. one strand, not a twisted pair)

That should give you some great results for very little outlay

Once you are convinced and want to step up - follow the formula on my web site

I’ve tried several permutations but having a thicker gauge neutral seems to pay dividends - but I’m not sure why yet.

Regards...

I could hear a difference after installing each of four tweaks: cleaning connections, new power cord, new receptacle, new fuses.  This leads me to think it's possible that I hear a difference because I'm listening for a difference.  It's not that i have an expectation of improvement, but that possibly my state of listening has changed.  I'm not being snarky, and I did say it is "possible," and I'm keeping all the tweaks.  Just saying that this might contribute to the experience that "everything makes a difference."  Somewhat like the washed car drives better.  Perhaps, "Personal attention to a system produces heightened appreciation of its performance." I could be wrong, which is okay because I like taking care of my system and hearing the results.

It's become a bit of a stretch when we, who do hear a difference, have to go to great lengths to mollify those who don't. 

I get it. Taking the high road and all but....