Has anyone tried the Audience Forte F3 power cord?

Hi Jim - I have 2 of the Forte F3's in my house. Jim McDonald sent them to me a couple months ago and unfortunately I just haven't had the time to listen to them extensively. I'll try to do that this weekend and get back to you. 

I've been using some of the older Audience powerChords for years, and lately have been using the powerChord SE-i which is superb (review also pending). My first impression of the Forte was that it wasn't as full, refined and harmonically complete as the powerChord, which is to be expected at 1/4th the price, but it was pretty nice, much much better than an $80 Pangea I have lying around, or an expensive older Cardas cord for that matter. For an Audience cord, it is a little brighter and airier-sounding. However it is not broken in yet so I expect that to change a bit. 

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TAWW
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Thanks taww,

I’ll be looking forward to your review.

JD

taww - I tried one and my observations are similar to yours.  I am running it in some more and will give it another try.

The brightness may be due to the unplated brass used in the connectors.

I also wonder which $1200 power cord in the above review the f3 was " ... better [than] in nearly every category right out of the box ...".

@maxima95 who knows about the $1200 cord, but I don’t think it matters all that much. Price-quality correlation is largely a crapshoot with these things. :) If it’s a highly-regarded cable that many people can vouch for, that’s a different matter.

Good call about the brass. My friend is playing with different connectors and was shocked how different they sound, e.g. Wattgate vs. Cardas copper/rhodium, with the same wire.

And apologies to JOHN McDonald for getting his name wrong... it’s been a long week at work. :)

BTW the "brightness" of the Forte is relative to the ultra-smooth powerChord, or a Cardas cord. It's definitely much less bright than the Pangea.