Power cords

Check out Masterbuilt Reference or Signature if you are looking for more body and weight.

Ptrck887:
You certainly have excellent cables and so what you read from someone else may or may not apply to your system .A few suggestions:

You are going to have to audition any new cords in your system. The Cable Company has the lending library approach to achieve this. Peter Hansen at the Cable Company has always been helpful with me.

Another approach is to discuss your Synergistic Research set of cables and how it sounds with Scott Walker at Scott Walker Audio. He does have more experience with SR products than any other person except for Ted Denney President of Synergistic Research.


A different approach which is straightforward is to try different wall outlets and fuses in the equipment. SR Red outlets sound significantly different than the Black outlets and the Blue outlets. The Red outlet is more forward (but not bright) and has a funkier type of sound. I use a mixture of Red, Black, and Blue outlets in the three systems I listen to.

A final approach is to try the Perfect Technology Omega E-Mats (sold here at Audiogon in the Tweek listings. I am a very satisfied user as are some other Audiogoners. I would suggest trying one at your circuit breaker, one under your amp, and one under the source. You may find that various noise that is poluting all circuits, and in each piece of equipment to be a source of frustration.


The wonderful fact about the E-mats, and Synergistic Research outlets and fuses is that they come with a 30 day return policy. And the are easy to ship and inexpensive to return.


My systems started with older Audioquest products and I changed over to all Synergistic Research systems and I am very content. The fuses, outlets, and E-Mats achieved that final dialing in that many are looking for.


Best wishes for better listening. Consider going to Rocky Mountain Audio Fest , Denver, Colorado October 5-7 and talking with Synergistic Research and Audioquest in person.


David Pritchard 

Thanks David,
Perhaps I should clarify....I am in no way unhappy with the performance of SR cables. They are by far the best I've heard in my system....I'm still internally debating whether they lack body and weight or are just so good at filtering out the hash and fuzz that I perceive something missing.  I have been working with David Weinhart and he has been a great help....I have also spoken with Peter at the Cable Co.....I think he came out of AQ. I'm running all SR Blue fuses throughout although admittedly have neglected the outlets. I do have one SR Black duplex on the mono blocks. I have found the addition of the UEF Panels and dots and especially the Active Grounding Block SE really tightened things up and definitely added some density and weight. I will look into the E-Mats....good call and thanks for the info.

While no one can tell you how power cords will sound in your system I can perhaps suggest that AQ Dragons will NOT give you the change you are looking for.

My system uses a mix of SR (Galileo LE and others) and AQ (Dragon) cables. The latter are used only on my mono block VTL amps. The Dragon's were a recent upgrade from WEL Sig. 

You describe yourself as looking for more "body and weight". While its impossible to know what exactly you mean by this in many cases a sense of body, of "oomph" is associated with low/mid bass (i.e the 60-120 Hz range say). 

In changing from WEL to Dragon I experienced a significant and very audible reduction in this range. Initially it seemed as if the Dragon was "bass shy" but after a short acclimatization period it was clear that the Dragon was resolving a bass boom that the prior cable had exacerbated and that the Dragon was bringing through lower (even sub-bass) tones albeit at a diminished (but mix correct) level.

In other words sub-bass and bottom end of the bass guitar is more accurately rendered, with great tactile detail, but at an apparently lower level -- but a level that does not mask other details.

The real skill of the Dragon is in this trick of unmasking. You may find at first listen that this feels "thin" but give yourself time to work out what is going on. The Dragon is also a very "fast" cable, I don't mean tippy leading edge emphasis but what I mean is its ability to preserve the relative timing of acoustic environmental and artistic intent cues.

However if your system (and in particular) room is not capable of preserving and resolving these cues the effect of the Dragon might seem strident aka the proverbial "silver cable" sound.

So overall while I cannot know I worry that this may not be a good fit if you have optimized your current setup in such a way that you feel in need of a bit more slam and heft ... obviously that is just my experience but hopefully somewhat helpful

I made my own power cords with top of the line Furutech connections.   I've never heard better....tried many pro cables