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New power cord needed for speaker with powered subwoofer?

I just bought GoldenEar Triton 1 speakers.
They have built in subwoofers self powered with 1800 watts.
My question is would they greatly benefit from new brand name power cords?
Or do you think the power cords designed for them suffice?
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amg56
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It's best to remember that if you are not using a power conditioner, ie just plugging into a wall socket without conditioning, you are restricted to what the electrical feed is from that socket. A fancy power cable isn't going to enhance what comes out of the wall. In fact it may amplify the bad stuff.

I would recommend buying a power conditioner or regenerator before new cables.

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@rvpiano Have you tried a statically sound testing procedure?.  You have to have someone not tell you which cable is used and play the same track/track section over an over again in the same room at same SPL level and collect data. And if you could discern the difference and stay at or above 3 standard deviation from a coin toss (the mean) that would be something. A large sample is important to get good result.


 
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Amg56,

 I have an Isotek Orion power conditioner with Isotek power cord.
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Rvpiano,

Yep, me too! It's all I use now. I did purchase an extra Isotek cord to use from conditioner to the amplifier, but having swapped the standard to the Isotek and back, I could barely notice the difference, if at all. Maybe my hearing isn't as sharp as other's.

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There is no benefit in substituting an "audiophile approved" power cord to your sub.
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