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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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prof
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rvpiano,

I have a vivid imagination, but when comes to music and things aural, I have a pretty good ear.

Then you are well placed to do a blind test.  Of course no one is forcing you to and I don't mean to at all.  What I'm saying is that you are asking if an upscale power cable will perform better than the supplied cable.  If you really want to know, you could try a cable with a return policy and do a shoot out.  Blind testing AC cables are one of the easier tests one can do (in terms of casual home tests).

I've done it before, was easy with a pal swapping them, and the results were quite educational. 

I saved quite a bit of money ;-)


geek101
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@rvpiano lol!, our biases are quite strong, run a test like @prof is suggesting. You may be surprised at the result. Remember to run the experiment few times.
jl35
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I always thought I was biased to Not like the more expensive cable...
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geoffkait
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It’s really great to be free from power cords and blind tests. 
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amg56
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@clearthink I understand that a power cord is a passive device. But if "enhanced" power cords make a "change" to a listener's system, then is supposedly does "something". If a new and expensive P/C makes any change to the power from the wall socket, it's not going to be a good one.

A good P/C from a conditioner may be another thing altogether. It didn't work for me. Maybe my system isn't revealing enough, or needs a few $0,000s worth of tweaking material?  

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