Doing the Power Cord Thing

I wish you well in your quest because you can save a fortune making your own cables. I made one for my new Dac a couple of years ago and was very surprised at the quality of it. I then put it up against a JPS Kaptovator that I had and found that I prefered the new one, it had more "life" about it.When I totted up the cost of each I was most surprised, the Kaptovator was£1,500 and the made up cable was £475 with the addition of an SR Blue fuse in each. I have now been going through my system and replacing the existing power wires with my made up ones. Oh and as an aside I have managed to recoup what I spent on the new ones by selling the old ones and getting more than I paid for the components of the new ones.

If nothing else, at least you can make custom lengths to help keep the routing neat.

Eric, what power cord does the Luxman 507ux come with, including wire gauge, or does it come with a power cable at all?

Hi @lak 
I had to go look, I never took it out of the box. It comes with a standard looking 14 gauge, 2 pin cable. That's a little interesting, meaning the unit is double insulated, and does not legally require a ground, and therefore, no ground loops!

I will be using a 3 pin to 3 pin set up. The Luxman won't connect the ground, but since this is a shielded cable that benefit will still apply.

@erik_squires, thanks for the information. I guess I should also ask what power cord are you currently using before to make the DIY power cord?