Doing the Power Cord Thing

when looking to buy a power cord for say a amp, how do you know which one to get ?  

 does a company make a power cord to sound a certain way ?

Buy nothing you can't hear value in yourself.


The claim is that power cords can make all sorts of audible effects come out, almost none of which I have experienced. My current thinking on power cables and conditioners is here:

https://inatinear.blogspot.com/2019/04/power-management-for-frugal-audiophiles.html

I think, if you can hear audio cables, their effect is best when power is worst, so my advice is in general to get a good conditioner, and modest power cables.

Just got a shipment from Parts Express to help me clean up my cable. Shrink wrap, Techflex and some tools.


It won't change the sound, but it will improve the color scheme and make me feel a little better about the look.

:)

You could also have saved money by not buying your 507 amp and listened to music on your phone instead. Apples and oranges, comparing the two is pointless.
I certainly don't fault you for building your own power cord, but comparing it to anything that's $2000 is absurd. You could've bought the cord you built from DH Labs for $126.

I bought the 507 because I could hear the value.


I have yet to hear $2,000 worth of value in a power cord.


The con men and the conned.


Also, I never built the cable components purely because I wanted to save $16. I bought it for fun. :)

The $2,000 vs $126 power cord test.

Purchase one each of these cables.  Cut off the EIC ends that plugs into the amp.  Separate and strip the wires.  Plug in each cable, one at a time, placing the striped wire ends on any part of your body.  This test may be performed as a blind test with eyes closed.  

Spend countless hours on A'gon explaining that the results obtained from the $2,000 power cord were far superior to that of the $126 cord.