Differences in Audioquest Storm series (Thunder, Tornado, Hurricane)

my gut feeling is that the change in power cord on sub...if sufficient power was delivered with stock....that there would be no change.  My Vandersteen stock is as good as any of the high priced spread power cord.

saleh84,

Why don't you try your current powercords on your subs? 

Ricerd1,

Wish i have 2 extra cables of firebird, hurricane and tornado to try them out on the subs. But don't have any and need my current firebird cables to power the main components itself. 

From a humble experience in the past, changing from Thunderbird to hurricane on my amplifier changed the bass nature and texture. So my concern is for a subwoofer it would be the same. I don't believe there is a single audio component which is immune to change in sound when power cord is changed, no matter how small the change could be, it would be present.

I was hoping for a feedback from someone who actually tried both tornado and hurricane on active subwoofers. 

Stringreen, thank you for your thoughts, but i advise you to try different cords just out of curiosity. Its not just a matter of gauge and sufficient power delivery. All storm series from audioquest has same gauge, but varying metal type and its surface finish create huge differences in SQ. I wish to understand the science behind this, but for now I'm certain its true without knowing why...!

saleh84,
You can temporarily replace the FireBird power cords with stock power cords and put them on your subs.  I've had Thunders, Tornados,  Hurricanes,  and Dragons in my system. I would choose Hurricanes because in my opinion they provide deeper bass and compared to Dragon's are reasonably priced. 

Really?  I haven't found that to be the case.  I'm a long time dealer so grain of salt, but I'm using a Dragon HC on my Niagara, Dragon Source on the preamp and Hurricane HC on my amp.  I find the Hurricanes to be a great value, if you can use that term in this context, but for me the difference between Hurricane and Dragon Hc is all positive, including the bass.  Garth, the designer, feels the same way.  Not to insult you at all but you are using the HC Dragon and not the source on an amp or Niagara, right?  The Source on all of them actually sound better than their HC counterparts if used on appropriate pieces.  Incidentally this is all on my personal system, not demo stuff.