Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?

My experience aligns with Tante—the better the power supply design the less important the power cable. I found this out trying different cords with my LTA Ultralinear. It sounded just as awesome with the stock cord as several megabuck cords. David Berning began his work as a power supply designer and his are some of the best in the business.

Whipple Blower (supercharger) kits. My Chevy small block 350 V8 runs fine without one, but better with.

No power cords at all is the bees knees! 🐝 I hopped off the grid four years ago and never looked back. 👀

thyname,

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You are beyond insightful.

I have tried numerous power cables including AudioQuest, ESP, Shunyata and a few others on the Aesthetix Mimas integrated amplifier and none of them were any better than the stock power cord from Aesthetix. In fact, they all negatively impacted the sound.

On other components like the Ayre Codex, Ayre AX-7e and the Ayre EX-8 the AQ Hurricane offered a big improvement over the stock cord. The impact on the DAC was the most notable. I think the only way to be sure is to try it in your system.  Good Luck!