I’m transitioning from Shunyata power cords to Nordost Brahma, because the power cords don’t have that issue that the speaker cable and interconnects have. The Nordost power cords are pretty full, although not as full as say, Shunyata’s power cords - at least up until the Cobra Zi-Tron, which was the first cord to show a weaker (as in less weight) in the bass. I still have a Python Helix Alpha and also a ZiTron Alpha, and both are fuller in the bass than the Cobra. Why do you think they released the Alpha line in such quick succession? It wasn’t time for their 3 year supply to have run out. It was the feedback, first mentioned in The Audio Beat Review. And when the midbass goes, the body and solidity of instruments go (that solid imaging that made the WATTS so famous. Their midbass range, especially with Puppies.)
So, bo1972 is correct. I argued with Harry a few times about this, but he was a pigheaded guy…until the Odin showed up and only THEN did he acknowledge in TAS that the Valhallas were like "the best solid state"…and that he’d never have described them as "threadbare," but "now, I’m deeply chagrined to have to say that that’s exactly how I feel about them." So, I’d go with the power cords first, then the speaker cable. I can say that the Frey 2 I bought and kept for a while was quite good, but because the Shunyata ZiTron was anchoring the PS Audio conditioner, the Frey sounded less powerful than it should have. Well, that’s about to end: I’m waiting for a Brahma to arrive. Now my system has shifted so all the interconnects are Frey 2 and the 2 power cords are Brahma. The only thing that Shunyata is the Cobra ZiTron speaker cables, which I’ll keep for a while and compare to the Frey 2 my dealer has, now that the system is anchored by a Brahma. Should be an interesting experiment.