Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner?


Hi,

Just a simple question I hope.   I have the Furman Elite-15 Power Line Conditioner.    Should I use the stock power cable to connect the Furman to the electric outlet or should I try to use a high quality 3rd party power cable?   Will it improve the sound if I do?

Would like hear your experience.   

Thanks very much.

128x128xcool

@williewonka, thanks for the recommendation on Zavfino.  Will definitely check it out.

@ghdprentice, you are correct that I'm actually pretty happy with my current system.  In fact I recently upgraded a couple of IC and they have made a huge difference.  Do you remember your participation in this thread that I started a couple of months ago?

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/which-interconnect-cable-to-upgrade-first  

Also, thanks to your suggestion on tube amps on that thread, I had decided to do some research, and just placed an order on a Cary SLP-05 tube preamp at a pretty good sales price.   Now I can't wait to listen to it.  

@mike_in_nc,  thanks for your thoughtful comment.  Like I mentioned in my previous post,  upgrading power cords in my system does not seem to make much of a sound improvement so far.  That's why I was curious if upgrading the power cord of my line conditioner will make a difference.

OP, after rereading the string I remember it. I have a terrible memory for names, and none for user IDs. Congratulations on the Cary. Hope you do a great summary like you did with your cable experience. That kind of thing helps everyone.

Over the last 30 years I have experimented with all sorts of power cables.

1. their impact on sound quality in terms of transparency and attack is significant.

2. Their performance can be significantly enhanced by using contact enhancers from e.g. Caig, Acoustic Revive or Mad Scientist Audio

3. In highly resolving systems solid core OCC cables tend to outperform Litz- based cables, particulary on leading edge and reverb. My favorite here are the Acoustic Revive and upper end Nordost cables.

4. Before overspending on power cables I would focus on having a dedicated spur with good power points such as Furutech, Acoustic Revive.

Enjoy the music

@xcool 

I found in my system power cords used on power conditioner make a difference. What difference are you looking to make, what exactly are you trying to improve?

Type of power cord and type of design, conductors and connectors all matter. 
So what’s the objective?

@audphile1 

I was just curious if it's necessary to use an upgraded power cord for the line conditioner.   Since the job of the line conditioner is to supposedly generate 'clean' power,  why bother using an expensive power cord to feed it 'dirty' power.   That is my thinking, and that is why I posted this discussion.

Just like many other topics in this forum,  there are different opinions around this topic, so I guess I would have to try it and find out myself.   I was hoping not to spend the money if I don't need to.

BTW.  I posted this question to Furman support, and never heard back.  Oh well.