Question for Acrolink / Mexcell power cord owners ; especially the 7N PC 9900 model

Good afternoon Stereo5 and thank you for your response as I knew that there just had to be somebody out there that has used these cables and especially the power cords. I just retired and the Grandioso was my personal gift and I was told that I should get an Esoteric / Acrolink power cord for this CD player. I have obviously heard of Acrolink but I have never heard the cables. If you could ; impart your sonic opinion of what you think these cables sound like as that would be a great help to me. I just hope that they are not strident or too analytical as that is not the direction I want my system to lean to. Also, The Cable Company does not have any for loan.

@garebear ,

Congratulations on retirement and the Grandioso, it is the top tier of Esoteric. The Acrolink cables are very special. I will say after installing the power cord and interconnects, my bass was even tighter than it had been and there was a richness to the sound that wasn’t fully there before. I do not like analytical and the Acrolink doesn’t fall into that category. I wish I could afford to wire my entire system with them but the cost would be astronomical.   I tried the Cable Co. but found it to be a waste of time.  I bought mine used from here.  I bought the power cord from Perotta Consulting and the interconnects from a store in Canada.  The digital cable came from a private seller here.

I just saw this thread. I rarely visit the Cable thread these days and mostly hang out on the Amp and Speaker threads. I don’t have experience with the 7N PC9900 which I believe is the top of the line Acrolink cord. However, I do have the older PC9700 and PC8100.

I just love what the Acrolink cords do in my system. I would recommend to try at least one of the Acrolinks in the system. They surely do not sound strident or analytical. Their house sound is rather warm, smooth and full-bodied with a nice airy tube-like glow in the treble. The Acrolink cords made all my cheaper cords sound grainy and harsh in comparison (Supra Lorad, Wireworld Elektra 7 etc.)

The latest PC9900 should be an improvement over the PC8100 and 9700. Based on my positive experiences with the 9700 and 8100, I suspect the 9900 would have a higher chance of bringing satisfaction rather than disappointment.

A note is these Acrolink cords are rather stiff and cannot be bent into a small radius.

Good luck.

Just to add. Apart from the power cord, the quality of wall outlet will also matter. In my system, the Furutech GTX-D NCF combined with the Acrolink cords truly elevated my system to a higher level of performance.