Dac or Power regen, which gets the better cable?


I have fairly decent power cords on all my components (Virtual Dynamics). I have a new PC coming in which will allow me to swap a better power cord out on either my DAC or PS audio regen. Which would it make most sense to put the better PC on? My brain is sayin the DAC…thoughts?

128x128jl1ny

Although I’m guilty of not following the recommendation, it’s been suggested that the source first in terms of PC’s, then preamp > amps, > power regenerator (or similar) afterwards. 

As I say, I’m guilty of reversing this. Just installed new PC’s on my preamp and amps, now need to get new/better for the DAC and the CD transport. SOTA TT has its own power supply. What got better I’m sure will get even more so when the sources PC’s are replaced.

@bkeske 

I thought about going to the streamer but I’m thinking the Dac would benefit more from a higher grade PC since it has a giant power supply (Denafrips Terminator).

@jl1ny 

I would agree with that. I have an Aries II, and that will be my next piece to get an updated PC.