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Power cords or power conditioner

I’m at a cross roads and I’m looking for some advice from those have have gone down this road. I recently added a 2 channel integrated amplifier to improve my 2 channel performance. I had been using my Datasat LS-10 for music and while it sounded really nice, it was missing the depth and clarity that I know my speakers are capable of. My speakers are KEF Reference 3s, rest of my 2 channel set is is as follows:

Luxman L 509x

Luxman D-03x

Roon Nucleus Plus

Lumin U2 Mini

Transparent Audio Super speaker cables

Nordorst Red Dawn XLR, Blue Heaven USB

Wire World Platinum USB

All power cables are DYI using Oyaide Tsunami V2 cable

So what I feel I am missing is that 3D holographic sound stage. It was there with the Luxman 509 when I demo’d it, but I am unable to get that experience at my house. I feel that majority of equipment is up to the task but I am curious if I should ad a top shelf power condtioner like a Shunyata Triton or Torus AVR20 into the system or replace my Intergrated’s power cord with a Shunyata Alpha NC? I’m getting tapped out, so for now it can only be one or the other.

Or should I skip the above and focus on room treatments?

wheelndeal1099
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holmz
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… I think that we can conclude that you should buy your power cables, conditioners and regenerators with the ability to try and return if they don't meet your expectations.  Also, you must be willing to spend big money …

And some that reach differing conclusion.

I’ll agree that if you buy one make sure you can return it.

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thyname
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I’ll agree that if you buy one make sure you can return it.

 

OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!! Thank you so much for your purchase approval! 🙄. Nobody should buy anything without your blessing 🤦‍♂️🙄

juanmanuelfangioii
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@holmz I never plug my amplifiers into power conditioners. 

 

One thing that the power cord crowd likes to spruik is that the power cord lets the current in faster to fill up the capacitors in the power supply.
How is a surge protector going to allow that?

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holmz
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OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!! Thank you so much for your purchase approval! 🙄. Nobody should buy anything without your blessing 🤦‍♂️🙄

@thyname I see you are getting vexed again.

I actually was @vonhelmholtz suggestion to make sure it is returnable that I quoted.

So the OP has von H and myself in violent agreement on that part, even though we are coming at it from two differing perspectives.

Maybe the OP does not wish to hear that advice, but I do not need to seek your approvals to reiterate Von H’s sage advice.

If you want to urge the OP to get a cable without a return policy then you’re free to that… Don’t feel you need to get my approval first, just opine on his cord decision questions… just chuck what ever is germane to the OP’s topic, which coincidentally, a swipe in my direction is straying off of the question and appears like some personal beef, or you are getting too emotionally vexed when reading sage advice.

let it go….
just let it go…

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holmz
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@holmz I never plug my amplifiers into power conditioners

Yeah @juanmanuelfangioii me either.
Many of them do not are more for the front end gear anyhow.

I seem be under the impression that you have quite stack of equipment, but I am not sure that is correct. If there is a certain amp that responds well to a cord, or doesn’t, then that would be kind of useful if one was putting together sort of spreadsheet for amps and cords.

And a similar deal for front end gear and power conditioners… or front end gear and cords also seems like it would be an aid.

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