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Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet?

I am curious about improving my sound with power cable upgrades.

At present, I'm using a setup which Almarg (RIP) used and which he recommended to me:

Wall outlet (hospital plug)
Audience Adept Response-ar2p power conditioner
Wiremold strip w/ Shunyata defender

I use Pangea AC 9 SE and AC14 SE cords, at present.

This setup has been quiet and hum free. 

Still I'm curious about whether better power cables might make some improvements, here or there.

The question is, whether any improvements a power cable could bring would be blunted or nullified by the setup I'm presently using.

Any thoughts?

Those who say power cables never matter, please go watch a cute cat video instead of posting here, please.



 

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emergingsoul
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I use a Transparent power isolator, which is sort of like a conditioner,only better as is it doesn’t restrict anything.

And I use quality power cables from transparent. 
 

This all means I'm spending about $10,000 for purposes of elegantly transferring electrons from the wall socket to my equipment.

And I also have a 10 gauge dedicated outlet. 

I don’t like cats.

 

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hilde45 OP
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John from Audience is recommending the F3 power cord to start with. It's about the same price as the Pangea. Perhaps it's too much of a lateral move. Hmmm. Into the brambles I go!

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thyname
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@hilde45 : did you explain to John what power cords you already have? Knowing the power conditioner you have, and I am assuming you conveyed this to John, I am not surprised by his suggestion. Logical considering the price of your Audience existing gear. 

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hilde45 OP
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@thyname Yes, I did. I’m sure he’s considering that I want to begin in a way that does not break the bank and I appreciate him being sensitive to the "sticker shock" some may experience with this aspect of a system. That said, I can imagine that if an F3 was not significantly better than my Pangea, there’d be little which I would hear that would make me wish to keep it.

Experimenting is the only way forward, but it needs to be an experiment that, as some have said here, tries something significantly better or it won’t be worth it. Is the F3 significantly better than the Pangea SE9 Mk II, which uses Cardas copper?

That’s why I said "hmm."
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