What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?

first cable that made a difference was Shunyata Alpha.  best cables are litz and silver.  very soft silver ime. 

more broadly though why is it that Audigon has more than its fair share of theory based cable deniers?  like this is pretty straight forward - borrow a cable from a dealer and listen to it.  instead all of these people with science backgrounds wanna type novels?  i mean - you have ears - and great american customer service from brick and mortar stores - so go borrow a cable and hear it.  you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  either you will get to enjoy better sounding music or you will have empirical evidence to better dispute cable boosters.

😀 Totally agree excellent response. We could do the same with taste and smell. Do we get an analytical report on food before we choose restaurants- No!

When I went to buy my first aftermarket cable I dragged my Cambridge Audio Azur 640C V2 CD player into a dealer and he let me connect it to a very high quality Simaudio Moon/Dynaudio system with all Shunyata cables and he let me switch out different power cables to see which worked best with my gear.  Maybe it was because the accompanying gear was very good, but the differences were not subtle.

Here is what I found:

Shunyata Anaconda > Shuyata Diamondback >> Shunyata entry level cable > 14 guage printer cable I grabbed out of the recycle bin at work. What was surprising was how much better the Diamond back was compared to their $100 cable, and how close it was to the Anaconda in performance.  I bought the Diamondback.

Now I assemble my own power cables.

kn

@bigtwin,

I found this to be helpful to understand the pros and cons of AC wiring:

Integrating Electronic Equipment and Power into Rack Enclosures

Optimized Power Distribution and Grounding for Audio, Video and Electronic Systems

See below page 11-13 for different types of AC power wiring. Good luck with your new room! 😎

Mike

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://wirexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/MidAtlantic-White-Paper.pdf

@knownothing  Bingo. You nailed it. Comparison on your own equipment with other good equipment and good power cables.  When done as you did, the difference is truly not subtle.  I didn’t believe it until I did it myself after my equipment had improved to a reasonable level.