Power Cable Audioquest Dragon vs Isotek EVO3 Ascension

The biggest change in sound quality to my current system has been amp power cords. I switched among Cardas Clear Beyond, Cardas Clear Reflection, Transparent Ultra, WireWorld 7, DHLabs, the ARC stock cord, and the Audio Research heavy duty stock cord (10 gauge?). Each after market cord had strengths and weaknesses, that kept me from committing. Then the AQ Hurricane… no weaknesses… more detail, lower noise floor and no attenuation of treble. Perfect. It took a few minutes to be sure. Not subtle.

NEVER buy without listening in YOUR system FIRST! Cords do make a difference but in my experience, the effect is unpredictable. 

I prefer copper over silver in my system, so I put an Audioquest Hurricane high current power cable on my DAC and, WOOOOOOW!!! 

I've owned both.

Ascension is a great cord that never leaves my amp.

@chauncey 

FWIW: I did a cable shoot out with the AQ Firebird HC, Shunyata Sigma V2 NR, Synergistic Euphoria HC L3…, and RSX Beyond PC. I know the Dragon sits above the Firebird and it has a lot of fans. But it was beyond my price range. So, take this for what it’s worth: out of all the cables that I tried, I picked the RSX Beyond. 

I went through the Cable Co. I took my time. I picked the one that sounded the best to me, in my system.

I know @macdude has experienced both, so there’s another big data point.

Nevertheless, you gotta try ‘em in your system to really know.