Best power cord for Audioquest Niagara 1200


Like to upgrade stock power cable. Any suggestions and will it make a difference?

10024skip

AQ Z3 to my 1200, the thunder from 1200 to amp. Imo there will be a more audible difference done this way, rather than the opposite. The thunder, being high current capable, is plugged into one of the 2 high current receptacles available on the 1200. This also follows suit with the logic/belief that the last few feet of the electricity run makes the most difference.

I will say AQ Dragon and reason it with it being the best power cord AQ makes and the OP had provided no budget restrictions.

If we’re talking real world for Niagra 1200, the Hurricane or even the Tornado would do. Keep in mind, the power cord delivering juice to your power conditioner has to be at least on par with the power cords plugged into that power conditioner to realize full potential of that setup. 

Power cables are not power conditioners, a good AC power cord would act like no cable at all. 

Why would anyone need a 1000$ power cable after you spend 30k$ on power conditioning. I have done this exactly, I'm drinking the cool aid so whatever. 

Do you need special cables if you have perfect AC power, of course I'm not talking about in adequate AC cables but decent quality cables perhaps a 500$ AC cable vs a 5k$ AC cable plugging into perfect power? I can't see that it is helpful.

@10024skip, I use an AudioQuest Thunder power cable with my AQ Niagara 1200 power conditioner, and they work exceptionally well together for my dedicated headphone system. At the time I purchased them they were about the same price from my audio gear dealer. Having been bitten by the clean power bug, I also demoed an AQ Hurricane, and just for kicks an AQ Dragon power cable in my home. I really didn’t notice any difference in SQ when using the Hurricane or the Dragon, even though my mind absolutely wanted to. In my opinion the higher cost AQ Storm cables would have more benefit if one was using an AQ Niagara 3000 or 5000 to power their hi-fi system.