New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound?

Can I tell you what it did exactly? I don’t know really. But I liked it. I know lame.

Actually I can relate to feeling that way about an upgrade.

The fact that you are not hearing that with the 'several k' power cord kind of makes me think you were not hearing confirmation bias with the previous upgrade you referred to.

I'm going out on a limb and saying you didn't hear any difference because there WAS no difference! Sigh...so much money wasted on silly  aftermarket cords.

immatthewj I’m incapable of believing the high dollar amount is necessary. I assume they could get 90% of the high dollar benefit for 10% of the cost.

@jon_5912 , well, that is your prerogative. I don’t personally have enough experience with the subject to say I believe it or that I don’t believe it. People that strike me as credible have told me in private conversations that they have heard significant improvements when they have used fuses that cost more than $100. I have always been a bit skeptical, but I have no experience with those fuses so I refrain from commenting on that subject also.

On a personal level, I find my system to be pleasing (to me); I realize it could sound a lot better, and I’d like it to sound a lot better, but there are (at least) a couple of other areas I’ feel I need to address before I get into playing with power cords and fuses, and, sadly, there was a price to be paid for retiring at the age I did, and that price is basically how much disposable income I have to put into my system. I recently made a couple of fairly significant upgrades that I probably couldn’t afford, and therefore I am probably not going to buy anything else for quite a while, and if and when I do, it probably will not be power cords or fuses . . . but, that doesn’t mean that I am not interested in what others find out along those lines.

Because regardless of what I type about abstaining from upgrades , I often change my mind.

I agree with some of above power amps in my experience display the least changes with power cords. Again this is my experience yours may be different. Also a $500 power cord should be no slouch. Lastly to me power cord differences fall on the subtle end of the spectrum.

I have found that some components, especially amps, respond to power cord changes much more than others. The same power cord might perform beautifully on one amp and make no discernible difference on another. I'm not sure I would have believed that had I not experienced it myself.