A stupid question(s) about power cords

Listen, to the " musicianship " and the " composition ". Everything else will follow. Why are listeners so involved in the acoustics of the performance, rather than the performance itself. Once an instrument or voice enters a mic or a mixing console, and is then manipulated by the producers, engineers and other studio folks, all the real and lifelike nuances are lost. Listeners keep trying to maintain the tone of the instruments/voices, and the localization of the musicians. It is all fabricated. If you listen to " what " the musicians are doing, the tones and placements become secondary, and your listening life will be simpler. This is the way musicians listen, and this is the way I listen. Over the years I have tried to communicate this way of listening to people with their audio rigs, but " give me that sound stage " and I am happy. Maybe because I was a singer in my earlier years and had a wonderful coach/teacher. Maybe, because I spent some time in recording studios (when it was all analog). I feel the simplicity of listening has grown so out of proportion. Matt, talk about babbling...well I seem to do it to, ad nauseum. My rant is over...for now, lol.....Enjoy ! MrD.

Well…you’re not the only one experiencing this.
There are a lot of factors that can contribute to you not being able to experience the same magic every time. Some are…mood, how stressed and tense you are, tired or rested, allergies/sinus pressure, power quality, streaming quality (I still think it varies periodically), noise in the house, etc.

So don’t sweat it. 

@audphile1 +1

OP as you know we both own marantz SA10.It benefits from quality pc if synergize. I use high fidelity ct1 , my Rubr is using Audioquest tornado . They benefited from the upgrade. Heimdall pc if your system is not on the bright side.

. . . as an example of what I was talking about, I remember once I was listening to the red book mfsl Eric Clapton/Slow Hand and on the mellower tracks, Lay Down Sally and May You Never and Next Time You See Her, it was so apparent to me that the scratchiness in his voice was not due to a less than stellar disc, but it was due to the abuse his vocal cords had been taking with the cigarettes and what have you (Slow Hand was released near the end of '77, and I think they were all pretty much living in the fast lane about then), and the guitar work on those tracks, in particular, was just hanging in mid air in front of me.  I don't know that I have ever quite heard that ever since.

Anyway, what my system does for me with a good source CD is that with the lights off and my eyes shut, the walls in my small room disappear as do the speakers.  Don't get me wrong--I am not saying that I am fooled into believing that it is live as opposed to being Memorex . . . that isn't happening.  I assume that is what is meant by those who talk about experiencing The Holy Grail.  But my goal is to enhance what my system is doing for me.  I am happy to experiment with $150 worth of power cords to see if that makes it inches better for me.

@mrdecibel   , this next is not intended to be sarcastic or confrontational or to express anything negative . . . I am truly and simply curious.  I didn't take what you typed as a rant and I did not take it,badly the way it was offered.  But given what you typed about what makes the listening experience work for you, why bother with upgraded equipment and power cords and etc?