Power cord upgrade


I want to upgrade power cords for my streamer, Aurender A15 which currently has a Shunyata v14 digital.

And Puritan 156 which has the classic cord it comes with.

I believe in system synergy, so I am leaning towards Transparent, and/or Audioquest.

I have ARC ref5se with the Transparent Reference, and ref75se with the AQ Hurricane.

Guess my thought is the streamer and 156 PC are maybe a bottleneck. Won't know without trying, right? I am satisfied with the over all sound now, so looking for more of it. Make any sense??

128x128skids

@skids - so many cable options, no easy answers.  My personal list of PC based upon others positive reviews (prices not current):

  • 0.4 Black Cat Silverline
  • 0.4 LAVRiCABLES Grand 30 CORE Silver Mains
  • 0.6 Morrow Map4
  • 1.4 Transparent Reference
  • 1.7-1.9 PowerKord Kimber PK10/PK14
  • 1.0 Zavfino OCC Silver Dart Graphene
  • 2.0 Siltech Classic Legend 880P
  • 2.5 ZenWave PSR-14,11.   
  • 2.5 RSX Beyond 
  • 3.0 Synergistic Research Atmosphere UEF Level 3
  • 3.2 VooDoo Phoenix, Dragon, Tesla 
  • 3.5 Synergistic Research Atmosphere SX Euphoria
  • 3.5 Audioquest FireBird
  • 4.0 QSA Lanedri Gamma Infinity 
  • 4.0 NanoFlo Superconductor Holographic 3D6
  • 4.8 Hemingway Audio Z-core Beta
  • 5.5 Audioquest Dragon

Audio Bacon 2019 PC shootout here

 

To classicrockfan:

You are 100% correct.

As long as a power cord is thick enough to handle high current, any such a cord is good. The cheaper, the better. Power code can not affect audio sound quality (maybe 1 - 2%?).

I have Vienna Mahler speakers. My pre, power amp is very old and relatively cheap. Onkyo pre, Yamaha 200W power. Cheap but thick power cords, $20 interconnect everywhere. The sound? Awesome!!!

Please, do not waste your money, just get higher end speakers as you can afford.

 

I used to think components were more important cables.

 

I now have done a 180 and am sure that cables are more important than components.

 

 Have a modest system compared with most of my friends in our audio club.  Many of them have spent well north of $500k on their rigs.

 

 Have now rotated many sets of high end power cables, interconnects and speaker cables through my sub $50k system and I can tell you without reservation that a set of $100k cables makes my system sound better than the best $750k rig I have heard.

If you want body and soul without losing transparency and soundstage try Clarus Crimson, exceptional, not just for the price.

+1 @mclinnguy - I primarily use Audio Sensibility Statement SE power cables.  Steven will make cables with connectors not listed on his pricing tool.  My preference are the Furutech FI-50 NCF(R) connectors.  Steven Huang is great to work with.

+1 @kennyc input with the Audio Bacon review reference.

I have one QSA Lanedri Gamma Infinity power cable on my pre-amp, which is fantastic.

Sablon Audio is on my list, but I have not yet tried one of Mark's power cables.  Sablon also has the QSA treatment option via QSA Landeri.