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power cable tryout High fidelity cables has me wondering..... need suggestions now

Last Saturday a good friend brought over a power cord to give a try in my system, one of Rick Schultz High Fidelity Cables, friend said he paid around $5000 not sure the model but they have large magnets on them, i think.  I did not know he was bringing this cable so it was a surprise. 

I have a Mac C2700 preamp, Mac mc301 mono amps, driving some large OB's from Tri-Art supported by Rel subs,  source was my Acoustic Solid turntable with a Sumiko Pear wood calibration 2 cart.  I have run PS audio AC5 series forever now (approx. $500 each), I figured they were good enough and I would not hear much if any difference. Not enough for me to rush out and look at better. 

Well let me tell you my friends I was shocked how different putting this cable on my preamp would make in the sound for the positive. It was on order of putting in a new Preamp or new tubes. not subtle in anyway, to be honest i was a bit angry at how much it changed my system. I was behind my listening chair, in my kitchen ( listening room and kitchen are one large room) filling a glass of water and I just sighed when he started plying music. I didn't even have to be in the sweet spot let alone close, hell my head was in my fridge). it was like the whole system lost its hash. It cleared up the top end so much i was able to raise the tuning point on my speakers to increase the top end a bit. everything cleared up became more detailed without any strain, sibilance etc.  one dam cable....

Darn it now i need to look at power cables and other cables as well... 

well I cannot afforded to put $5000 cables throughout my system so I'm looking for suggestions on something a little less, under $2k each sort of thing. But that can give me a good portion of what these gave. any suggestions. used-new I'm not particular.

One thing i wont be buying anymore PS Audio power cables, probably ok for $500 but once you hear it you cannot unhear it. as they say.

My whole conception of power cables has been turned upside down.....

 

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samureyex
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Here’s an alternative option (and a very good one IMO).

You could sell your monos, avoid buying any new cables, and probably end up with the same money you can buy a pair of AGD Audion MK3. The Audion probably needs no introduction, and they also come with their own cables.

So in a way, you get some world class amp, but you also get 2 new cables, talking about having the cake and eating it too.

vetsc5
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This is an addendum to my previous post response to the an earlier power cable discussion. I assemble my own and also have made some for fellow (and two female audiophiles).  I've been very pleased with the performance of Furutech power cable components.  I've sourced the raw cable, IEC and power plug ends from Douglas Connection (douglasconnection.com).  There are other sources but I prefer Douglas as they have a wide variety raw cable and ends to fit just about every need for amps, preamps and other source units.  DIY can save you about 50/60% over same quality ready made cables and you can build them to the exact length that you prefer.

audition__audio
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Why mention two as female? 

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mclinnguy
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Why mention two as female?

Golly, I was wondering the same thing. It goes without saying that between the laundry, watching the children, and cooking in the kitchen they have no time to make power cables. Besides, only men own the tools. Honey, can you fetch me my pipe?

Man’s hifi

vetsc5
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Oops, my bad on the "two female" audiophiles reference as I should have referred to my friends as two "ladies".  All kidding aside I've noted several posts addressing various audiophile subjects that included an aside that women are not interested in the audiophile hobby, pastime, passion and in some cases profession.  I'm godfather to the 4 kids (all grown adults now) of one the ladies.  Her husband enjoys music but she assembles,selects and builds the audio systems.  The other lady is a school teacher and musician (guitar, piano, vocals, drums with a small band  She handles most of the audio equipment for the band and expanded her love of music to the family home audio-entertainment system.   My point here is that to be an  "audiophile" is not gender specific, but I suspect many members of this forum are open-minded enough to realize that.  Gotta go now as my next shipment of cable components just arrived:)  Enjoy the music.

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