Power cord

@nasaman "Ferrari or Lamborghini?” OP Q sounds more like: to buy Ferrari class Steering wheel for Ford escort/toyota/etc., and then to report better car performance! 

@conrads1 "Looking at spending around $1500 2 m audioquest or Nordost” Why? 

As most have said, cables are going to be different in everyone's system. Nordost good stuff really does start at the Heimdall and above. Audioquest PC start at Thunder and above.

For my system, I had Nordost Red dawn and Blue Heaven for all of my components. I made a single upgrade on my amp to an Audioquest Tornado HC PC. After that, I upgraded most of my components to Audioquest Tornado's, they just sounded better. To be fair, the Audioquest cables were 2x the price of the Nordost cables I had.

@bishop148 nope, that is not all that matters. Everything can matter to power cable performance from the type and configuration of the conductors to the dielectric or insulation material to the connector design and materials used, to the gear being connected and the configuration of that gear and all the cables in the room to how good the power is out of the wall and if or what kind of power conditioning is employed.

Many audiophiles hear differences between power cables and often find some power cables improve the overall sound of their systems when connected to certain gear.  But it is hard for anyone to tell you how a particular brand or model of power cable will sound to you with your own gear.  Best to do as suggested above and try some different cables in your system and see if any float your boat.  There are pages and pages on this and other sites of posts on this topic.  I suggest you do some searching and learn to sort marketing hype from empirical experience and results.

For me, the differences I hear between different power cables in my systems are often not subtle.  But if you can’t hear a difference between different power cables, then it doesn’t matter to you in your room with your system, and you return them or sell them and save some or all your outlay and chalk it up to experience.

YMMV

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@conrads1 - neither... I just bought a $3K Shunyata, Anaconda CX for $1499 over on the other site. It might be longer than you want (3M/9') but it's exactly what I needed. I have purchased shorter runs of this cord that I spent significantly more on. Amazing deal. Just my opinion.

     No one can tell you whether/how your system, room and/or ears will respond to some new addition.   There are simply too many variables.

     LIKEWISE: no one can possibly know whether a new addition (ie: some kind of disc, crystal, fuse, interconnect, speaker cable, etc)  will make a difference, in their system and room, with their media and to their ears, without trying them for themselves.   

     Some companies offer a 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee, so- those that are actually interested, have absolutely nothing to lose by trying (experimenting with) such.     

     Anyone that knows anything about the sciences, realizes that something like 96% of what makes up this universe, remains a mystery.       

     For centuries; humanity’s seen, heard, felt and otherwise witnessed phenomena that none of the best minds could fathom, UNTIL they developed a science or measurement that could explain it.     

     The Naysayer Church wants you to trust their antiquated science (1800’s electrical theory) and faith-based, religious doctrine, BLINDLY (their credo: "Trust ME!"). 

     Theories have never proven or disproven anything.  It’s INVARIABLY testing and experimentation that proves or disproves theories/hypotheses.   

     IF you’re interested in the possibility of improving your system’s presentation, have a shred of confidence in your capacity for perceiving reality and trust your own senses: actually TRY whatever whets your aural appetite, or- piques the curiosity, FOR YOURSELF.         

                      The Naysayer Church HATES it, when THAT happens!