Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords?

@immatthewj 

You’ve touched on a profound aspect of audio enjoyment, the emotional connection to music often transcends analytical listening. While some enthusiasts focus on dissecting every sonic detail, the ultimate goal is to enjoy the music and feel immersed in the experience.

Ultimately, trust your ears. The best audio system is the one that lets you forget about the gear and lose yourself in the music. It sounds like you’re already there—enjoy the journey!

@lalitk , thanks for the vote of confidence, but actually I wish my hearing was acute to the point where I could immediately identify what gains or losses a piece of gear or a cable offered.  It would make the "quest" easier for me.  As it is, I do try to follow your advice of enjoying the journey and getting lost in the music.  If I could always  adhere to those words of wisdom I'd be less neurotic about the experience.

"jasonbourne71 appears to be a hideous, miserable deaf person in his late 90s, whose only role in life is ruining things for others.  It makes me angry every time I read one of his posts, and I sincerely wish he would just go away."

Or, you might try not reading his posts.

To bring this topic back (which is a good one) and off the complain-oh-wheel. I have found like some others, upgrading the source power cord, in my case a cd transport, made a very noticeable improvement.  I got a used cord for 180.00, Shunyata sidewinder vtx.  I worked for high end shops having heard many systems. I never thought you have to spend a lot to get 85-95% of what the very best can do.  Also for me, upgraded power cords in all my other pieces have made a nice improvement across the board. 

Alternating current (AC) travels back into circuit. Appliances poop into the circuit and that is why dedicated circuits make a difference when you have your components run on a dedicated line. You get cleaner power to your system. 
Every component generates EMI, your wifi, router, mesh nodes and access points/extenders radiate EMI and RFI. Switch mode power supplies dirty up the line. Different power cords use different materials (silver, copper, etc.), the power cord connectors are susceptible to interference, some more than others. With a spaghetti of cables, modern streaming systems using mesh networks with nodes near the system, it is critical now more than ever to have proper power cords on your components. Oh and good outlets as well with solid grip and as large a contact area as possible. Combined these higher quality power cords, outlets and dedicated lines reduce the potential of noise entering into your system. Shielding, dielectric, proximity of wires to each other all matter. Unfortunately it’s very difficult to separate cables and components to the degree that would completely eliminate EMi and RFI contamination. So yes power cables make a difference - supplying clean power to your components is key. 
Do we need to go crazy and have a $5,000 power cable feeding a $500 AV Receiver? No. But if you have invested a considerable amount of time and money into your components and room, running your system using good cables is critical in getting the performance your system is capable of. If you bought a new high performance car, you wouldn’t fill up with cheapest possible regular gas why…because you would compromise the performance you paid to expect. Same concept here.