Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords?

@grunge1000 ,

A good question not likely to receive a satisfactory answer for you.

But, we hear what we hear. Who are we to judge either those who hear a difference or those who don't. Both are right. Those who hear a difference flat out hear a difference no matter the reason. I find it silly when those who don't hear a difference post that people who do are wrong, like they know better than the person who is actually experiencing it. Whether it's due to some as yet undiscovered scientific explanation or individual perceptual reality bias, we hear what we hear.

We've known how to utilize electricity for our purposes for a long time, yet it's still not truly understood how in its most basic constituents all that voodoo works. 

So I don’t own a cd player now but what I’d like to add to the conversation is that I completely believe in cables and from my experience the same cables that were an amazing upgrade for my amp, did not play well with my DAC or Streamer. I believe different components need different things out of the cables. In my case I’m pretty sure the Streamer needed more filtering than my amps. Maybe if I were using a power conditioner cable results would have been different.

@grunge1000

The electricity I receive at my humble abode is generated over 100 miles away. . . How on gods green earth can a 6 foot cable running into my amplifier make a difference?

During a two week rafting trip down the Colorado River - through the Grand Canyon - we drank water only from the river - lots of it. No bottled water. The river was hugely contaminated with viruses, bacteria, protozoa, waste products and who knows what else. Thanks to the last 6 inches of the reverse osmosis pump filter, nobody got sick - ever. I did that rafting trip twice.

Just like a household filtration system, the drinking water in the kitchen is filtered at the tap - just before the end user. It’s no different for an audio system.

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It’s important to understand that digital audio components themselves create noise - which is regurgitated back into the system circuitry. This, in turn, pollutes the other components. An audio system is its own ecosystem. The noise isn’t just coming from the utility company. Much is home-grown.

I use quality power cords in conjunction with quality power conditioners to clean my power. My ears tell me that it’s working quite well.

Firstly, I hope everyone has a prosperous & Happy New Year. 

I have few extra Shunyata power cords that I've bought & kept over the years.  I did a little experiment on the Luxman D-03X player that I use as a transport; I use an Audio Research DAC 9 with 6H30p DR bottles.  I've always had a JPS Kaptovator PC (power cord) connected to my D-03X.  I then swapped that PC for a AQ Hurricane and voila, smoother sound!  I then tried a Shunyata Python CX PC, and it became better.  Okay...  In goes an Anaconda Zitron PC, and low and behold, better again.  I figured I'd need my head examined if I sought out a Sigma V2 NR or crazier Omega QR PC, which would be in the $5K neighborhood.  Nope, not gonna do that....  

Nope!

And this is funny!

During a two week rafting trip down the Colorado River - through the Grand Canyon - we drank water only from the river - lots of it. No bottled water. The river was hugely contaminated with viruses, bacteria, protozoa, waste products and who knows what else. Thanks to the last 6 inches of the reverse osmosis pump filter, nobody got sick - ever. I did that rafting trip twice.

Just like a household filtration system, the drinking water in the kitchen is filtered at the tap - just before the end user. It’s no different for an audio system.

- - - -

It’s important to understand that digital audio components themselves create noise - which is regurgitated back into the system circuitry. This, in turn, pollutes the other components. An audio system is its own ecosystem. The noise isn’t just coming from the utility company. Much is home-grown.

I use quality power cords in conjunction with quality power conditioners to clean my power. My ears tell me that it’s working quite well.