A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks

You probably understand what it’s like to work up there, crouched/kneeling/whatever on a plank that is sitting on a couple of ceiling joists or rafters or whatever one may call them, and all the other discomforts of working in an unfinished attic . . . the older I get the harder it gets and the easier and quicker I start cramping up when contorting my body to work in the places I need to work up there.

@immatthewj I totally empathize. If it can make you feel any better, mine will entail spending a day in a spider-infested crawlspace with 18" clearance under the beams.

Honestly, before you go to too much trouble you might want to assess the worst load you’re ever likely to plug into your existing 12awg circuits, before you declare them inadequate. In my most humble opinion, unless you’re planning to biamp Apogee Scintillas with a quatuor of Krell KMA-800s you’re probably fine 🙂

The designer of audioquest niagra left furman then made the 3000,5000,7000 series .upscale audio interviewed him .watch that .I use furman and audioquest cuz i have big monoblock amps.they have capiticors in furman and the aq models 3000 and up furman 20 I has 80 amps of transient.aq call it a magic box but it's a capacitor. The aq differs in that he put some magic ground purifier in it.looks like a series of coils with more in the 7000 model.i do like the fact that shunyata cryo all thier stuff.that puts the atoms back in thier lattice structure and rids impurities so electrons flow better. I would plug the amps directly in wall but we have power issues 2 x a wk and I can't afford to fix several big amps.some of my emotiva xpr 1 are unobtanium.wish they still made them.this is my most important aspect I have had all the models trip and protect the equipment. Happy hunting,my no good gofers pinball machine states what's all those wires down there. I think those gofers were on to something.happy listening. I'm a believer in 7 gauge wire from pangea.im sure there is better but great price point.i do belive in the twist.not the dance.in power cords and speaker wire and nothing less than 10 gauge for speaker.audio is based on science and ohms law with power meters and dB meters of meters ect it's all stimulates the brain .good luck on your quest

I like big blue meters as well.that should get this going.enjoy the music.

@immatthewj I guess my point is that there have been some technological developments in power cables and conditioning since your conditioner was designed and built. In theory, hard wiring a power cable to your conditioner would be superior to an IEC connection. But the improvements in design over time in conditioner and cable technologies from companies like Audioquest and Shunyata (which have very different design philosophies) are stunning - especially at the highest form of the art.

Getting an updated power conditioner with an excellent supply cable would provide a noticeable improvement in sound if you ever decide that having a conditioner in your system is a route you want to go. Sounds like you are leaning towards dedicated circuits.

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Are these power cords that look similar to a Audioquest etc..that you can find on eBay a bad choice or are they adequate ?