Do I need upgraded power cables?


Hello and Good Day

I'm wondering about power conditioners and power cords. Here's my equipment:

Cronus Magnum lll Integrated Tube Amp / Focal Aria 948 DW Speakers / Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cables / 2 SVS SB2000 Pro A Subwoofers with SVS Sound Path Subwoofer Cables / Grado Sonata Cartridge / Pro-Ject 2 Xperience SB DC Turntable using the included interconnects / Denon DCD 1700NE CD Player using Kimber Sliver Streak Interconnect / Panamax MR4300 Power Line conditioner and surge protection 

Upgrade the Panamax?  - is it providing anything besides surge protection? Upgrade the power cords for which component? Or do nothing? Maybe my components aren't audiophile enough to justify purchasing upgraded power cords. 

Any advise or recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank you

Bill

 

bzawa

Two hours into a Saturn power conditioner with an M101 power cord.

So far so good. 

"Do I need upgraded power cables?"
Only if your current cord is broken or the wrong size...or if you want a nicer looking cable.
For sound improvements?...NOPE

"Ignore trolls." By trolls do you mean ignorant people living in a delusional reality of imagination with ZERO proof to back up their claims or people with actual knowledge and FACTS to prove their claims?

I have been listening to audiophile grade equipment for 25 years. The first items I bought came with an upgraded, aftermarket power cord (for amplifiers).  Since then I have used mostly standard power cords with my other equipment.  Over the years I did try one or two slightly upgraded power cords ($50-300) in my pre-amplifier and other components, but didn’t hear any difference.  Last year, I bought standard power cords for my amplifiers, and didn’t realize it initially, but it did slightly affect the sound quality in a negative way.  Just this past month I demo’d markedly expensive power cords ($1,500+) in my pre-amplifier, and heard a rather significant difference:  it affected the timbre of the instruments, and slightly enhanced the clarity.  This was a difference, but was it better?  Some parts were better, but overall it was just different, kind of like trying different interconnects.  Prior to this experience, I did not think a power cord could make much of a difference.  While I was experiencing this, I also learned a bit of electrical engineering, about how AC waves can have reflections at interfaces, due to different impedances of the conducting materials, which can create an interference pattern in the otherwise 60Hz wave.  Maybe that is part of what’s happening, maybe it’s something else.