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Yup Power Cords

For the last year my system has sounded fine, but something was missing. It was clean, clear, full, spacious, but lacked emotion. Great but sterile sound.
Then on a lark I decided to buy some inexpensive AQ power cords.

Uh huh! ! ! PRAT ! ! !

They transformed the sound and added emotion. I hear things that I never heard before. I didn't believe that power cords could make such a difference. I had been through several speaker cables and interconnects. Start with power cords folks. They have made a huge impact on the sound of my system. I have read the arguments over cable and cords and interconnects, and I can't understand it, but it is the best and cheapest tweak with the largest impact to my system. I am truly stunned by this.

I know many of you do not believe any cables make a difference, but I hear differences in most cables in my system. If fact a cheap silver interconnect is now my favorite, and before I could not stand anything silver in the chain. Go figure!

Let the discussion begin.
zilla
snofun3
601 posts
 
Audiofankj - I use Transparent Power Cords throughout my system including Super level Power Cords to my M-L Ascent i's, so I feel rather comfortable in the reality state in which I'm living, thank you.

I have tried other cords, and if there was a change, it was at best, extremely small. If cords make for a drastic change, then something's screwy with your incoming AC.

Maybe since I have dedicated AC for the system the difference between cords doesn't make for the audible epiphany others report, as I've tried swapping out a significant number of different cords on most all of my components, and the difference was negligable.

And hospitals would never fall for the snake oil BS this hobby tolerates. They use high quality cords for spark suppression because of the amount of pure oxygen in the vicinity, that's all.
audiofankj
373 posts
 
Snofun3 - My apologies for thinking you were using the SL3's... I must have misread your system thread for some reason, I didn't think you had any power cords listed either.

I totally agree, as I stated in my last paragraph - I truly think a large percentage of how much effect a power cord has upon a system depends alot on a few key factors... how dirty the AC lines are, the amount of interference, dedicated lines, etc.

I am in a new home with 5 dedicated lines and the power cords don't seem to have as profound of an improvement as in prior setups, but still a noticable improvement. Many factors involved...
mikesinger
572 posts
 
i'll go out on a limb on these observations...

-powercords are just as important as interconnects and speaker cables....

-one cannot fully audtion a different interconnect or speaker cable unless the power cords have been upgraded.

like anything-your mileage my vary and this is just my observation...
zilla OP
46 posts
 
Mikesinger

I agree. Power cords first as this has changed the dynamics of my system. I kept trying interconnects and speaker cables and know with the power cords, evaluations of each has changed. I never could stand silver interconnects but now they sound the best in my system. Toes are tapping for the first time in a year.
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