BMI power cord with Musical Fidelity KW 500amp

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Thanks for your input,do you have experience with Elrod statement 20 amp PC, are they warm,tranparent and huge soundstage,I' m using Tranparent PLMM PC with 20mp termination, Wanted to try different PC for my amp and how about other PC e.g VD master, Shunyata Anaconda alpha helix?

Hi. I live in England and have been a big fan of Musical Fidelity and currently have the KW500.I was very disappionted when I first listened to it but it gradually got better as the hours of use went by. I then replaced the Audience power cord that I was using with a Shunyata Alpha Anaconda and things got dramatically better.Everything seemed to fall into place, the bass tightend up significantly ,sound stage widened and the sound was more alive. I am no expert but I am delghted with the KW500 and Anaconda combination.

Here is the link for BMI Cables.

http://ptmetalworks.com/htmldocs/audio/bmi_powercab.php

I thought BMI went out business. I am curious about these cables. Which ones are appropriate for what use(s)? What are the differnces between them? What's the price structure?

BMI didn't go out of business. If I remember correctly, a few years ago, BMI decided to distribute all their products through a distributor. Somewhere along the line, they ended up only distribute to the Asian market. I had followed BMI products early on and had contemplated about buying one. The amp that ended up in my system for the past 8 years had a captive cord, so I didn't pull the trigger.

I recently purchased a new amp which required a powercord, so I started searching for BMI powercords again. What I found out was that the BMI powercord has become very popular in Asia, selling in the range of US$1500-US$6000+. A friend just did some search for me and there were two used models selling in Hong Kong for US$1300 (middle of the line) and US$4300 (top of the line). I remember that their early model Whales and Sharks used to go for about $200-$400 on Audiogon. So that's quite a bit of price jump!!! Maybe that's why BMI decided to focus on the Asian market instead.

I just saw a Whale Mk 3 on Audiogon today for US$150, out of curiousity, I bought it so I can check it out. Should be here in a couple of days. Will see how it stacks up to the PS Audio Xtreme Statement and a derivative of VH Audio Flavor 4 that I am putting together.

FrankC