Purist, Legenburg or K-S?

Lesson learned yet again: there is no substitute for a reputable high end dealer.I assembled an impressive array of Purist and K-S cables to audition in comparison to my Cardas GR. They were all different but uniformly entertaining despite their competing proprietary electrophysioharmonics.

After the W/P8s had settled a bit my dealer came over to follow up and he clearly identified the problems that had been acctuated by the addition of the W/P8s were not cable related but in fact due to the failing tube complement of the HP 200.

Replacing the tubes brought back all the dynamics, resolution and dimensionality I had been missing for a fraction of the cost of any of these new cables.

The Purist and K-S cables are remarkable but with my system re-optimized I found them each to be different but not necessarily better than the GR I already had. And never did I end up tempted to pony up the spark for the new contenders even though I am fortunate enough to have easily done so.

Please do not take this as a negative impression of Purist or K-S. In my system alone they produced only differences that weren't sufficient to cause me to change out the GR I already had. Cost notwithstanding.

I really like the Purist Dominus Powercord on tubed equipment. My favorites are the Purist and Virtual Dynamics for tubed equipment, with the Virtual Dynamics having more bass punch, if needed. Both are cleaner and have a more correct tone quality than many others including JPS, Legenburg, Audience, Z-Cable, to name a few.
The Legenburg is very good in A/V systems, including the video screen. Especially good is the Silver wire Legenburg on video screens.
Solid State and Digital is a different animal when it comes to powercords. You might want to try the JPS top of the line, NAT Audio, Elrod, and Alan Maher Designs.
I can't comment on the KS powercords, but their interconnects are very good.