Affordable Power Cords

Abucktwoeighty,
Welcome to the wonderful world of power cord and interconnect upgrades. You might now experiment with connecting the power cord directly into the wall, if it is still plugged into your Monster conditioner. Also, upgrading your wall outlet to a better quality outlet, i.e. Porter Port, will make a nice improvement as well for you. Enjoy the music.

"Bait" by John Fishermen Sr. is a good place to start &
"Money" by Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon as a great masterpiece to finish things of. Enjoy
Mariusz

I agree with the posts regarding the VD cables. I have always been a skeptical believer in cables and never put too much into power cords. Before the VD I tried Shunyata, Synergistic Research, etc and though I heard some difference, it was never enough to make me run out and buy something. I was one of the few who got the free Power 3 cables. I got them in Dec and let them just sit around for almost a month before trying them. This delay was a combination of laziness, the holidays, and my skepticism that a $300 power cord to do anything more than the expensive ones I tried previously. When I finally got around to trying it, I plugged the pc into my preamp. I was not in critical listening mode but I was immediately amazed at how much more dynamic the sound was. My soundstage also got substantially wider and fuller, as if the sound was now enveloping me, versus seeming like it was only coming from the front of my room. I liked what I heard so much I went ahead and bought 5 more Power 3s used on Audiogon for the rest of my system. To cut a long story short, I am so happy and I have decided to upgrade to the Master series power cables.

Yes I got my initial Power 3 for free but I paid for the rest of the VD cables. They give me what I am looking for in a system which is dynamics and an incredible soundstage.

Audiofeil, as interesting as it may seem about the fact that they were free, the change was dramatic enough where I just ordered 3 more Power 3's last night to fill out my system. I feel lucky to have stumbled into the free Power 3 give away, since it showed me just how much importance good cables make in the system. I'm sorry you think the way you do. I would have guessed you knew that whether free or not, an upgrade is usually an improvement.

Sherod, since I'll have Power 3's everywhere, I guess the next step would be the outlets. Everything is on a dedicated circuit, so that's already taken care of. Thanks for the suggestion.

I found that the Power 3 provided as large a benefit as some cords that I've tried AND own(ed) that cost 4X the retail price of the Power 3. My experience leads me to believe that ability AND synergy are what really are at play, not some psychological gobbledygook that's all the fashion these days.

I think a dealer that would intimate that a customers listening impressions are suspect is a bit MORE than suspect himself. Downright rude is the word for the practice IMO. Piggie indeed.