Power Cords and Power Conditioner, How to arrange?

I agree with Warrenh. That is what works for me. Theoretically, let's assume your conditioner is effective. Most power cords degrade power as it passes thru them. Using your best cord after the conditioner should hopefully retain the benefits from the conditioner & may even enhance them, as my MIT cords do for me. Experiment though.

Based on years of trials and feedback, we learned that if you are plugging multiple(3 or more) components into a Hydra, the power cord going to the wall is the most important, and by a wide margin.

The fewer components you have on a single line (Hydra), the more things even out in terms of the importance of power cords to sources/amps versus the power cord to the wall. There are _no_ cases in my experience, where you should apply better power cords to components than you do from the wall to the Hydra. The power cord from the wall to the Hydra should -always- be at least the same quality as power cords attaching individual electronics to the Hydra. In my experience, this is true of other power distribution products as well.

Regards,

Grant
Shunyata Research

I have a PS Audio Power Plant and I find that the power cord from the PS to my preamp and phono stage is the most important one. Intuitively, it could be explained that the power plant is fixing a signal fed to it, so why would the plant power cord be most important? It may be different on a conditioner.

Doesn't it feel good to have a definitive answer? lol... Play and trust your ears....

I'll also go with Samuel's account. however, you can and will experience different sound characteristics depending upon which cord is where.

the Hydra is not an active cond. Passive only. Just a filter. I've tried a couple types of pasive filters Shunyata, and PS Audio. both have their pluses.

On my amps, I run a lesser priced pair of PCs off a PS Audio Duet, which is supplied by an Elrod Sig III.

On the sources & preamp however, I run the taipan helix alpha to the pre, and a VooDoo tesla II to the CDP... a VooDoo Black Dragon supplies that particular Duet.... so how you set up things will vary on what you feel is good for you.

You're just gonna have to get some or one, keeping all others stock, and see what happens with that new aftermarket wire supplying your Hydra... and go from there. gee, that might be the only one you'll need.

have fun.