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need warm and LAID BACK hi-rez/focused power cord

I posted several months ago seeking recommendations for hi-rez, highly focused power cords in the tradition of the TG Audio Silver but with greater warmth or body. I did acquire a pair of Fusion Audio Enchanters and a VD Nite Platinum from the responses to my inquiry. However, after changes in amps, cd player, interconnects, and new Porter Ports, I find myself in need of advice again on the same matter. My system presently is: A Consonance Droplet 5.0 run directly into a Wyred 4 Sound ST 500 driving a pair of custom Legacy Focus clones using Eton drivers/midbass, metal dome mids & tweeters/NHT woofers. Both components are plugged into a PS Audio P 600 equipped with Porter Ports.
I have an Enchanter plugged into both the power regenerator and the CDP and a Wolff Gain with Oyaide Palladium/Gold plugs on the amp. Interconnects (balanced) are either Sunny Cables 1000's or Jungson Golden Dragons.
Speaker cables are Anti-Cables which I run directly into the speakers/crossovers bypassing binding posts.

My system is very detailed with very good focus and staggering dynamics. With good recordings, all is well and I'm quite satisfied. However, on some (many) recordings, horns, piano, and some guitar can some across aggressively. It has been recommended I replace the Oyaide plugs. Perhaps I will. What I would like are some recommendations on hi-rez, highly focused power cords that are to the laid back and warm side. I really liked the VD Nite Platinum but, it was too upfront for my system. Price is a factor in that I would like to spend $600 or less on the used market. Thanks in advance.
lcherepkai
lcherepkai OP
280 posts
 
Rfogel8----I'm in total agreement with you that the metal dome mids & tweeters exacerbate brightness in recordings.
I don't believe either the PS Audio P-600, Wyred4Sound ST-500, or Consonance Droplet are bright themselves. I believe my system allows brightness nowhere to hide. I'm sure the speakers are the culprit but, they can be so revealing that many others seem veiled in comparison. They are also too big to get rid of without considerable effort and, I LIKE THEM. It just takes more effort to get them to behave as I wish.

As to the comment of cords/cables as bandaids or tone controls. so? Aside from the ideal of neutralality, what isn't a tone control? Where you sit to listen and even your mood is, to a certain extent, a tone control. Call them whatever you wish but cables are as valid a method to sculpt your sound as your component choices. Do you take issue with using cables this way? Thank you.
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ptmconsulting
1,000 posts
 
Perhaps you might want to take a closer look at your crossover in the speakers. Perhaps a cap change in the tweeter to something with a gentler disposition might be the uptimate answer. Something like a Mundorf Silver and Oil might smooth it out without losing any transparency.

Just a thought.
Bob
sns
3,328 posts
 
Bob is on to something. If you really want the best cap in those crossovers try the Duelund VSF copper foil caps, be prepared to be blown away by the naturalness! No other cap I've tried comes close to these, two sets in my Merlins which use a highly transparent/resolution tweeter, absolutely amazing!

For all those unaware, Duelund has just come out with a high voltage cap for electronics. I may eventually change out all my caps for these. Won't be cheap!
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rfogel8
192 posts
 
Lcherepkai, No, I really don't take issue with cables as tone controls to "sculpt" the sound. I personally find them quite necessary to bring out the best in a system and look at them as a means to do a little fine tuning. That is, after putting together components and speakers that already work reasonably well together no matter what cables are used.

Some components and/or speakers may never sound good, no matter what cable you throw at them. Changing a wall outlet or the end of a power cord strikes me as something akin to grabbing at straws.

Sorry to offend but after reading your trials and tribulations with power cords, plugs and wall sockets, hoping to tame aggressive sound, I can't help but think you're spending your money, and lot's of it, on the wrong things.

Regards
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