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Audience PowerChord, Zen Tsunami, AP Oval 10

Another one of my "please share your shoot-out results".

These seem to be 3 very good choices in the $300 powercord
offerings..

Once again I am looking for people who had these in their
own system and can provide some general opinions as to how
they sounded different..

Thanks so much!
tom92602
foster_9
1,638 posts
 
This combination of PC's is a very obscure one. You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who has compared all 3 in their system. The Powerchord is a good all-around cord and can be used succesfully in almost any application.
ptmconsulting
1,000 posts
 
Here's an extensive set of reviews I did a while ago, and another of my new favorite:

http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=50799.0

http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=65711.0

Overall my favorite was the Kaplan Cable, which I am now using throughout my system.

Enjoy,
Bob
joeyboynj
621 posts
 
I found the best way is to buy them all used here and try them yourself. Sell the one you dont like. Or find a dealer that can lend them out to you like The Cable Company lending library.

Or look up reviews on each of these and compare the reviews. You will get the info you seek.
sherod
1,690 posts
 
I currently have an Acoustic Zen Tsunami in my system. It is the least expensive cord presently in my system. It is the original model, which had an inexpensive Hubbell male plug on it. I found its performance to go up quite substantially by upgrading the plug to a Wattgate 330i. This simple change of male plug takes most, if not all, the quibbles away which other owners have talked about. And just importantly, the duplex outlet is a Porterport, a perfect match for the plug. Tsunami AZ offers a UPOCC plug for $25.00, but the owner, Robert, strongly urges you to send them your cord for them to install the plug. He offered to install at no charge, but you're still out shipping both ways. The new Kaplan cord is one I've got on my wish-list for future evaluation. By the way, I've not tried the Audience and AP power cords, but I did have both of their top line speaker cables in my system and the AZ Satori beat them both out, imho.
tom92602 OP
65 posts
 
I ordered an Acoustic Zen Tsunami to try out.

Sherod:
I just bought a set of AZ Adagios and they are breaking
in but the bass seems leaner than what I am use to.
I ordered some Analysis Plus Oval 9s because they are
supposed to have stronger and more dynamic bass than
the Satori or Hologram. Does this match your experience?
(see my other post)

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1239238185
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