harmonic technology ac 11 power cord on classe


hello ; i am upgrading the power cord on my ca-22oo classe amp and i am wondering if i should also change the power cords on the cp 500 preamp and the cdp 502 at the same time . i am using the magic link 2 xlr on all my interconnects and HT pro 9 speaker cable and am very happy with harmonic technology products overall. any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks for you help. regards ken
kadam
Hello Kadam -

I have not auditioned the AC-11, however...I have a Classe CA-101 and oh, about 2 years ago I tried the AC-10 on my Amp, CD player (Arcam CD-36), Preamp (Quicksilver-RCL).

I found that compared to the Shunyata Diamondback I had throughout my system, the AC-10 gave me no improvement other then a bit more clarity when hooked to my CD-player.

For basically same money I tried an Audience power chord and it never left my Amp.

This is not to tell you to buy Audience, just that in my opinion I am not sure that HT power Chords for the money give you the value that there interconnects and speaker cables do.
I too like HT products.
hello lougiants ; thxs for the heads up on the ac 11 power cords. i will try a couple of variations to see the difference. i was surprised that the difference came from the cd player and not the amp or pre amp. thxs again for your help.
You're welcome.

I was surprised as well. I really thought that it would be noticeable improvement due to the price difference over the Shunyata Diamondback...but I could not really discern anything other then a smidge on the CD player.
With these types of things, changes vary from system to system, so give the HT a try and see if it does on yours.
But I would definitely give some other cable manufacturers a test as well, like Synergistic Research and Audience(it helped on my Amp.