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Finding a Power Cord that sounds great

There are so many Power cords out there it is mind boggling. I have tried quite a few of them. Here is what I have tried over the few years. JPS +, Kimber Kable Palladian, Cardas Golden reference, Shunyata Python Helix. They all had their pluses and minuses and I kept looking. Some I enjoyed more than others. I recently tried a BPT L9cT(advertised here on Audiogon) and was surprised at how good it was for such a reasonable price. Chris Hoff of BPT(great guy to work with by the way) made a special L9cT Power Cord with the new Furutech FI50 connectors recently. Wow! Now I thought this is something special. It imaged better that any of the other Power cords I had tried with a deeper and higher image than I had experienced before. It is still a fast cord with excellent transients and great bass but with a much bigger sound stage. Also the Furutech FI50's seem to give the sound a relaxed realistic character to instruments. Pianos especially sounded nice. I have heard the Furutech powerflux power cord was an excellent. It was slightly higher priced than what I wanted to pay for a power cord. It uses the F150 connectors. So trying the BPT cord with Fi50s was a nice find.
Anyone want to share their experiences with the best power cord they have used? I know some of this is system dependent. Has anyone tried a BPT power cord or a power cord with FI50 connectors? Just wanted to say I had a very good listening experience with BPT L9CT with Furutech FI50s.
Thanks

My Equipment
Anthem D2
Theta Dreadnaught II
Naim CDx2
Kef reference 205s RL
Kef reference 204 center
Martin Logan descent Sub
PSB synch surrounds
Oyaide R1 outlets with Furutech covers
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jeff_jones
418 posts
 
I too was skeptical of power cords & then I thought "ok smarty, if that is the case then try it without one". I am amazed by the 'black backgrounds' & giant sense of 'space between the notes' that this change has made in my system, but I will probably revert back as I feel that there is a loss of dynamics.
markus1299
252 posts
 
I too was very skeptical about power cords improving the sound of my system. I found the cable company would lend me cords to try from there lending library without obligation to purchase. After several auditions, the Synergistic Research cords improved the sound far and above any others I had tried. They use a process called "Quantum Tunneling" that they claim produces 0 resistance in there products. The Hologram D cord on my CD player was particularly an eye opener. No affiliation but WOW what a difference
jrn OP
36 posts
 
To me it is amazing how much a good power cord can change the sound of your system. To Jeff_Jones, try out a BPT power cord. They seem to help the dynamics not hurt them. Though you do need to give it about 300 hours break in time.
sherod
1,690 posts
 
I found a relatively new power cord recently, made from NOS Western Electric wire, that is a bargain in sonics. This cord has been favorably compared to cords costing many times its price. I bought this on Ebay and am including a link to that ad, but here is the web site for more info. I'm not affiliated with the company other than being a happy customer.

www.mojo-audio.com

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-AWG-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-WIRE-AC-POWER-CORD-AUDIOPHILE-/320521119578?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aa08c275a
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
I have been through way too many to list in nearly all $ ranges. All do different things, some better than others, but most also bring some negative to the table. The 2 cables that gave the most gain with no negative consequences, to my ears of course, are the Acoustic Revive Power Reference and the MIT Oracle Z3. Both topped cables costing double and beyond in my trials. They both seemed to be the most coherent top to bottom and just solid all around performers. Now I am trying to nail down which of the 2 I like best and be done with it! I have also found using more than 2 brands of power cords in my system begins to cause some loss of overall coherence.
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