Finding a Power Cord that sounds great

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.

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

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.

I have reviewed the wonderful Furutech Flux power cords on PFO. You'll find my observations at:
http://positive-feedback.com/Issue47/furutech.htm

The PCs that I have enjoyed the most are the ones I am using right now. . . Shunyata King Cobra CX. I have applied them to my Esoteric X-01 Limited player, as well as to my Rowland Model 312 amp. The PC appears to be a complete generalist and can be happily used for both high and low power applications. It is the most coherent cord that I have used this far. Very broad frequency rendering, without hot spots or dips that I can discern. Extremely large stage in 3 dimensions. . . thank goodness the background is not 'black'. . . it's transparent and alive with low level information. Fact is KC may be the most revealing power cord I have tried this far, without delivering unwanted artifacts. While previous incarnations of Shunyata cords could be accused of slightly reducing dynamics, the CX series appears to be delivering an impressive dynamic range, from broad macro dynamics to very minute microdynamics.
Is this wire for everyone? Probably not. . . If someone seekd the ultimate (and to me excessive) energetic sparkle, or a pleasing euphonic warmth, I suspect the Shunyata CX series may not be for them. rather, King Cobra CX seems to be delivering the ultimate Goldilockian sound. . . not an excess of 'this', neither an excess of 'that'. . . just an extreme 'rightness' of all.
Unfortunately, I had the pleasure of inserting into my system also the matching Shunyata Aurora ICs and speaker wires. . . very consistent with King Cobra CX. . . they seem to extend all sonic and musical parameters even significantly further toward my ideal.

G.

I bought a used Elrod EPS-2 off Audiogon for a few hundred. It made such a big difference in my Sony 5400ES player I had to buy 4 more Elrod power cables. The other 4 are on there way. The sound from the Sony was much fuller and richer. The bass was better also.