Power cords, AC line conditioners---preferences?

Actually in my system there was nothing worse than Cardas. They were just awful. I made my own power cables - Furutech F1 end with Accrolink cable...wonderful stuff.

Can't go wrong with Shunyata. Either the Hydra 2, 4, 6 or 8. I owned a Hydra 2, 4 and now have owned the Hydra 8 for a year and a half. The older models are dropping in price because of Shunyata's continual new lines that seem to come out every few years, but that doesn't mean the older models aren't worth a serious look. Try a Hydra 8, pair it with a nice power cord and you may be really suprised. Also very easy to resell. One tip, make sure the Hydra you buy has the newer copper outlets that they switched to in 2006 or so. The older models before that time have silver plated outlets that have proved to be a bit stringent in the upper registers for many people.

I've read Running Springs is terrific too.

I use a Richard Gray RGPC 400 Pro and Transparent Audio Ultra cables.

My wife is my double blind tester. She says it is a great combo. It gives solid Bass, nice highs and a blackground.

I'm using a Torus CS-15 and JPS AC+, JPS ACX and JPS Pac Lite power cords.

At a friends he had a Purist conditioner (extrmely nice) and another guy had brought over a BC6000 and we compared. The BC was flat and lifeless.