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upgraded power cables after a power conditioner

Hello all

I am curious what your thoughts are regarding the importance of upgraded power cables placed between the power conditioner and the hifi components. Will the power conditioner be enough (it's an "upgraded" Isotek Sigmas with Furutech rodium plugs) or will adding upgraded power cables improve things some. Do I upgrade the cables?? Or shall I upgrade the plugs on the stock cables? I have run a dedicated mains supply to the hifi from the breaker box, did the whole fuse upgrade thing in every component, got the AQ Sky and AQ Wild interconnects everywhere, using AQ Rockefeller speaker cables which are due for upgrading soon - so the next thing to consider is the power cables. I await your input. Thank you!
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gshepardbuster
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From my Hydra 4 to my preamp and cdp I can tell no difference between AQ NRG 10 and cheaper cords. From the wall direct to my amps the NRGs are great. I suspect on low power components,ie, cdp and preamps one can get away with lesser cords from the power conditioner as the voltage is already stabilized/filtered. I already have dedicated lines so maybe this is why I'm able to use lesser PCs from conditioner. The rest of my cabling is AQ wild blue/wildwood so if there was a difference to hear the cabling is not the bottleneck. Of course YMMV.
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audiofreakgeek
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The upgraded power cords are very important.

I use the best power conditioners on the market and the difference between stock cords and high performance ones are very audible.

The AQ power cords are not very effective, they are nicely made but provide very little real improvement.

I used Sound String, really great for the price, Kubala Sosna, and several others.
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