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Best Power Cord with CD Player-

McCormack DP2--matched with Conrad Johnson (power amp and pre), power conditioner, and Vandersteen Quatros--Question: have not found a power cord to tame down some of the "brightness" I find in system-my current mix of power cords are just too much for CD player or Phono-they are fine for Pre or Power Amp, but with CD Player they clamp down pretty much on the sound---I simply want a nice cord that is clear, clean but takes some of the "edge" off--not dumbing down the sound or blurring distinctions---but some finesse. I am sure somebody out there has plenty of opinions--
bluesnbike1954
metralla
945 posts
 
In my experience, the Cardas Reference really tamed the top end on an Arcam Alpha 9. It was not a particularly good cord on my integrated amp (did not do much for the dynamics, unlike something like a TG Audio cord) but it was lovely on the CDP.

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tom6897
1,484 posts
 
What does your current mix of cords consist of?
rrog
1,958 posts
 
In my experience the original power cord that was selected by the engineer that designed the CD player works the best.
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