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What Power Cord for Tubed Preamp

About a month ago I made my first foray into tubes. I was not satisfied with the rather sibilant sound coming from my system. I thought that this might be a good "excuse" to try out a tubed preamp. What a difference. My system has never sounded more musical. Even my wife commented that the SACD player/tubed preamp was warmer and more natural. Well, anyway, my question is, what power cords have you found to be beneficial with tubed equipment? I know that cables are system dependent. But I want a place to start my search. For digital I use Marigo Labs Ultra series II and the CPCC model 11 for my power amp. Here is my equipment list:

Sony C333ES SACD player
Audio Experiment Symphonies tubed preamp
B&K AV6000 power amp
Paradigm Reference Studio 60 Loudspeakers
Home Grown Audio Super Silver Interconnects
Ted's Excellent Cable Speaker wire.
gallaine
questforsound
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check out the Granite audio #555 and #560 -- Granite audio manufacters tube amps and pre-ampsand tube cd palyers and also ac power cords and interconnects and they are wonderful cords ... we are a showcase dealer on audiogon and you can take a look at them on our showcase

stephen
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lak
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I have found any of the BMI products to work very well. I believe they can only be found on the Audiogon site. My order of preference would be Whale Elite Mk II, Whale Elite and then the Eel’s (which are the least expensive and hard to find). I prefer the Whale Elite Mk II or Whale Elite over power cords costing $1000-$2000 (the BMI power cords cost a lot less but you get a lot of bang for your dollars). Just my opinion, research BMI or Whale power cords in the Audiogon forums, they have quite a following. I hope this is helpful!
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natalie
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Bob Crump Assylum cord.
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