Power cords for Audioresearch.

I asked Chris at Audio Research the very same question. He said that unless you are willing to spends thousands of dollars for power cords, stick with their standard 14 gage.

Sounds like what a manufacturer would say.

I have the LS25 and the VT100 MKII. I found that the stock PC equalled or outperformed several aftermarket PCs. However, My gear went up several notches in performance with the Elrod EPS3s on the amp and either a NBS Master III or Elrod EPS2 on the LS25. The bigget improvement was obtained when I used 3 RGPCs on the amp and the Shunyata Hydra 8 on the front end.

However, I recommend that you should expriment with different PCs if possible. In the final analysis, the selection of PCs depends on system synergy and personal preferences.