A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks


And I realize that there are those that don’t believe in either

Assuming you use a power conditioner and after market power cords, do you feel that the power cord from the power conditioner to the wall might be a limiting or even a negating factor to the performance of the after market power cords that run from the power conditioner to the gear?

The reason I ask is that I was about to embark upon some more experimentation with different power cords and where I plugged them into when I discovered that the aftermarket cords I had purchased before and some recent arrivals are actually a meter shorter than the ones that came with the gear. This doesn’t matter for the amp due to its location, but when I did my last power cord upgrade I ran my CDP and pre into a conditioner so the length for those didn’t matter either, but as I was doing the musical chairs with power cords thing today, I also was intending to run the CDP and pre straight into the wall on separate dedicated circuits, but I found out that I am a tad short on those two.

Which doesn’t preclude me from moving my dedicated circuit outlets up a couple of feet, and I suppose I probably will, but I was curious as to the opinions about the limitations of a power conditioners power cord.

immatthewj

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All of my upgrades have improved my audio system. The best upgrades, in my experience, in order of audio improvement were:

1. Speakers (3-way Floorstanders to Open Baffle plus subwoofer)

2. DAC (++ quality & expense)

3.Preamp (SS to tubes)

4.Amplifier (SS to tubes)

5.Speaker cables and Interconnects (tie)

6. Room treatments (but I already had a good room, as-built)

7.Power regenerator (but I already had good power)

8. Power cord upgrades

Your experience may vary. Everything matters, but not equally!