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

Showing 1 response by ozzy

I realize that we all have our opinions and preferences. So, I am just adding my present arrangement to the discussion.

After many years of trial and error and upgrading 50+ years:

  1. I ran 3 10 gauge runs to my breaker box. At the end of these runs, I have 2 each Furutech NCF outlets.
  2. One dedicated line is reserved for my Video, one for my subs (4) and one for my Main system.
  3. On the Main system I have a AQ Niagara 7000 plugged into the wall with a AQ Dragon power cord.
  4. Into the AQ 7000 I have my 2 (Large) 1500 wpc mono blocks plugged into the Hi-Current outlets connected via Dragon power cords.

I have tried the amps directly into the wall and I prefer them plugged into the HI-Current outs on the AudioQuest Niagara 7000.

ozzy