Thanks megasam for being more articulate than me. I have only one other after market power cord to compare this one to. After experimenting, I've kept the other cord on the CD player as its a bit... sweeter (is it the wattgate plugs)? I ended up using this absolute cord on the pre-amp for best use in my system. Going from stock cords to this was a big jump, cleaned up the hash, darkened the background -- what the heck else is a pc supposed to do? To the trigger happy posters, go listen to your van halen.
Absolute Power Cord does the trick
The previous thread was way to long and filled with flame mail. I want to thank the guy who started it as it finally got me interested in checking out his story... Where there's smoke..., some times there's fire. I took the risk and ordered one to try. Best $40 I ever spent on audio. The damn thing simply does the job: clean quiet power, everything sounds more detailed and natural against a dark background. Go figure.