Are manufacturer AC cables good enough?


I have two PS Audio AC3 and two Pangea AC 14 cables I don't use.  My thinking is that Ayre wouldn't supply cables that are inadequate for their components.  Is that thinking flawed?

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Showing 1 response by joey54

I have tried numerous power cables including AudioQuest, ESP, Shunyata and a few others on the Aesthetix Mimas integrated amplifier and none of them were any better than the stock power cord from Aesthetix. In fact, they all negatively impacted the sound.

On other components like the Ayre Codex, Ayre AX-7e and the Ayre EX-8 the AQ Hurricane offered a big improvement over the stock cord. The impact on the DAC was the most notable. I think the only way to be sure is to try it in your system.  Good Luck!