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Best power cable to component or to power strip?

I expect this has been discussed before but a search doesn't give me any useful threads.

If you are running a power cable from the wall to a power strip (PS Audio Juice Bar, in my case) and from there running cables to your amp, pre, phono stage, etc., would you put your best cord before or after the power strip? Or can you even generalize on something like this.

The question arises because I have a 2 meter run from wall to power strip and from there less than a meter to each of my components. This makes it hard to compare different cables in the wall to power strip position as I cannot just pop in one of my 1 meter cords. As I upgrade power cords, is it worth doing anything with the short runs without replacing the long run first? Thanks for any thoughts you have.
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dcrugby
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i've got lots of different "nuancy" power cords and each of them changes the sound of components a wee bit, but i've found that for my conditioners i prefer the most massive cord i can put on it - and to my ears, i still seem to get a lot of the "nuanced" sound characteristics of the cords coming out of it.

ps audio cords are big gauge for reasonable money. MAC and element cords are slightly smaller gauge, but still sound excellent for a very reasonable amount of coinage.
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