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Cable for AudioQuest Niagara 1200

I have the Niagara 1200 power conditioner in my main system and wonder if using a power cord from the same company would be beneficial. (AudioQuest suggests it is, of course! wink wink) I'm looking for recommendations for this unit, taking into account its $1,000 price-tag. I can't see spending a grand on a power cord for something at this price level. (I've seen others using the Thunder on it!) However, the $300 Monsoon looks like it might be appropriate. Is the Monsoon good enough? Would it be significantly better than, say, the NRG Z3? Or is an AQ cord at all necessary? Thanks in advance.
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nonoise
10,823 posts
 
I agree with speakermaster. For my Niagara 1200 I use a Cullen Cable 10GA power cord (I forget which model) from the wall outlet to the unit itself, and then use TWL PCs for the journey from the unit to my integrated and SACD player and it all sounds great.

All the best,
Nonoise
vinylshadow
486 posts
 
For my P.I. Audio UberBuss I use a Triode Wire Labs High Power Digital American power cable plugged into my 30A dedicated line. Both UberBuss and TWL cable have 32A Neutrik connectors.
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ichavis
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I ordered a monsoon to use with my Niagara 1200... AQ is a bit back ordered these days I guess.....
gregp858
30 posts
 
I have a Niagara 1200. I am using an  aq blizzard incoming power cable and monsoon outgoing power cables. Was it worth the money, I honestly can’t answer that one. What I can say is that I don’t have any ground loops or noise anywhere. Ground loops always seemed to be a problem when running multiple three prong power cables. No issues this time. Also running aq water xlrs. So for all it’s worth, in my situation it all came together and worked well. I do feel that you can accomplish the same thing with lesser expensive cables. Probably the biggest mark up in the industry imho!😎
hshifi
572 posts
 
Hello,
I have the Puritan PSM156 power conditioner. I use their $1000 Ultimate XX power cable. They do have a Classic Plus that is really nice. The retail price in the US is $240 for 2 meters. The reason I picked the Puritan over the AQ Niagara line is because each outlet is discrete. Even on the higher end Niagara the outlets are in blocks of four. Also the Puritan PSM156 or PSM136 come with a cord that works really good. I did opt to go to their best power cable because the sound improved a lot more which I did not believe was possible. If your budget is tight then maybe a 12 awg or thicker power cable from Amazon until you can save up for the cable you want. I bought my Puritan power conditioner from :
https://holmaudio.com/
They are in the Chicagoland area on the NW corner of I355 and 75th st. Very easy to get to. They let me try the stuff out before I pony up the cash which is really nice. I have no need to sell stuff that didn’t work out. Today I picked up the Hegel V10 phono amplifier. So far it is really nice. I tried it with MM and MC. It almost makes the music sound live. Maybe that’s a Hegel sound signature. I hope this helped. 
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