Cardas or Virtual Dynamics power cords? Opinions?

My system has also benefitted tremendously from VD cords - power, IC and speaker cables. I have them mixed with Elrod Statements(back end) - they were truly the equivalent of a "component-level+" upgrade to my system and continue to get better the more they break in. I was pleasantly surprised by what a dramatic, positive effect they make - Rick S. has also been great to work with.

If you REALLY want to understand, call Rick at VD. He is the best source to answer your questions. Comments by others, whether well-intentioned or not, will only be misleading. The AA poster above would have found out the answers to his issues had he made a call, or even read the VD website, instead of "enlightening" others with his lack of understanding.

John-

Just so you don't feel alone, I too have almost zero space behind my rack and a big TV almost against 1 side of it, so I have 1 access point, period. I need to contort myself behind a speaker, carefully stepping between 10 feet of coiled bi-wire Revelation rebar just to begin to be able to barely reach the connections in my rack, which I can only reach with one hand. It took me over 2 hours to properly install my bi-wire(lots of cables) Revelation speaker cables, with the pre-bending trial-and-error, etc.

Know what? It was worth it and I'd do it again tomorrow for the kind of performance I'm getting out of these cables. Hope this helps a little.

Rja- Yes, those magnetic ends are "sticky" so you have to be careful. Interesting that you had a bottlecap around your stereo gear...

Brouch - Just received a Genesis PC and will be attempting to install it this weekend between my power conditioner (2nd shelf from bottom of my rack) and my CD player (top of my rack) without pulling either of them out of position. The CD player is also on Stillpoints so this will be quite a challenge. I will probably have to rely upon inertia, the spin of the earth, prayer and blind luck to pull this off(no pun) without breaking anything. That cord(s) has got to weigh at least 14-15 lbs. Rumor has it the resulting sound is pretty spectacular, so again, worth the effort. I too plan to be sweating.............

Islandear- thanks for sharing your experience. Where exactly did you put the dowel? I'm hopeful of using the rear wall as support and measuring the bend to both power conditioner and the CD player (about 18"). I think if I can somehow support the bottom run to the conditioner, MAYBE the rest will hold against the wall. If not, I may have to devise some sort of clamp to hold it against the upper wall near the CD player, altho I really hate to start drilling into walls for a power cord............. Maybe I'll just try super-glue.....

I got the Genesis PC to actually hold between my power conditioner and CD player this am. We are closing doors very gently for fear of disturbing the perfect balance. I pre-bent everything and then placed the bulk of the weight on an insulated 4" pipe about 18" long. Took me 1/2 hour to plan and prebend, 10 minutes to install - a new record for VD and me. It has been working for several hours now.....
Initial comparison with EpiphanyX it replaced - no contest - better imaging, depth and width of soundstage, musicality, and most of all, the ability to draw out the soul of the music, especially the bass, much more clearly. I realize this will only get better as the cord settles in, but so far, so good.