Cardas or Virtual Dynamics power cords? Opinions?

I was searching for new PCs for my dual mono, BAT amp. I had been running one of David Elrod's Statements on my 200, but there was no way I was going to be able to wrestle two of them into place. Another Agoner, Jmcgrogan (thanks again), suggested I try VD PCs on my 600, since he had already enjoyed that combo in his own system. I started with a couple of Master PCs and also replaced the King Cobra v2 on my source. There was a very dramatic improvement in the depth and breadth of the soundstage. The sound was noticeably more immediately transparent. Even though the wire was essentially new (despite being run in at the mfr) there was no grunge at frequency extremes. To rely on a cliche, there was a sense of gestalt.

I was also provided a new set of Revelation ICs and Revelation speaker cable. All cabling is in place and has run about 200 hours. While I expect things to continue to meld, I have been revisiting corners of my jazz and blues collection with renewed enthusiasm. I certainly would agree with anyone that there are a lot of outstanding cable manufacturers - and that this product, like every other will appeal to only a portion of the market, but this addition was entirely worth the time and money invested. If you had told me five years ago that I would be making this kind of investment in wire...well...now it's just another important component.

Dadgummit, John, you mean my neighbor's complaints about noise are valid? BTW, what do you want to hear next?

Jmcgrogan (John), bummer about the Rowland. Are you returning the Rev speaker cables because they don't fit? I had similar issues but I ended up measuring the turns in my system and preshaped the cable before inserting the runs into my system. Wouldn't want to have to go through that exercise again too soon, but the performance of the cable made the effort worthwhile.

Ah yes, John. You are infected. Yes, we could be redirecting all this time and money into some other hobby, or some professional association, or some political par--whoa.

It's what we do to escape.

I've suggested to several people, including Rick S, that someone should manufacture some form of cable management system. Won't be me. I'm already dodging enough responsibility. But you'd think, what with the width, weight and inflexibility of these precious monsters, that some mfr would go the extra mile to make sure that we can easily introduce them into our system. But then, that's me.

When the Rowland is up and running give the VD a shot. They might work. Maybe not. All you're out - besides the repair on the Rowland - is some time. I'll be interested to hear your impressions if you do.

Fplanner, I have a similar situation - similar in that I have a Master on my AA Capitole. The Cap sits on a double stack of Rollerblocks and the Master - if not supported - pulls the Cap off the Rollerblocks. Temporarily I have put an oak dowel tripod in place to support the Master. This fix is not ideal, and it is certainly unattractive. But the Cap remains, safely, on the RBs which are an indispensable part of my chain. Before I decide to swap the Masters for Revelations, or - should I even suggest this? - the Genesis, I'm going to have to change my rack, effectively lowering the height of the Cap.

Fplanner, the tripod sits 6" below the level of the IEC, about a foot away, to allow the cable to span the distance between cdp and the Hydra. I had 3 36" oak dowels on hand - pine would work (perhaps another sonic consideration? LOL) - and drilled a hole through them about 6" from the top, connecting them with a 3" screw. I set the Master over the top of the tripod's crotch (is there a better choice of word here?).

Verrrrrry ugly. But it works.

Your idea of using the wall as a support might also work. Superglue would probably work too...just make sure you never want to move anything ever again... Sheesh, the things we do.

If only I were a Luddite.