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Do I need upgraded power cables?

Hello and Good Day

I'm wondering about power conditioners and power cords. Here's my equipment:

Cronus Magnum lll Integrated Tube Amp / Focal Aria 948 DW Speakers / Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cables / 2 SVS SB2000 Pro A Subwoofers with SVS Sound Path Subwoofer Cables / Grado Sonata Cartridge / Pro-Ject 2 Xperience SB DC Turntable using the included interconnects / Denon DCD 1700NE CD Player using Kimber Sliver Streak Interconnect / Panamax MR4300 Power Line conditioner and surge protection 

Upgrade the Panamax?  - is it providing anything besides surge protection? Upgrade the power cords for which component? Or do nothing? Maybe my components aren't audiophile enough to justify purchasing upgraded power cords. 

Any advise or recommendations would be appreciated.

Thank you

Bill

 

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Showing 3 responses by mharris71

mharris71
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"Do I need upgraded power cables?"
Only if your current cord is broken or the wrong size...or if you want a nicer looking cable.
For sound improvements?...NOPE

mharris71
6 posts
 

"Ignore trolls." By trolls do you mean ignorant people living in a delusional reality of imagination with ZERO proof to back up their claims or people with actual knowledge and FACTS to prove their claims?

mharris71
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Unless you had a broken cable, there is no difference you are going to hear or measure. This has been tested MANY times. There is a reason there is not a single blind test ever where anyone claiming to hear such differences was able to prove it.
Placebo and bias are very strong things and nobody is immune to it.
Heck, many times I thought for sure I would be able to tell between two dacs or cables just to have my wife come to the room and blind test me and I failed miserable...just like EVERY other person that has tried testing power cables,.
Dont feel bad..the mind is a powerful thing and can easily fool us.

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