Hearing is believing?........power cables.......


For anyone who is skeptical about the difference a high quality power cord can make in your high quality audio system........try it.......hearing is believing. About 10 years ago when I bought my first "entry level" hifi system (B&K amp/preamp, Canton speakers) my audio advisor dropped off a Tara Labs Prism power cord. He said just try it for a week and if you don't think it makes a difference just return it. I, like most unfamiliar with high quality cables, was skeptical.......how could a cable 1 meter long from the wall to my equipment make a difference? I put it on the power amp and yes I could definitely tell there was a more defined bass and overall clearer soundscape. I'm a musicians, so I figured maybe the "non audiophile" can't hear the difference. So my brother-in-law who is a bricklayer came over and we did a blind listening test. I randomly switched the Tara, sometimes trying to fool him......told him I switched but didn't........he could tell every time I used the Tara! So I was convinced that it was "wishful thinking on my part or particularly sensitive ears. If you don't think a great power cable can make a difference........take the challenge. Try one for a week and see (hear) for yourself!
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One post said or stated shouldn't the power supply and filters 
clean the power , I guess that was the thinking of most of us as we started becoming audiophiles ,
 in our quest to move up and upgrade we started experimenting .  
I being frugal started with just replacing a fuse,
a glass fuse for a ceramic one , then a Cardis power cord for the stock one ( this is where I learned that while increasing the guage can help its  the design and copper purity that make the biggest diferences )
 and then an outlet, ( my friend and I had 4 different outlets in a double gang box and you wouldn't believe we heard differences in all four ! 
I went from an P.S Audio to an Audioquest and thought about a Furtech )
each made an improvemnt in what I could hear.
Now I am " upgrading " my IEC connectors, I have replaced fuse holders, replacing a main 20 for a military grade 30 amp, replacing the fuse clips on the board with silver plated solid copper from the tin plated brass.
Someday Cardis in the wall 10 gauge solid wire dedicated line.
I'm still amazed as to how much improvement can be made
just getting the power to the electronics.
Outside of the Power cable the rest of the improvments can be very inexpensive.
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