Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade

Stanwall: "...anyone who can't hear the difference between power cords in (sic) either profoundly deaf or has a crappy system." THERE is an unintelligent statement. Because you can hear a difference, those of us who can't are deaf or have lo-rez systems? I have to work hard at hearing some of the things my golden-eared friends can hear quite quickly and easily. Give us break, Stan; we're not all as golden-eared as you.
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FWIW, Joe Harley, Audioquest's long-time #2 man, says he can hear more and larger differences among powercords than among ICs.
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Matjet: "Either way, I don't care, I just want the answer."

A consensus simply doesn't matter. What does matter is whether YOU can hear improvements in back-and-forth replacements. Find a dealer who will loan you PCs or at least offer a satisfaction gaurantee and try them. Even after all this 'dialog', it's YOUR system and they're YOUR ears.
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