NBS 3S power cable

zipost...Much of the NBS line of cables hasn’t changed since I had them. I’m not familiar with their recent offerings, but I see on their website most of their cables up to  Black label are the same from ten years ago. My last cables were Statement Extreme mk4. All cables from there down haven’t changed in the last 10-15 years.

hiendmmoe... the new line from NBS is totally different, you will be surprised, it’s a completely new beast.  The 3s power cord is very nice, it’s a big improvement over the older series

If your system already sounds thick and a bit heavy I don’t believe the NBS cable is going to be a good match. It has been about ten years since I was really into NBS cables owning a lot of them. I can say this, the sound is thick and heavy, but also extremely quite. You hit it right on the money when you said you don’t need more power. They will give you that.

Thanks for everybody's advice.

hiendmmoe98: 
Your information is very useful.  I think my system sounds thick, and because my listening area is not big. If NBS sound more heavy then I'm afraid the my system sounds too powerful, I need to think about this.


stereo54: I'm using a Acrolink 8N-PC8100 Performante power cable for my Esoteric Grandioso K1. Before K1, I use a Esoteric K-03X CDP with a Acrolink 7N-4030 Mark II Power cable. I always use Acrolink PC for my Esoteric CDP, it sounds more natural. As I know Esoteric use Acrolink cable to do audition and produce OEM cable for them. Acrolink cable sound really match Esoteric CDP.


hiendmmoe98: I'm using a Shunyata Sigma Analog (20A plug) for my ARC Ref 6 and so far I'm happy with this, no plan to change.

After reading your original post I would use it with the ARC ref 6. It will add weight and body to the 6

NBS can be a very heavy sounding cable. If you system is on the thin side then it will work fine, but if not it might not work well. Their power cables are some of the best, but very pricey 

mmbl622...Nbs 3s pc works best with cd player, dac or phono and preamp.  For power amp i recommend the BL2 or BL3 from nbs.  I don’t recommend using any power conditioner or power distributor.   Hope this help! 

I found that Acrolink work best with Esoteric SACD players. Your player is wired internally with it.  I use an Acrolink PC4030 power cord on my Esoteric K-03 Player. I also use Acrolink interconnects and Acrolink digital cable on the X-03. 

I can't do any experiment because I have not yet to purchase this PC.  I'm looking for a PC for my power-amp to replace my Furutech DPS-4. 0 PC. And I will only consider this if it has good result on power-amp.  

I used to check with a NBS's local distributor in my area. They said NBS 3S work best with CDP and per-amp but not power-amp.  If I want a good PC for power-amp they ask me to look at NBS Universal II.  But this is NBS's  latest top model, very expensive and there is no 2nd hand product in the market yet.   I want to buy a 2nd hand NBS 3S (or other brand)

You would have to experiment.  Every set-up is different.  Relatively easy to move it from one component to the next and listen...

Upgrade everything be a sport.