Power cable Advice...


Hi - I am upgrading my PC's from the basic stock to something higher end. Working with a budget up to $1,500 per cable (used will get me bigger bang for the buck) for the following products:

- Pass Labs X250.5 Power Amp

- Atma-Sphere MP-3 Preamp

- Electrocompaniet EMC1

 

TIA. Joey

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I found this to be the most ridiculous post in this string. 

 

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$1500 per cable gets you midfi cables. You a are better off putting that money into a 4500 pair of speaker cables.

better value for money are the 500-650 dollar power cables from Synergistic research foundation and they beat AQ an Nordost. Nordost make good cabels only after 10-30k! You don’t need to spend more than that and won’t get better sound. Most good power cables start at about 3500-5k before they really improve things enough to justify their price. Kubala sosna reailization is in that range then Synergistic Research Galileo and SRX level after that from 6-8k!

Shunyata is meh compared to KS and SR.

Ansuz makes great power cables as well try the X2 in your price range. Ansuz is an evolution of Nordost and all of their cables beat everything Nordost has in their price range.

The cable denier sleeper cells have been woke. 🤣

@classicrockfan guess if you have junk gear you can feed it with junk cables. 

My reasoning is as follows: If you have a two way rural road which turns into a shiny super highway on the last mile, how is this going to improve your experience?

OP try amazon/ebay you can find nice power cables that certainly please your eyes (your ears won't find an audible difference)

 

"On a warmer side with plump bass and thick full mids…Audioquest Storm Series Hurricane"

OMG you just unlocked the magic S.O.

Well if you are listening with lower end gear then cables will make no difference at all. That is why ASR/Amirs reviews and measurements mean nothing as the gear is all cheap garbage. @classicrockfan you are just here to make trouble, please head on back to ASR with your ilk!