Power cable education needed

No one using freebie rubber power cords and patch cords (interconnects) should be upgrading any component without first upgrading all that absolute crap wire. Putting everything on Nobsound (or better) springs. Getting all their wire up off the floor. And making sure all that wire is routed away from everything else. At an absolute minimum. Not everyone can do room treatment, but these almost everyone can do and for minimal expense. Because if you are running the free crap it is so awful anything you can find even if less than $100 will be an improvement. 

Unless of course you are running an AVR. The one thing nothing else is ever worse than is an AVR. Freebie rubber power cords come close. But when it comes to crap the AVR is in a league of its own.

So then can you please explain to me what these giant power cords bring to the table? I purchased a couple and I couldn’t notice a difference. I’ve got good hearing and approximately 50 K in my system. I’m trying to figure out what a $10,000 Power cord brings to the equation. I’d love to have an explain to me. Thanks

Come hear the ones I have. When you scrape your chin up off the floor take a minute to regain your composure and then explain to me which you would rather have: that sound? Or the explanation?

I can't spell Synergistic either. They are however my favorite. Not necessarily because they are the very best. But because they have been so consistently good for so many years there are a ton of them out there and so whatever your budget you can simply buy the newest/best one and be pretty much guaranteed it will sound great.  

I had until recently a combination of SR and Shunyata. Caelin Gabriel actually came and demo'd the one I have. He is based just across Puget Sound from me. Those have been replaced with M101 now, insanely better but also a lot more expensive. Oh well the last ones I had were fine for a good 20 years, these will probably be the last ones for me now. 

Companies don't include power cables because: specialization.

It really is that simple. 

If you are using freebie rubber power cords then everything out there is such a big step up you cannot possibly go wrong. If you want better then buying a power cord is no different than any other component. Read the reviews, buy the one within your budget that sounds the best. Once again yes it really is that simple.

The hardest part will be to realize that not only is buying one the same as any other component, but the quality of the power cord matters just as much as the quality of the amp.