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POWER CABLE FEATURES

Hi, for many years in this hobby I have paid the least attention to power wires ... I just used quality "computer" cords and that was enough.
Yes, I brought home expensive wires and compared them - there was a difference, but not so much to pay so much money for a piece of wire.

Now I decided to replace the cables (catching fleas - fine tuning the system), chose the manufacturer ...

So my question is - two cables of the same design, but different sections (1.5 and 2.5 squares) ...

How does the thickness of the cable most often affect the sound?

my consumers: CD transport (40 watts), DAC (50 watts), tube amplifier (consumes 130 watts).

Of course, it is better to compare and find out, but like everyone else, there is no such possibility ... Therefore, I am looking for those who have identified a common pattern (from personal experience).

Any caliber of these two will work for my system, but suddenly there is a feature that can be used ...

what I want ? - correct balance, more black background, image depth ...
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pauly
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I just used quality "computer" cords and that was enough.

It may have been enough, but they sure as (add your favorite expletive) wasn’t quality.

My advice would be to only buy one cable and put it on your power amplifier. Spend the money you budgeted for three cables on a single cable of better quality than what you were looking at.

At 130 watts, your amp draws barely more than 1 amp, so cable gauge and current capacity shouldn’t be an issue.

I use tube equipment and found wireworld cables work well for me. As a first cable I’d recommend an Aurora - it will give you a nice bump over the computer cables and not break the bank. I advise to go 2mtr or longer for best result. 

I recommended starting in the power amp, but you should switch it around and see where you get the best improvement.
pauly
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computer cables are enough (by the way, they are of different qualities) ... they will give consistently satisfactory results ... while expensive cables can paint and distort the sound (some recordings will benefit from this, and some will not).


That not true. The idea that cheap cables are neutral is incorrect. Many, not all, audiophiles cables are engineered to produce a particular sound, but that doesn’t mean cheap cables don’t color sound.

When I use a computer power cables my sound becomes very colored and is extremely unsatisfying.
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