Power Cable Suggestions


Will be receiving used Mark Levinson No 436 monoblock amps and would appreciate power cord recommendations, preferabley under $500, or stick with the stock power cords.
Thanks!
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Power cord is one of the more incomprehensible things I’ve experienced in audio. How can a cable that is not a part of the audio signal chain make a difference in sound...but it does

An amplifier does not enlarge the input signal, rather it makes a large copy of the input signal using the electricity from the mains to create the copy. An amplifier is actually a copying machine of sorts. The input signal never gets to your speaker but dies in the amplifier.


What goes down your speaker cable consists 100% of what comes into the amp via the power cable. In a sense, the AC is part of the signal path and we get tangible benefits when we optimize it.