Power cables and power conditioners
I've searched this topic, but didn't find any clear discussion of my question. If there is one, feel free to point me to it. Otherwise, I'm curious. Having just purchased a new amp and rearranged my cables, etc, I'm wondering if there is value in having a high end PC for my power conditioner(s). I have Ice Age Audio Frankencables for all my gear running from the power conditioners. Well, sort of. I have a PS Audio PowerPlant 12 and a Panamax M5300. My amps, streamer, preamp and sub are connected to the PowerPlant, while gear with wallworts or fixed plugs (MiniDSP EQs, cable box, old CD player) are connected to the Panamax.
In particular, I'm wondering is there a benefit to connecting the PS Audio PowerPlant to the wall with a high quality PC? As a 'regenorator' and not a power conditioner, it is converting my house current to DC and then back to AC.. It seems to me that doing would negate the usual benefit obtained from adding a high quality power cord (but I certainly could be wrong).
And on what I presume to be the opposite end of the spectrum, it seems to me that the gear attached to the Panamax with low quality power cords would negate any benefit (if there even is one) to having a high quality power cord from the wall to the Panamax. But, again, I could be looking at this all wrong.
Enlighten me. Thanks.
As others have suggested, simply get an affordable 12awg or 10awg power cord to start. You’ll probably hear more improvement in SQ by replacing all of the wallwarts with LPS’s.* After that, start addressing other tweaks - incrementally. - - - * As your system improves, you’ll discover that even the quality of the DC umbilical from the LPS will affect the SQ. |
