Power Cord choices


Hello, 

I’m looking at a new power cord for a high powered solid state amplifier. The two I’m considering are the Wywires Silver Juice 2 HC and Shunyata Venom 10NR. Has anyone compared these two, and if so what were your thoughts?  
 

Thank you.  

sinatra

The difference a power cord can make in your system is very large, particularly on the power amp. Power cords like interconnects and speaker wire can be considered in a couple different ways: quality and effect in your system. My meaning here is that greater quality usually means a greater impact on the sound quality… but it does not mean the effect is positive to your system / to your ear.

Generally you must try some different ones. I recommend the lending library at the cable company or local dealer. I would try used cords. Include Cardas (a bit warmer) and AudioQuest storm series. Typically you get used at 50%… putting you in a much higher quality category. The AudioQuest Storm series has taken the community by (sorry) storm… they are such a big jump forward in sound quality. Also, I recommend DHLabs… they make really great products in your price range.

My experience with the lower end Shunyata has not been good… as in, they just don’t seem to be much of an improvement… at least in the systems I have tried them in.

 

On my system, I spent a year trying different cords until I found the AudioQuest Hurricane, not in your price range. But the effect was so profound and did exactly what I wanted… complete transparency, with a dead quiet background. Adding power cords to my components had a much smaller but important impact. I used Transparent on those and they did exactly what I needed them to do. And these all replaced Audio Research’s very heavy duty stock 20amp cords… the difference was really important and very positive.

@johnto Flip that idea around.  It is the first 5-6 of power that your component sees on it's way to the power generation source.  I hypothesize our components are making a fair bit of noise internally, which propagates back into the your house AC, and into your other components.  The better cords filter out more of this back propagation.  I have found the Shunyata NR cords to provide a noticeable improvement in sound quality.  This hypothesis (not original to me) might be the reason why.

Thank you all for your feedback thus far. I really appreciate it. Has anyone had any experience with Wywires such as their HC power cords? 

I envy the naysayers who have so much more money 

than us who belive without a doubt that cables 

matter a great deal. Having said that, it's sad that 

your hearing is so comprised.

Sinatra, try Audio Envy and Triode wire labs power cords.

They offer a 30 day audition trial.