Power cord for Proceed HPA 3

Get a BMI power cord. Guage is a poor cousin to good design. BMI produces the finest cords I have heard. I have turned a number of my audiophile friends onto them and every one of them have bought one.

I now know what a 20 amp connector looks like. On advice of an audiophile friend whose judgement I trust I've decided to to try a WyWire Silver Juice II, a 9 AWG cable.

The Proceed HPA 3 drives a pair of KEF 107/2s with a 107/2 KUBE. The 107/2s are pretty efficient speakers to be driven by a powerful amp, but the amp seems to exercise fine control of their substantial bass, resulting in tight but deep LF extension.

Thanks for the helpful advice.

db

I second the Cullen Cable.

questions
- do you have a quality outlet?
- a dedicated line from breaker panel?

Both of these will effect the performance of a new cable - and burn-in is also a factor - more on some cables than others

Look at this ad, it shows a 20 amp connector. Is this what the IEC on the back of the amps look like they take?

http://app.audiogon.com/listings/ac-cables-sonoran-plateau-3-feet-20amp-iec-2013-09-05-power-22031

Chuck

Your amp has a 15 amp iec connector. A 20 amp cable has a different iec connector

You might want to try the Pangea ac-9SE - it is made from better quality copper.

Personally, I built my own from Furutech 10 gauge cable and silver plated iec/mains conectors - if you want details use the Agon messaging feature on "My Page" and send me a note - cost - $220 for a 7 ft cable

I am also using 10 & 12 gauge braided romex which works extremely well - almost as good as the furutech.

You might also want to try some stores for loaners - Nordost actually has a case of cables they give their dealers for loan purposes that has a selection of power cables to try.

No matter what cable you buy they are going to be pretty thick

Good luck

Contact Cullen Cable. Patrick will know what to make for you. I have 3 of his power cords. They are great.

I didn't know 20 amp power cords had special connectors, and I really don't know anything about them. Yesterday I plugged in a very stiff Pangea AC-9 I discovered I had bought at one time but never used. The box doesn't say what the amp rating of the cord is though. The sound seems to have lost a bit of detail compared to the Richard Gray loaner I've been using. I really dislike the stiffness, so maybe a 20 amp cable is not for me.

db

Do the amps require the connectors that 20 Amp power cords have?