Power cord recommendation for a dac?


Need a power cord for my new MHDT Orchid tube dac. Looking for something rich and detailed and absolutely glare/grain free, 500 or less, used or new -- something especially palpable in vocal and mid-bass frequencies.
pmboyd

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Please, if you don't have a specific recommendation, find another thread in which indulge yourself.
I have never failed to hear a difference with any wire -- power cords, interconnects, speaker, digital -- that I changed in any system I owned. Sometimes that difference was subtle, more often it was the indisputable. All my audiophile friends agree on the charterization of these differences. On the other hand, in my 75 years on the planet, I have met many people with tin ears and many people and closed minds. Nonetheless, I suppose there are systems that are impervious to such changes, although I have yet to encounter any.
To Whom It May Concern:

It's my time and money, I get to decide what to do with it. You decide what to do with yours.

I'm not interested in polemic. Been there, done that. It's a waste of my time.
I believe that what I mean is generally understood. I'm gathering ballpark recommendations, then checking them against reviews and other data, eventually to narrow the field for auditioning. 
kgbspy7... What I will laugh at for the rest of my life: YOU. 

"In the year of our Lord 1432, there arose a grievous quarrel among the brethren over the number of teeth in the mouth of a horse. For 13 days the disputation raged without ceasing...."

There is a charming parable illustrating the need for empirical evidence. It concerns scholars vigorously debating the number of teeth in a horse's mouth. A naive young man suggests that they might resolve the question by looking in the horse's mouth and counting them. The scholars are horrified at this outrageous suggestion. 
Evidently the whole audiophile cable industry is built around a massive psychiactric community. 

“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”

-Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle


Coming soon on loan from The Cable Company, a Shunyata VR-10 NR, Cardas Clear, Wireworld Electra 7 and a Shunyata Defender (parallel line conditioner). And on loan from Triode Labs, a Digital American.

Feedback in due time...
The Shunyata NR V-10 was the clear winner, although I haven't auditioned the Triode Digital American yet. Dead quiet, detailed and well balanced, with palpable bass. Better than the Shunyata Defender by itself. Next was the Wireworld Electra 7, which had surprising bass, yet wasn't quite as open and balanced. Still a fine cord, though, at a comparatively bargain price. Cardas Clear displayed the typical Cardas sound, smooth and rich, but adding a level of honey across the board, so a "slower," less dynamic sound.