Power cord upgrade


I want to upgrade power cords for my streamer, Aurender A15 which currently has a Shunyata v14 digital.

And Puritan 156 which has the classic cord it comes with.

I believe in system synergy, so I am leaning towards Transparent, and/or Audioquest.

I have ARC ref5se with the Transparent Reference, and ref75se with the AQ Hurricane.

Guess my thought is the streamer and 156 PC are maybe a bottleneck. Won't know without trying, right? I am satisfied with the over all sound now, so looking for more of it. Make any sense??

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@hce1 

Well said, you write well. 

The irony is those who profess science are usually the ones without any formal education in science, and attempt to "inform" those of us with science degrees how it all works, because they have "all the answers".

There are millions of music fans such as the OP who have overcome their pre-conceived barriers and experimented, perhaps using guidance from experienced audiophiles, then using common sense arrived a reasonable understanding of how different cables affect the sound of their system, and as a result enjoy their music even more. ie: they became audiophiles. I am also one of them. 

And then there are the hardened ones who refuse to wander beyond their belief system for fear of falling off the edge of the planet. 

@vetsc5  

That sir has been my path and as said very rewarding not to mention cost effective. Research replicate, science as we know will definitively assist. It’s staggering the markup of readily available bulk product. With a little finesse it can look pretty as well, winner winner chicken dinner. Nothing snide or inappropriate here, simply an opinion. No connection to that childish derogatory labelling “The Church of Naysayers” Do expect many a manufacturing marketer will hate this sort of recommendation…Tough !

Hey there 1971gto455ho, I'm hoping that my detailed response based on experience and with sources will supply other forum readers an option rather than spending serious coin on high end-high mark up power cables.  I cannot overstate how easy and satisfying it is to DIY.  Have a good week.

I wouldn't go with either transparent or nordost, both those companies use the cheapest wire which is OFC which has 500 crystal barriers per foot with your little fractures in the wire that the signal has to jump across, if you really want to make a big improvement in your system get any power cords made with OCC single crystal wire and if you really want to take it even to the next level after that the rectangular OCC single crystal wire is even better than the round OCC single crystal wire.