Power cords: Kimber Kable Palladium

@freightdac - I bought one used and ended up using it on my amp. I rotate back and forth between a Conrad Johnson Classic 120 and an Audio Hungary P200 amp. 

I moved my cardas clear beyond XL, which had previously been on my amp, to my preamp. I moved a cardas clear reflection cable out of my system to make rooM for the Kimber Kable. 

I found the Kimber Kable Palladian to be a better fit for the amps - more detail, more realistic timbre, etc. I also found that the Cardas Clear Beyond CL to work better on the preamp… 

I use a LessLoss c-Marc cable on my Dac and a cardas clear cable on my streamer. I also added a Puritan Ultimate cable to plug into the wall and connect to my 156 conditioner. 

At some point in the future, I’d like to pick up a used snake river signature cable to try it out… otherwise, I’m happy with my system right now. 

The Kimber Kable improved my system - hands down. 

Auditioning a Kimber Palladian PK10 in my system now. Probably buying it, unless something comes along and somehow tops it, but I almost don't want to send it back to the Cable Company. My description is "Copper cable with a ridiculously low noise floor, very deep soundstage and plenty of air."

Been using it in a Schitt Yggrasil and mostly swapping cables only in the DAC, while going through a playlist with 2000 or so tunes. It makes every cable I've auditioned up to this point sound dead. Notes have a very seductive, sustained decay and I'm hearing parts of songs I thought I knew very well. Very addicting. Will swap in the Dave and see if it yields similar results in a few days.

Was surprised to see this design has been around for almost 3 decades now. The module in the middle is big and heavy!

Interesting post!

Which cables are you sampling?  Power cord or IC?

From Audio Bacon shootout I picked up PK10s and PK14s.  Lately I purchased Snake River Takshaka PCs as end game- AXPONA 2025 discount greatly helped.  Likely purchase a QSA Lanedri PC because expect sonically transformative from reviews and free 30day trial.  

@kennyc - How would you describe the Snake River Taishaka power cables? With power cables, I personally believe the differences are subtle. Other components, such as Dacs, bring much larger sonic differences… 

I’m curious about your impressions of the Snake River cables. Please share!