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Review: 6 Sons Audio Thunderbird Power cord

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6 Sons Audio Thunderbird Power Cable

I have recently had the opportunity to try the new Thunderbird from 6 Sons Audio. Being a power cord junkie I am always playing with power cords for the sake of experimentation and on several occasions have purchased cords without expecting the very best of sound. I have tried cords from many of the higher end companies as well as several of the Agon companies which seem to always have cables advertised or on auction.The Thunderbird was lent to me and my expectations of it were that of a mid level lush gold alloy power cable as many I have tried in the past. I was extremely surprised at the sound of this cable straight from the box and it has only improved over the past several hundred hours.I purchased it about ten minutes after I plugged it in as I knew this cord was a keeper from the beginning.
Sonically the Thunderbird has the transparency of the Synergistic Designers Reference cable, the quiet yet detailed sound of the new Dream State Veridical power cable and the smooth yet weighty sound of The Absolute Reference I have fallen in love with. How a thin cord , flat and braided, sounds like the above cord's better qualities I do not know but I do know that after a few hundred hours of the Thunderbird in my system I have purchased 3 more to recable my system and am giving the Windigo cord(the 7 stranded per pole cord) 21 strands total a try on my high powered components. I am obviously extremely impressed with the Thunderbird especially with burn in.The cord is composed of 12 strands total of gold alloy conductor each wire being individually wrapped in Teflon and each of the 3 runs is covered with mesh and braided to Oyaide connectors. My Thunderbird has the Oyaide 79P and 79C connectors. The cord itself is a thin braided cord which sounds a lot better than would be expected from a cord without the beefy looks of my other good cords. I highly recommend this cord as it is one of the better cords I have ever tried in any of my systems.

Associated gear
Hales T5 Speakers
Pass X250.5 amp
Pass X1 Preamp
Talk Electronics Thunder3.1b CDP
Magnium Dynalab Etude/MD100
Hydra6 ac conditioner
various power cables

Similar products
Synergistic Absolute Reference and Designers Reference2, Designers Reference
Dream State veridical and Vivid power cables
Electaglide Epiphany X
Acrolink with 46 and 79 connectors
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mitchb OP
336 posts
 
I for a change ordered another Thunderbird but this time with the Oyaide 004 P and C connectors. The same awesome cable but with more punch. I'm wanting yet another and am hoping to get one soon. These smaller looking braided cables sure do outperform a lot of the "big boys" I've tried at thousands of dollars more. I'm very impressed with these cables. And when I have the funds,,, A Windigo. I can 't wait
rontaylor
14 posts
 
I purchased two of the Windigo cords. Over the past several years many different brands of pcs passed through my system. Unless my ears and memory are playing tricks these are by far the best I have used. Highly recommended.
ford07
3 posts
 
I recently purchased a Consonance Linear CD player from Gary and he sent me a Thunderbird cable to try with it. Well it fell into the "wow what a difference" category in my system. I was already using a PS Audio Plus cord and thought I had my power cords needs taken care of. I will be purchasing more cords from Gary and may even try the Windigo as well. What I noticed was much more punch from my system and greater clarity in the upper mids and vocals in my system.

Also Gary is a true gentleman to deal with. I will definitely be dealing with him again.
vintagechile
32 posts
 
I have been using Thuenderbids for a while.
Them are outstanding value for the price.
Transparent and fast may define them in all the aplications and with connectors rolling.

Them replaced my Lessloss cords on my Audion Appollo's amps.

The best connector configuration IMHO for them are :
Furutech F-50´s and Oyaide 046 or 079.
Prefered on sources : Male f-50 and IEC 079.
On amps : Male 046 and F-50 as IEC.
Superb.
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