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Review: Elrod Power Systems Gold Statement Power Cord Power cord

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My fresh impression of Gold Statement Power Cord - installed into my power conditioner so other component would benefit. It went instead of the old Statement, a;ready one of the best in the world power cords - so it was not comparison with $5 stock power cord.

Two hours right out the box - My 1st reference disc: soundtrack to movie Gladiator tracks 2,3 (female voice, Spanish guitar and large orchestra) - a bit aggressive highs (to be broken-in, obviously), midrange is very nice and bass, oooh that BASS, THE BASS - yes, sirry, now I have IT...the bass...Did I mentioned about bass? Slam is furious, each instrument is superbly tighten up (more palpable, more 3D, more presence). Brrrrrr...

My piano reference disc is "Nogima plays List", Reference Recording. Again - "impossible to believe bass"; much better then with my previous speakers with huge subwoofers, Diapasons by Dick Shahinians - more accurate, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight - very rich (just touch it !) and deep. The most realistic piano depiction I ever experienced (besides real piano, of course). Particularly in left hand octaves. (The right hand octaves were excellent in my system before that and it will open much more later on ). Incidently, I am (was? ) professional pianist

Another example - " Picture at Exhibition" (Reiner, RCA XRCD2) - . One word WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, you want description - here it is: "space is final frontier" - I never imagine that we can "float" in HUGE soundstage space and each instrument is palpable and 3D like a planet - all by itself surrounded by THE space. And all in golden midrange glow....

Jaws dropping experience...

One more thing. The perceived loudness increased by at least 3 dB - don't ask me how - I had to diminish volume control on my preamp by one notch to get still slightly "louder" sound.

To say that addition of this power cord is equivalent to addition of separate component would not be true. Extraordinary component - may be !!!!!!

Thank you for reading it

Associated gear
Marantz-14 SACD/CD (heavily modified by Stan Warren).
Home built tube preamp
Spectron Mk2 monoblocks w/all upgrades
Audio Analyses, Omega speakers
Acoustic Revive RTP-6
cables - all Elrod

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simontju
strapper211
119 posts
 
Hi Unoear,I have 3 so far.1 on the turntable motor,1 on the tuner and 1 going into the Velocitor.I had a bybee supercord on the velocitor and before that a silent source cord before that but the Gold statement is in a league of its own.I have 3 more coming tues for the pre-amp and amps,I have only had them a week but am totally impressed with them.They are big and careful placement is a neccesity even if a hook or a tie is involved but the orange ends are quite flexible its the black part that is quite stiff,but after hooking them up and listening you forget all about the cord.
Robert
strapper211
119 posts
 
Hi,I have have changed all my power cords from VD genesis to Elrod Gold Statement ( 6 of them ) and am in the process of burning them in.I put my old power amp tubes back in for this not wanting to waste my newer tubes,I am running the system on tuner about 12 hours a day for a week now and letting the turntable just spin with no record.I am so impressed by these cables,they are starting to go deeper,open up and very transparent,tremendous slam in the midbass,natural 3d top end.I was told by Mr.Elrod they have a long way to go but my god are they special,if you have a system thats almost there try these,they will put it over the top.
strapper211
119 posts
 
Hi,I have had the cords for about 2 weeks now and they just get better and better.The bass and midbass slam is totally in a league of its own,and the soundstage just keeps getting wider and deeper.Also extreme transparency and natural high end,as good as the vd genesis was this cable beats it by a WIDE margin in all areas.I cant find anything the vd genesis did better,these cables are a must audition in my opinion.If you cant afford these I understand the silver is a excellent performer to,I would like to hear some opinions after people try this cable.
Robert
simontju OP
257 posts
 
Hello Robert,

I have my two Gold Statement power cords for about 3-4 months and they still continue to break-in. In my experience of break-in - sometimes they change their sonic signature i.e. becaming a bit "soft" losing their focus (imaging blur) and next week their sound is even more palpable and imaging becaming simply stunning.

With Elrod Gold power cords and Gold speaker cables (and next week I expect the pair of Gold Statement Interconnects) - my system became highly sensitive of even small changes I make.

I never heard before any component or combination of components similar to David Elrod cables. Its simply unbelievable. I am not sure how my words can express what they do to my listening experience. Frankly, I don;t care how deep the bass is and how wide is soundstage - what I care really is simple thing - will music "grab me" - will it be deeper experience - and here David Elrod work has no equal (in my experience, in my system etc).

Simon
philefreak
423 posts
 
Wow! It would take $46,200.00 to make my rig a full Elrod cable system. My system(excluding cables and power conditioning)at full retail was only about $40K! My 08 BMW M3 was only 70,000.00. I think I'll enjoy my Bimmer some more!
It's hard for this old audio veteran to swallow that $45K cables can make that much of a difference. I'm sure they are great and make a big difference but, the law of diminishing returns has to kick in here. Can't 45K for better speakers or amp give better improvement?
In the main rig I'm using Sophia IIs,Spectron Musician III MK II SE,and a new Ayon3 CD player with all MIT cabling. My MITs have been challenged many times and though some have been better in certain areas at the end of the day the MITs still overall outperform most I've tried. Of course I've not tried cables that cost more than my rig before either.
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