So Many Choices - PCords for Digital Sources?

I use a couple on my BDP 83. A few in fact, from time to time. Nirvana digital pc, VD power III, Voodoo Black Dragon, or Taipan Helix. Of them I usually prefer the Nirvana on the Oppo.

Again, on the BC DAC 3 I use either a Taipan HA, or a Voodoo Tesla II, Depending on mood and application.

I'd like to have a couple more pc's actually.

Personally, I'd remove that amp from the PSA cond, if it isn't already... and run the balance of the gear on it. Sources, proc, TV.

Depending on which approach you require for a pc here or therre, the smoother sounding ones IMO are the Black Dragon, & Nirvana. the more dynamic ones would be the Gold dragons, Tesla II and Taipan HA.

IMHO Smooth = softer leading edge yet still having impact ... just not quite so sharpened.

IMHO Dynamic = Sharper leading edge and tighter more propulsive presentation..

All are refined and quite listenable without listener fatigue. Save for the Vooddo Tesla II, all are in the $300s preowned or less. The vD P III goes for less than $125 most of the time. It's a nice cord but that's about it. it's also a bit unwieldy. Stiff and heavy. All the other's are very light and quite easy to manage.

the voodoo Gold dragon & Tesla ii surpass the $300-400 range, with the TESLA ii running around $500 used. I’ve had mine for sometime now and been well pleased even with several component changes along the way.

Which cord you choose to use where is important. I’d say the supply cord feeding that Premier cond is your more important one. I use an Elrod Sig III for power items, and a Python VX for digital stuff usually. My dac comes off the Elrod supplied Haley though. My proc goes right off the wall outlet’s dedicated ckt.

One last bit… there maybe pcs under 300 that might help you out, but I never did find any that were of any great significance. I had to mmove into those I have now and buy carefully. The VA Airsine is reportedly a quite nice pc but they’re hard to get preowned, which might say something too as they go like Voodoo cables… FAST… and run in the high 400s or better.

Good luck.

I often wonder when folks say there is no diff from one pc to another, on just hwat level of gear, and what level of pc (s) are being used?

I'd like to know in fact those above items... so I can ignore those cables altogether. or some concensus of folks having used those same wires in other venues can chime in and support or deny such claims.

the only support I would give to the exchange of pcs in A/B conditions is that wires are unlike components and their dialectric composition plays a part in it's presentation.... that facet takes time to unfold itself 100%.

Look.. I'm not flush with dough to throw away, that's a given. so when I pitch decent bucks at some aspect of my system it is because I've determined it provides me results I'm willing to pay for to have them in my rig.

I'm not a cable maker... nor an employee of one. I get no royalties and last time I looked, not even a Xmas card or tank you by email.

God love you if you don't hear a diff when A/B'ing pc's. Most won't... after a while though when it settles in you may.

It is funny to me that these dealers who disavow wires as having some additive level of performance, also sell cables. Why is that? Send 'em all to Radio shack if there's no difference.

The truest and most helpful item we can all pass along to anyone seeking aid in one regard or other is for them to try these things for themselves. As I and so many others have done. then either buy 'em or send 'em back depedning on the outcome of the trial.

But as with preamps, CDPs, amps, and even speakers, wires need that warm up and run in period too. Ears will not adapt to changes in the sound as quickly as you might think. They'll respond better to an increase in volume better than they will to a decrease. Why's that? it's just a simple change, right? Nope. change yes, simple no.

Ears ain't light bulbs. There is a lot going on when we hear things and then try to detect some difference from one set of conditions to another. tons of factors affect our daily ability to hear things... like humidity.. position.. blood pressure... state of mind.. exposure to extraneous noises... etc.

but either way I've no issue with those who scoff at the implementation of upscale pcs to gain some increase in performance... but the question which should always follow is easy: Which pc's were tried on what gear or system for you to come to that conclusion?

Makers of gear too which have non migratory pcs attached to them are there for one reason... the maker likes what they get using that pc. Plain and simple. They are trying to make a buck too... they'll make their stuff less attractive pricewise if they say the pc you must use is another $500, or more.

But even the makers of such pieces chose one they liked over a bunch of other's ... Didn't they?

otherwise we've missed the boat by not buying stock in Radio Shack or Belken.

See for yourself. it always works. most cable makers have a window for try outs. Good luck.