Suggestions for fully shielded power cord...

Nsgarch, I think I'll have to disagree with you on the use of shielded cords for digital. Just that my experience has been different. I use Audience cord on my dac and tried shielded cords and always preffered the sound of the dac with Audience cord. Clio, borrow cords from cable company and see if a shielded cord will beat the Audience. Using shielded cords in my system always resulted in darker, more closed-in sound. The noise rejection usually comes at the expense of dynamic range. I am now trying out the Audience cord on my amp as we speak, in addition to the one I already use with the dac and I like what I hear this cord does on the amp. But of course, the only way for Clio to find out is to try different PCs.

Nsgarch, I compared Audience to Shunyata Diamondback, PS Audio Prelude and Acoustic Zen Tsunami+. Found Audience to sound best with the dac and other cords to be good on pre and amp. However, Audience also was also very good on the amp as well. Prelude is out of the picture altogether as I liked it the least. It was the most shielded(I think) and sounded worst than the stock cords. I don't know what gauge Audience is but I don't think this is what contributed to the differences between the cables in this given example. Anyway, the best way to find out what works is to try. But Audience is one cord I wouldn't hesitate recommending.

Glenn, everyone's preferences are different. What did you experience when stepping up from Diamondback to Taipan on your amp?

Nsgarch, thank you. But I got better things going than calling or e-mailing power cord manufacturers. It would be great however if you can educate me and possibly few other people here about power cord design and what advantages and disadvantages each of the designs have. It certainly looks like you have conducted your research already. So why not share?

Clio, I am trying this very same power cord on my cd player right now. My first impressions are that this cord is pretty neutral sounding, although I haven't run an "A/B" against my Audience PowerChord yet.

Clio, I agree. Audience is one of the most versatile cords. I also had great results with it on the amp, pre-amp and digital. Just didn't compared it directly to Purist yet. Wonder what that'll show on my CDP. I borrowed few cords from cable company to try with my CDP. What CDP are you getting?

Clio, I had a feeling this would be a modded unit, but this is interesting. Should be nice.