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The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance

This is a journey through real life experiences from you to everyone that cares to educate themselves. I must admit that I was not a believer in power cords and how they affect sound in your system. I from the camp that believed that the speaker provided 75% of the sound signature then your source then components but never the power cord. Until that magic day I along with another highly acclaimed AudioGoner who I will keep anatomist ran through a few cables in quite a few different systems and was "WOWED" at what I heard. That being said cable I know that I am not the only believer and that is why there are so many power cord/cable companies out there that range from $50 to 20-30 thousand dollars and above. So I like most of you have to scratch my head and ask where do I begin what brand and product and what should i really pay for it?

The purpose of this discussion to get some honest feed back on Price to Performance from you the end user to us here in the community.

Please fire away!


 


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I have been an Audiophile for  over 40 years and owned a audio store.
i will say without question cables are by far the highest profit margin ,speaking of high end cables ,that being said a 
good power cord brings much more detail and dynamics to the audio chain .
i took a $500 power cord ,and a $900
one one on my digital front end ,and one on the integrated amp, then switched them , the better power cord made the power amp noticeably better 
at the output , on the ampsection.
that being said , two top power cords payed dividends.i have found some smaller boutique companies can compete pretty well. The $1k AQ
is fantastic ,but Triode Audiolabs for example for $500 makes a excellent 
power cord. Or you can buy top Furutech connectors ,and buy bulk 
reference cable$50-$400 per ft
that give you = to 3x more value per
dollar spent. These are just an example of possibilities.
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