I personally have had good success with power cables over the years without breaking the bank
Over the last 10 years I've transitioned from stock, to PS Audio, to Audio Insight, to Morrow and most recently Puritan
Each step provided incremental SQ improvements and I may have $1500 invested to date
The Puritan was the biggest leap of improvement for me, by far
Here's some feedback from the distributor that I purchased the Puritan from
I probably told you about my client who replaced a $2,500 Shunyata power cable with the $230 Puritan Classic and said it was more open and detailed.
That caught my attention, over the years Shunyata has had some good press and customer testimonials
Lead me to find the investment of $230 as a low risk if I could obtain $2,500 return
I have not integrated the Puritan Classic yet but did replace the power cord on the power conditioner with the Puritan Ultimate
The Puritan Ultimate was single best $900 I've spent on my system in the last 5 years
I know it's a cable but the improvement has people asking what new piece of electronics have I added
Our respective mileage will vary and cables are very much different strokes for different folks, but my experiences with cables (speaker, power cords, interconnects) over the years have been VERY favorable - with all due respect to jasonbourne71
Enjoy the journey and the diversity of our different opinionn