... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY?

DIY  Belden 83803  (Ga12, Teflon)  two cables 1 foot long with Wattgate connectors for Benchmark DAC3 and Benchmark AHB2 - both connected to Furman Elite 20PFi conditioner.

All - Audience AU24SEi
VAC Renaissance V
Ayre VX5/20
Ayre QX5/20
Audience aR6TSSD

Audio Art Cable Statement and Classic 1 Power Cords

I use a mix of cables in my system, here's the list ranked from favorite to least favorite:

1. Nordost Heimdall 2 - Integrated Tube Amplifier.
2. Furutech FP-TCS31 with FI-28 Gold AC Plug and IEC - Wall outlet to Line Conditioner.
3. Xindak FP-1 - Tube Phono Pre, Turntable and Subwoofer.

Cullen Cable Crossover II - Nuprime IDA-16 integrated amp
Cullen Cable Crossover II - APC H-15 power conditioner
Cullen Cable Avius C7 - Blusound Node 2
Cullen Cable Avius - Arcam A19 integrated

All 2 meter length

http://http//www.cullencable.com/

Cheers,
Scott

AudioQuest Hurricane High Current 1 meter power cables. AudioQuest Niagara 1200 power conditioner. 

DIY No Snake Oil Resolution Series (10AWG, teflon wrapped copper and damping material).

For the sake of the survey (device, cable, length):

Velodyne VDR-12 - Audio Sensibility Testament – x2  2.0m / 1.5m
Bryston BIT-15 - Nordost Frey 2  2.0m
Esoteric K-01X - Nordost Frey 2  2.0m
Bryston 7B-SST2 - Nordost Heimdall 2 – x2  2.0m
Bryston BHA-1 - Wireworld Electra 7  2.0m
Esoteric G-03X - Wireworld Electra 7  1.5m
Marantz 8802A - Wireworld Electra 7  1.5m

Mostly Shunyata - their Ztron series and King Cobra. Also PS Audio AC-12, Signal Cables, Maze Audio and Ice Age Audio. 

2 WOPL 700's with 2 Cardas Golden Reference 6' cables.

The same power cords that came with my components. Why would a company that is very proud of their product turn around and provide an inadequate power cord? Makes no sense to me. Save your money! 

Then, you've never heard, nor tried, an aftermarket PC?

Stage 3 Concepts Kraken 1.5M - Mojo Mac Mini / Illuminati v3
Stage 3 Concepts Minotaur 1.5M - REL B2 Subs / Rogue Audio M180
High Fidelity Ultimate Reference Helix 1M - Wadia S7i / Rouge Hera 2
High Fidelity Professional Series 1M - HB Cable Design Power Slave

Power cords definitely change the sound.  There is no objective neutral cord to be found. What is good for your system may not be for another.
So which is the best cord?  If you only had a different speaker, or amplifier?  The one you just got rid of would have been the best.

If you have the money?  Experiment with the time you have to do so.

I'm not sure if one strand of copper is better than another, but what I do care about how well a power cable is shielded. I've have had some pricey cables in the past but they did not pass this simple voltage meter test as described here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVn7UsaDmcQ
I since sold those expensive cables and went exclusively with Pangea for this reason.
They sound fine as well.

All Oyaide Tunami (GPX, GPX-R, GPX-R V2)

Shunyata for ML speakers and Krell Vector HC for Krell monoblocks. 

Analysis Plus

Mostly Nordost mid level offerings.
I spent years poking fun at the whole idea of ridiculously high priced wires and still feel that way for the most part.
The big change for me was when I swapped out stock cords on my amps and I had to eat crow. I was eager to tell my buddy who brought them over that I heard no difference but I did.
Bass was much fuller, highs were less grainy were the 2 most pronounced differences I heard without question.I had to rerun room correction to balance the sound again as the bass was so much fuller. Not bloated or muddy, just louder and more prevalent.

Scott

Pangea 14SE Mark II to the DAC and a possibly counterfeit big ass PS Audio to my intergrated tube amp.

Verastarr

ZenWave Audio DSP 4 to AMP
Lower end Nordost for the rest

Aether audio MBB-AC on the entire system. Clearer darker background, tighter midbass and clean highs with less grain.

Never had much luck with power cables before. These will be staying in the system. Thanks Bob My Tdss!

Audiomica Labs. Some Callisto Reference some Consequence series. 

@flat4- KUDOS(for not giving up) and- ENJOY!

Oyaide Tunami everywhere except:
Preamp / Synergistic Research
Transport / Furutech FPso22n

I have a new Cerious Technologies on the way. I'm going to try that in 2 places (to the power amp & also to the exactpower transformer) to see where it sounds best.  

Cardas Clear Light XLR interconnects 
Cardas Clear Light speaker cables
PS Audio AC5 and AC3 power

Cardas Clear on all Stereo related companents.
Cardas Clear cygnas on AV setup.

Synergistic Research Atmosphere Level 2 (x2), Blue HC (x2)

Core Power Equi=Core 150 (2)
LessLoss Reference (2)
Dynamic Design Spirit II
Aether Audio w/ Smith cell (2--soon to be 4)
WyWires Juice II--may go soon
1 captive to unit cord

Bob

@samac + 1
 
1 Cullen Cable Avius, my first power cord to date.

Audioquest NRG-10 (x 4) with Audioquest Niagara 1000 

The 14 awg that came with Marantz and Parasound gear.….Power cords can add no performance boost what so ever…..Not one logical explanation as to why….

Off to the races!

... no need to explain why - THEY JUST DO!

IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANY DIFF IN SWAPPING: forget room acoustics, new equipment, power cords and cables, and isolation products - time to set an appointment with an audiologist...

@bac2vinyl. What power cords have you tried ?

None, running stock….

i have 8 Audiosensibility power cords in my system

Typical(I haven’t tried, BUT- it can’t work, SO THERE)! An apposite avatar, apparently.

@nglazer how does the Clear Beyond XL (or even Clear Beyond) compare to the Hurricane?
I am using Clear Beyond now and a Direcstream DAC too but would like a fuller and warmer presentation.
Thanks

Hi ggc: A Stage 3 Concepts Kraken on a Mac Mini? You are the definition of "hard core" Good listening.

Mikey881,
The AQ Hurricane is the high current version so I have not tried it on my DAC yet, but will. Right now it is on my VTL 7.5iii preamp and is both detailed and full-bodied, audibly more so than former LessLoss Reference. I will try the Hurricane on DAC and swap it with Cardas Clear Beyond XL, which I think is an exceptional cord. Will report back. Cheers.
Neal

The Brysron power cords that came with their BCD-3 CD spinner, BDA-3 DAC, BP17 cubed preamp, 4B cubed amplifier.

Pre-Triode Wire Lab Obsession NCF 2m.
Monos-Sine cables,hi current 2m.
CD-Shunyata Helix VX 1m.
CD power supply-Sine cables reg. 2m.
Phono monos-PS Audio P.W12 2m.
Turntable-stock,attached on Origin Live
Dmitri-RSA Mongoose 2m. 20amp.
Maxim-Shunyata Sigma HC 20amp. 1.75m
Sub-Shunyata Anaconda Helix Alpha 1.8m.

WAudio on Amazon .. 1/3 the price of most others and top shelf..

Power cords and interconnects have the biggest impact, a real effect on the punch, compression, imaging. They have different degrees in term of enveloppment feel. Nordost, for digital, are fabulous. Valhalla v1 is very airy, detailed but very natural connected to a streamer or a DAC. For high current, bigger power cords like Dr. Accoustics Redfire Ultra are more balanced, bottom to the top end. AQ high current (eg. Tornado) and Furutech Lineflux are better for conditioners (not a natural timber directly connected IMO).

Wire World Eclipse 7,Black Sands Violet

I use Straight Wire - Black Thunder for all of my IEC components.

DIY DH Labs cables on all my gear. 

Red Wave on the Parasound JC-5 and PS Audio Power Plant. Power Plus on everything else.

But based on the SQ I'm getting from the amp, I will probably replace the Power Plus cables with Red Wave over the next few months since they are all short cables. Red Wave bulk is currently on sale for $32/ft.