What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound?

When I went to buy my first aftermarket cable I dragged my Cambridge Audio Azur 640C V2 CD player into a dealer and he let me connect it to a very high quality Simaudio Moon/Dynaudio system with all Shunyata cables and he let me switch out different power cables to see which worked best with my gear.  Maybe it was because the accompanying gear was very good, but the differences were not subtle.

Here is what I found:

Shunyata Anaconda > Shuyata Diamondback >> Shunyata entry level cable > 14 guage printer cable I grabbed out of the recycle bin at work. What was surprising was how much better the Diamond back was compared to their $100 cable, and how close it was to the Anaconda in performance.  I bought the Diamondback.

Now I assemble my own power cables.

kn

Some disappointment expressed here with Pangea power cables.  I have used and built a lot of PCs.  The best low cost bargain I have found recently in an assembled cable is the Audiomeca P-90 OCC power cord single crystal copper hifi power cable.  You can get it for a little over $100 from Aliexpress.  China, I know, but it is super well made and it’s performance beats some of the cables I’ve built with parts costing five times that much. Not much to lose in trying it.

kn