Do power cables make a sizeable difference? I'm no technical expert, but I'd like to share my experience.
Until a month ago, despite having a high end system (comprising Capitole MKII, KR8000 monos etc.) I was a total disbeliever in power cords. All power cords in my system were stock cords. Soundwise, I was satisfied.
For quite a while I had been wanting to try quality power cords, but there are no dealers in my country, Mauritius, which is close to South Africa is very far away from the US and Europe and dealers whom I contacted for a trial often limited the money back policy to one month. Since postage & customs formalities would take about two weeks for the products to reach me, there would hardly be any time left to audition and return the cables within the specified limit. The risk was too much.
A few weeks ago, I decided to make my own power cords with some Audio Note AN-D speaker cables (retails for about $10/metre). I made 3 cords; those on the power amps were grounded while the one on the CD player was not.
Result: well, after two days, I could not believe my ears. A huge amelioration in musicality, smoothness, detail and soundstage. Almost creamy and gently massaging my ears.
To be honest, my experience tells me that the addition of power cords had a better impact in my system than my Audio Aero Capitole MKII replacing my Micromega Stage 6.
I don't know whether that would apply to every system, but my advice is, one audition is better than 100 debates, as already mentioned ealier in this thread.
Since I am curious to know how far the performance of my system can extend, I am still willing to try megabucks power cords but can't find any dealer willing to send me 3 so-called high end PCs for a 2 months trial period, everything paid in advance, but fully refundable. I am even willing to pay a fee of $100 for the trial if I don't end up buying any of the three cords sent to me. Anybody (including fellow audiogoners) willing to help? thnks.
Dr Jawa Lallchand
Mauritius
Until a month ago, despite having a high end system (comprising Capitole MKII, KR8000 monos etc.) I was a total disbeliever in power cords. All power cords in my system were stock cords. Soundwise, I was satisfied.
For quite a while I had been wanting to try quality power cords, but there are no dealers in my country, Mauritius, which is close to South Africa is very far away from the US and Europe and dealers whom I contacted for a trial often limited the money back policy to one month. Since postage & customs formalities would take about two weeks for the products to reach me, there would hardly be any time left to audition and return the cables within the specified limit. The risk was too much.
A few weeks ago, I decided to make my own power cords with some Audio Note AN-D speaker cables (retails for about $10/metre). I made 3 cords; those on the power amps were grounded while the one on the CD player was not.
Result: well, after two days, I could not believe my ears. A huge amelioration in musicality, smoothness, detail and soundstage. Almost creamy and gently massaging my ears.
To be honest, my experience tells me that the addition of power cords had a better impact in my system than my Audio Aero Capitole MKII replacing my Micromega Stage 6.
I don't know whether that would apply to every system, but my advice is, one audition is better than 100 debates, as already mentioned ealier in this thread.
Since I am curious to know how far the performance of my system can extend, I am still willing to try megabucks power cords but can't find any dealer willing to send me 3 so-called high end PCs for a 2 months trial period, everything paid in advance, but fully refundable. I am even willing to pay a fee of $100 for the trial if I don't end up buying any of the three cords sent to me. Anybody (including fellow audiogoners) willing to help? thnks.
Dr Jawa Lallchand
Mauritius