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Asylum Powercord. Has anyone tried this power cord

Has anyone tried this power cable: ASYLUM Powercord, sold by Take Five Audio or DIY Cable or any other company. According to Take Five Audio "The Asylum Powercord was designed by the late Bob Crump. This recipe has earned a reputation as a price/performance leader over the years. Our assembly uses the exact same parts as the original recipe. This cord is constructed from Belden 19364 terminated with Pass & Seymour 5266-X wall plug and Schurter 4300.0603 IEC. During assembly we treat the internal contacts of the 5266-X with DeoxIt Gold as well as the female IEC contacts. The cable is connected to the IEC using solder as per the original recipe. We use WBT solder for this connection."

I am considering using this on a source Denon 3930ci cd/dvd player.
Any other suggestions for a good reasonably priced power cable for this player.
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sound82
3 posts
 
I can say that the take five power cords work very well on rega and naim
They keep the pace and timing
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Never heard of this power cord of the week.
david99
1,467 posts
 
I have one for sale on Audio Asylum for $20 shipped.
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zavato
1,391 posts
 
I built my own power cord using Belden 19364 and Wattgate iec and plug. In the one application where I am using it- a tubed headphone amp, this power cord had a noticeable effect in dropping background noise. I suppose that was the shielding at work.

my power cord cost about $50'for the materials, labor was on me

highly recommended 
eniac26
97 posts
 
I've been using two of these on my Hypex NC400 amps for the pat two years and hve no complaints. I often wonder if it would be better to try another, larger gauge power cord just to see if I can squeeze more bass slam out of the system but I won't know until I try it. 

In in the meantime the asylum cord doesn't do any harm the I've found. Heck of a bargain IMO for what you get.

i bought mine from Take5audio in Canada who sells the cord pre built supposedly in the original recipe form so no need to deal with building it yourself at these prices.
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