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


I have bought six or seven different power cords, none over $500 and have noticed little or no change in the sound of my system. All the cables are 12 gauge or bigger.  Without talking about cables made with unobtainium, where did you start hear a difference.
 

Thanks.

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Williwonka's DIY SPIRAL HELIX. Wires provided by fellow Goner, which I assembled with spare plugs for positive difference. Also tried a bulk audiophile recommended by a you tuber, with negative difference. Connected to pre-amp.

@hickamore It definitely made a positive improvement compared to using only one power bar for my setup. I had purchased the Chang Lightspeed with the intent to upgrade from my original Furman. I tried bringing everything over to my newly acquired power bar, which did make a nice difference. But then I’d remembered other threads where this was mentioned and put just my digital components on the Furman. Everything was even better. 

My first experience with upgraded AC cables was with the Synergistic AC Master Couplers in the nineties.

I use a full SR loom in my $100k system, many purchased used as others upgrade. They continue to innovate. I'm extremely happy with their offerings, especially at the more entry level.

Very high value if you have a sufficiently resolving system...

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.

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