upgrading power cable on powered woofer a must?

i would say that everything that i've owned has benefitted from upgraded power cords but i agree that the effect on a powered woofer is not the most dramatic difference in the audio chain, though in my experience there certainly is an improvement.

the first time i put one on a sub (or a martin logan woofer) i thought that i was going to get deeper bass, but what i actually got was just a little more tuneful bass - less huffing, more notes. i unhooked my speakers, actually, and just listened to the subs (crossed over as high as possible) with different cords once, and when they had good cords on them, they were definitely less "wooly" sounding.

you have an easy way to check, though, just pull 2 audience cords off of your components, listen to a few very familiar tracks with the stock cords back in the chain to reset your ears a bit, and then insert the audience cords on your speakers and see if there is a discernable difference.

i wouldn't think that you need audience cords on your speakers, though -- in my system, for example, i can easily tell the difference between a stock cable and ANY upgraded cable on woofers, but it's much harder to tell the difference between, say, a $50 MAC or element cable and a $1000 shunyata.

give it a try, though, and let us know the results, i love this kind of thing. cheers!

before any up grades id probly try some cheap tweeks i got my speakers off the floor on a cutting boards, all pieces isolated ,cables hung and you may not need sub. speakers are maggies mm1,vandersteen2c,paradigm moniter20 bw cdm9nts good luck

My powered woofer on my speakers need 7 foot power cords so can't switch out my 5-6 foot upgraded cords I use on my preamp, amp, and cd player.

The upgrade from stock to audience power chord was small but palpable so upgrading to a newer impover audience powerchord would probably be rather small.

The improvement was highly worth it on my amp and cd player

Audiohifila
"My powered woofer on my speakers need 7 foot power cords so can't switch out my 5-6 foot upgraded cords I use on my preamp, amp, and CDP"

SURE YOU CAN. Just USE A nema to IEC adapter and another OEM cord you already have laying around. Price? $5 - $20 ea.

Do a search for IEC adapters.. online power comes to mind. VA Audio too offers some Cryotreated ones reasonably. They do work, and are a tremendous aid in running in power cords without running down your gear.

I've done this several times with positive results on pieces with non migratory power cables. The character of the 'newly added' downstream cable will do it's job fine.... it's like the electrician extended the outlet another few feet using a different cord is all.

No sweat.. no prob.