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Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet?
@lalitk You must be a dream customer for a saleman. To explain my comment, the pangea has everything I look for in a power cable, but it can usually be found for less.    You want to expain what features you look for in a power cord that are so ... 
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
@decooney I didn’t see @jchiappinelli ’s comment. thanks for answering for me. Yes, there are a lot of circuit bords inside this amp and in my opinion, it doesn’t sound like a cleanly wired simple point to point. A lot of that is probably the push... 
Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet?
I think you'll have trouble improving on the Pangea AC 9 SE.  
Yamaha Amplifier Warranty Issues
I don’t remember the last time I had something fixed under warranty, if ever. I have had infant mortality in a TV set, which I returned. Why do things fail so often for others? But, given that they do, I prefer an amp I can repair myself. So I on... 
Is there a USB B to USB C Adapter
Sell your cable and buy the right cable.  the adapter will never be of the quality of the rest of your cable system.  
Hearing protection and Music
I do a lot of machine work and wear hearing protection.  I don't try to listen during the noisy part.  I've never found sound enabled hearing protection to provide good hearing protections  I use good  over-the-ear protection, and if it is really ... 
Puritan Ultimate Power Cable
For $700 you get only 12 awg.  they claim that is good for 41 amps, which it probably is.  but all the electrical codes say less, usually 20 amps.  So a bit of marketing hype, turns me off.   Are you really looking at buying 7 of them?  I wouldn'... 
Star in your lane
@vonhelmholtz pretty sure it's a secret.  😊  
Interesting Power Cable Experience
@dill yeah, I see your point.  Clearly the power supply in this CD player is needy.  
Chord Cutest or Wadia 321
cutest.    
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
@charles1dad AD1.  Built around the EML tube.  
Interesting Power Cable Experience
I had a similar experience with a Sophia baby amp.  13 lbs and only 8 watts per channel.  I thought a 14 awg power cord would be plenty.   Bass was poor.   A friend suggested a heavier power cord so I did and bass was immediate and strong.  This ... 
Airplane Seat Power Ground Loop?
I don't know the answer but your first world problem made me smile.  And reminds me of having to hold the TV antenna when I was a kid.    
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
@gregjacob I have never owned a primaluna but have heard a couple.  I wasn't impressed, I concluded it was the amp, but I have to be honest that it was other peoples' systems.  for a true test, it would be much better to drop one into my system so... 
Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k
@boxertwin12 I have a Decware ZMA, a UFO and am on the waitlist for a 300b. In the mean time I’m having a custom amp made which will probably replace all of them. but they are hard to beat. I would recommend the 300b but there are so few out there...