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Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier
@audphile1  Your description of the Frey sounds like what I would like but that’s a lot more than I wanted to spend on the cable. But maybe I’ll have to.   
Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier
@lalitk  I will check out Audio Envy and Zavfino. Thanks Where Are HIJIRI’s sold?          
Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier
Good Point. I have about 125 hours on the amplifier so not completely broken in yet  Accuphase recommend 200-300 hours. I should wait until then.    I don’t have any specific improvement. However in other cases with source components I did experi... 
Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier
To believe power cords have no effect you either have a system that is not resolving or you are not an experienced listener. I just spent days comparing cords attached to different components and the differences are clearly audible. All I can say ... 
Digital Path to Complete my System
An Aurender N200 and  an MSB Discrete DAC would be $18,500 and hard to beat at that price. I have the MSB with Aurender N20.    The DAC is more critical than the streamer. Put your money there.   
Did anyone return a PSAudio Powerplant? Why?
I ordered a Power Plant 3 yesterday. So will have it for the next severe heat wave. Will post my experience. Plan to use it for my Streamer, DAC and Network Switch. The Streamer and DAC appear to be the most sensitive to power issues.    since it... 
Power Sensitive Components
@61falcon  The reason is my system started sounding strange once the current heat wave of above 90 temperatures hit. When temperatures dropped below 90 to mid 80s the system sounded normal again. Also on the hotter days the system sounded better ... 
Power Sensitive Components
I’ve decided to try the Powerplant 3 for my source components. Will probably order one tomorrow. I don’t think I can solve this with cables. That’s just a bandaid and the summer is not getting any cooler.   
Power Sensitive Components
@erik_squires  No affect on the sound? Have you compared sound with and without the Furman? What model?  
Power Sensitive Components
If the new cables which are reasonably priced at $259 don’t completely solve the problem I’ll look for a different solution. Not sure a power conditioner is the solution for summer power fluctuations. Only a regenerator can deliver stable voltage.   
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources
I plan to upgrade my XLR Balanced interconnects to the Ice Age version. I would like to try their speaker cable if they can offer locking banana plugs.  
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources
@audphile1  I noted in my results that I tried it on the Accuphase amplifier. It was not better than the stock cable. Accuphase strongly recommends that you use the supplied cable. This is the second alternative cable I’ve tried and in both cases... 
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources
Just finished burning in my IceAge Frankencable power cord with a little over 50 hours.    Results On my Aurender N20 it significantly improves the overall sound and presentation of my system. Smooths out the highs making them even more refined ... 
Did anyone return a PSAudio Powerplant? Why?
I know they are popular and successful. Just wanted to know in which situations they may not be beneficial. Regenerators and conditioners are very system dependent. Hope to get some insight before I try a home demo of each.   
Summer Power Issues
Room treatment doesn’t compensate for varying voltage during peak AC months.