Audience PowerChord, Zen Tsunami, AP Oval 10

I currently have an Acoustic Zen Tsunami in my system. It is the least expensive cord presently in my system. It is the original model, which had an inexpensive Hubbell male plug on it. I found its performance to go up quite substantially by upgrading the plug to a Wattgate 330i. This simple change of male plug takes most, if not all, the quibbles away which other owners have talked about. And just importantly, the duplex outlet is a Porterport, a perfect match for the plug. Tsunami AZ offers a UPOCC plug for $25.00, but the owner, Robert, strongly urges you to send them your cord for them to install the plug. He offered to install at no charge, but you're still out shipping both ways. The new Kaplan cord is one I've got on my wish-list for future evaluation. By the way, I've not tried the Audience and AP power cords, but I did have both of their top line speaker cables in my system and the AZ Satori beat them both out, imho.

I have never heard the AZ speakers so I don't know how their bass output is. You might double-check your room placement of the speakers. Sometimes, speakers in the wrong location can cause a bass "suck-out". Electronics, as well as your cabling also play a role in the bass performance. The AP cables do have good bass, but in my system the bass was a little too boomy sounding while the Satori were better balanced for me. I also recall reading in these Audiogon threads that the Adagios require a few hundred hours for the bass drivers to loosen up, so give them some more time, if necessary. The owner/designer of AZ, Robert Lee, 858-487-1988, will take phone calls and gladly answer your questions about his products. If you bought a new Tsunami, allow at least 150 hours of break-in before you do any semi-serious listening.