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Captive cord mod, need some thoughts...........

I have a Rotel 960bx (60 watts) in a second system.
Its a dual mono amp.
It has an 18ga captive cord with polarized plug.
The cord is soldered to a ciruit board internally.
I am wanting to try to replace the whole cord from board to plug with some 16-14ga wire (Furutech 314ag?).

I am not really interested is using a IEC because I do not want to go from 18ga stock cable, to IEC, and then to another cable.
Captive = 1 less connection also.

Wondering if the 16-14ga. wire could be soldered to the board without harming it?
I will look into getting it soldered by someone with more skill than myself.
Anyone ever try this?

Any recommendations on a good 16-14ga wire for this mod?
Will decent speaker wire work (bulk Cardas, AQ Type 4?)?

Any help will be appreciated.
pep21

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listener57
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Simply check out DIY "Clearview Double Helix AC Power Cord Kit" to connect to a pig tail of your existing hard wired power cord the higher quality Mapleshade PC.
Offered through Mapleshaderecords.com
An idea which is apparently unique to Pierre Sprey.
His idea works to improve the performance, even though it seems like magic since it does not totally remove your original wiring.
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