What Al said. My experience is that while I find certain PCs to be generally to my liking (e.g. VH Audio Airsines), and others not so much, one does well to evaluate as many PCs as possible for each component. Much as I love the Airsines, they don't work for all my components. Given that most people will have a half dozen or so components, it gets pretty involved and expensive to evaluate even 3 or 4 PCs times 6. Buying used can help a lot. Bring in a used PC, give it a good test drive on all your components, then dedicate that PC to that component for several weeks and give it a good test drive. Bring in another and repeat the process. Solicit thoughts of others who own your particular components regarding PCs that have worked well for them in your application. That at least helps narrow the field. I would also do the evaluation with one or two PCs at a time.
Different Power Cords in same system - ok or bad?
I currently have a Transparent Audio Reference PowerIsolator power conditioner and a Transparent Reference Powerlink going from the conditioner to the outlet wall (it came with the power conditioner). I will soon be replacing the stock cords on all my components incrementally that will plug into the conditioner and wondered if it is recommended to go with all Transparent Power Cords or can I go with a different company such as Nordost, Shunyata, or Audience? I didn't know how important it was to keep this matched to my power conditioner and its dedicated cable. In case it matters, I DON'T have Transparent Audio speaker cables and interconnects. This is my only Transparent product thus far in my system. Thanks for your input.