Do I have my power cords in the right spot?


Want to make sure I am utilizing my Ac cords on my system I have as follows
marantz pre amp morrow map2
mccormack dna1 morrow map2
B&K st 125.7 ps audio power punch
pioneer blu ray ps audio perfect wave jewel
apc15 power conditioner Pangea ac9se
is there a better combo I'm missing?
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Showing 1 response by millercarbon

None of them should be anywhere at all except by listening. When the first one goes in, where does it go? Where it sounds best. Who knows where it sounds best? You do. How? By listening!

Maybe its the way I listen but I am not of the mind that some power cord works better on one component than another. They all work the same regardless. What does change and what it will help to keep in mind is signal flow.

The signal flows from the wall to the components and comes out the speakers. Yeah I said the signal flows from the wall. Its a Zen thing. Deal with it. 

Since everything plugs into the conditioner then it makes sense to use the best power cord between the conditioner and the wall. How do you know which one is best? Please scroll up and read the first paragraph again.

If all your power cords sound the same then no problem. Or rather different problem: you can't hear. They never sound the same. Unless they all sound the same to you, in which case, no problem.

Otherwise, best goes in the wall. Why? Because then everything benefits from the best power cord. Probably things will sound better with the next best going to your most important source component. But there really is no way to say for sure. You just have to go and listen.