Utilizing the aforementioned JPS Dig AC cord from the Cable Co. on a Sony SCD xa 777 w/BAT vk5i, & Vk 500, and VR 4Jr's.... it certainly has a quieting effect.. improves the bottom end noticeably, and attenuates the highs to some degree... overall a presentation that is not bad... the only downside seems the lessening of the soundstage in an apparent condensing of it. Decay seems shortened. The sonics are good on balance... Vocals have the detail, and naturalness with some dimensionality. though I can see how a previous post indicates it to be 'slow'...I don't know if that's the most accurate term though.It does appaer that the music is emerging out of the blackness with some degree of resttraint, hence the diminished rise & decay. With power applied this too becomes less the issue. Another point to confirm the attenuation of the highs is the fact I can and did turn up the ambience tweeter a tad more. From it's usual position of about 11 o'clock (which is barely on), to nearly 1 o'clock... without any more thin or bright sound in the top end and no sibilance in the mids... this also brought bakck a good bit of the slightly compacted SS. . . yet kept the solid imagery. It's a good sounding cord. Given the prices of cords a decent value... and if the above posts remain true as to the fact it is attainable for far less than the $350 retail tag it has, employing it for a time until a more suitable one is integrated into my system is probably what I'll do. The Audience seemed almost the equal of the JPS with the same bottom end improvements, though an attenuation in the mids. the SS also was embraced firmly though the top end did not suffer quite the change the JPS offered up, it remained almost unaffected., Again not a bad choice. Price could indicate the one to be picked... The PAD venusta was quite the best. At first. That changed. It continued to change and became more than I could handle in the top end though. A very good cord but certaily not for me... or just my system... and it could all be the 'synergy' of the cords employed.. I didn't like the JPS and the Audience together. Didn't like the Audience and PK10 together... and as I said the Venusta & pk 10 ended up being a poor match. Beats me why. Just was.
I've a few more to check out for the BAT pre and Sony Cd, though before I make the purchase of ANY power cords, to be sure. Power snakes are next!
One last word here, as I'm visually challenged, my hearing is far more sensitive to the top end aberations. Hardness brightness, grain, edge, and the like, especially 'sibilance'... so this may not be applicable to others... I hear junk my friends say they don't, as a rule... so top ends Have TO BE VERY SWEET for me to dig them for any length of time... or at all for that matter.
I've a few more to check out for the BAT pre and Sony Cd, though before I make the purchase of ANY power cords, to be sure. Power snakes are next!
One last word here, as I'm visually challenged, my hearing is far more sensitive to the top end aberations. Hardness brightness, grain, edge, and the like, especially 'sibilance'... so this may not be applicable to others... I hear junk my friends say they don't, as a rule... so top ends Have TO BE VERY SWEET for me to dig them for any length of time... or at all for that matter.