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Power cables for vintage gear?

Is there anyone changing the hard wired power cords on their older equipment, and the RCA cables on vintage (70's) turntables? Are cable companies selling power cords with just the AC ends, or are people installing IEC's? All of my older gear, including the power amps, have lamp cord for the AC. It seems shielded cables would help tuners and turntables especially, by eliminating EMI and RFI. Plus none of these cables are grounded.
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s23chang
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The lamp cord is only 18 ga. I replaced the lamp cord on the my vintage power amp with 12 ga. DIY cable and it became MUCH more open and dynamic. While doing so, I also added ground out from the amp. This also bring down the noise level.
Hard wire is usually better but IEC allows you to switch different cable and easier to transport the amp without extra wire hanging around.
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