You will find that most power cords are shielded. Their are quite a few well priced cords on audiogon, diy that they will even assemble for you. If you want a cord for your cd/dvd, one of the most liked seems to be the JPS digital and if you do asearch on these you will find out why. They sell very fast when offered on the used market. If you want to step up from the diy cords that I mentioned, I think that you will find there is a big jump in price for a small gain. Be very cautious, because I see alot of mid priced cords that are made of cheap materials or not the best design, but they still charge the mid prices. Just do a search, because there are a lot of good power cords at all price levels.
Power Cords - Shielding or No Shielding
I have been researching power cords (PC) this past week and I must say, I find this far more frustrating than researching any other part of the audio system.
It may be a false hope, but I desire to purchase a "generic", if you will, PC that works well everywhere, I can't say now what piece of gear it will be on and even if I did, that piece may change at some point. I suspect some will say that just like other gear plan on changing as necessary; I am hoping not to do so. Anyway, I am getting off topic.
Most PC's I read about have shielding, but Audience claims on their Web site that they do not use any on their PowerChord stating, "The powerChord by audience is not shielded. We have found that shielding power cords can be sonically detrimental." More can be read here.
What is the collective thought on this?
As if the cost of interconnects and speaker cables weren't out of control (IMO), PC's are right there with them. I have already doubled the price I started out to spend and it's going up!
It may be a false hope, but I desire to purchase a "generic", if you will, PC that works well everywhere, I can't say now what piece of gear it will be on and even if I did, that piece may change at some point. I suspect some will say that just like other gear plan on changing as necessary; I am hoping not to do so. Anyway, I am getting off topic.
Most PC's I read about have shielding, but Audience claims on their Web site that they do not use any on their PowerChord stating, "The powerChord by audience is not shielded. We have found that shielding power cords can be sonically detrimental." More can be read here.
What is the collective thought on this?
As if the cost of interconnects and speaker cables weren't out of control (IMO), PC's are right there with them. I have already doubled the price I started out to spend and it's going up!