Shunyata Anaconda Alpha or Elrod Statement?


I am looking for the right powercable for my MF Nu-Vista 300 poweramp? I tried many: MIT AC-1 Oracle, Valhalla, Electraglide, Cardas Golden Ref. But they all have problems in different freq. So I look for a powercable that handles the freq from the lowest to the highest?

My system: Nautilus 800's, Meridian 800 Dax v4 ( version 2005 ), Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 300 power, Valhalla loudspeakercable, 2 Valhalla powercables, Acapella rca, KE Powersource ( conditioner )
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In my system on Tenor 300 watt Hybrids with 20 amp IEC's i preferred the Elrod Statements to the Anaconda Alpha's. The Elrods were a good deal more dynamic and portrayed a better sense of effortlessness. The Elrods seemed to 'flesh-out' images better in my system (which at that time included all Valhalla interconnects).

i would expect your system to have a similar tonal character to mine at that time.

i also recomnmend that, if possible, you listen for yourself.

i would caution that the Statements are quite large and stiff; and won't logistically work well in every system. If you are using any sort of 'floating' isolation the Elrods may neutralize it's effect.
in my above comments i didn't want to go OT and bring up another power cord......but since i didn't start it i'll second Rgwrjs's comments. i now am using 7 Jena Labs Fundamental One power cords in place of my Elrods. I found that the Jena's were slightly different than the Elrod Statements (more vivid with blacker backgrounds and a bit more microdynamics......the Elrod sounding slighly more meaty and a bit more macro-dynamic). in some systems the Statements do sound a bit boomey although in my system with Valhalla and Opus i've not ever heard that. the Jena's are much easier to live with logistically. another advantage is with a separate conditioner/filter on every cord you eliminate digital back-fill from any digital gear into the system. i have a transport, dac, and also a 1000 watt digital amp in each speaker for the integral subs.......so keeping the digital hash out of the power grid seems to be significant in lowering the noise floor.