Upgraded power cables- Who's on First?

>>>"If you have 2 upgraded power cables to use where is the the best place to use them?"<<<

You may want to look at this from a different perspective ... most power cords are built in various configurations and designed for specific applications

High current amps and power conditioners generally benefit for larger gauge conductors that can deliver high bursts of current un-impeded

Low level sources and pre amps will benefit from cables whose construction can deliver constant ... non varying ... rock steady ... linear current ... the clocks in our digital components do no like swings in current as they use it for timing ... varying current = swings in the clock's timing = bad mojo

Analog components usually don't require extra shielding as they generally don't balloon RF as a by product of their operation into the surroundings

Digital components usually benefit from shielding as they do tend to balloon RF into the surroundings as a by product of their operation ... which can then couple to the other components in your system

IMO you need to determined what type of power cords you have

...(>>>"If you have 2 upgraded power cables to use"<<<)

... and how and where their design will work best with which one of your particular components

The other side of the coin and an opposite approach is to look at the component's requirements in your system for a power cord and then purchase a cord that best matches that component requirements

You wouldn't put a set of 16x32 ripple wall Drag slicks on your VW Rabbit or a set of premium snow tires on your Bugatti Veyron

I viewed your system and by the looks of your home ... your probably driving the Veyron

I feel cable / component matching is the most critical followed by positioning

If you have the right cable component match ... Then IMO wall to power conditioner will benefit all components followed by source to power conditioner as any information lost at the source can not be recovered down stream

Big power amps tend to have very robust power supplies and storage capacity that seem to respond less dramatically to power cords ... but you still need to mate with the right designed cord

Power cords can not improve the in coming current but they can definitely severely degrade it when mismatched

>>>"I really am too lazy to do hours of testing"<<<

"Education is what you obtain when you read the small print ... Experience is what you get when you don't"

Understand your products design and function or you will be out in Left Field batting Flies

Blue...

>>>"So we don't have to be psychics tell us what pcs you have and a bit more of your audio affair."<<<

Starting at the wall HD explosion proof aluminum receptacles box that weighs about 6 pounds ... the aluminum protects the R1 Oyaide Duplex from RF and the thick construction reduces vibration that can be picked up from the walls ... also capped off with a Oyaide Carbon Fiber plate

I've used Jenn labs, Purist Audio design, and various other 5362 type outlets and the R1 smokes them all

Power cable from R1 outlet to Exact Power power conditioner is an Elrod EPS sig 3 designed for high current vs EPS sig 2 designed for low level devices ..

Arye D1ex dvd/cd source and external crossover have bi directional filtering ... remember I talked about digital by products ... Foundation Research LC1 (designed for low level devices vs LC2 or LC100 designed for high current applications)

Phase Linear D500 (500 watts @8 ohm and 960 @ 4 ohm ) amp has high current low impedance ESP power cord directly wired to amp's 140000pf power supply ... because of modified dual diode bridge and very stiff power supply no need to spend extra bucks for Elrod sig 3 as ESP delivers the burst power because of it's low impedance design

Sub amp is P/Linear 700B (350 @ 8 ohm and 700 @ 4 ohm) waiting for stock cord to be upgraded to ESP when I get time

I practice what I preach ... proper cord for specific application

>>>" I have a Signal Magic PC $100 and a Virtual Dynamics $$$ model and price unknown"<<<

Just determine what they were design for and apply them correctly ... price has nothing to do with it

>>>" Power cords can not improve the in coming current but they can definitely severely degrade it when mismatched "<<<

Blue ... you must have skipped class the day we discussed the Laws of Conservation of Matter ... "Energy can neither be created or destroyed only altered in form" ...

Basically you can't create or improve upon the incoming current only degrade it ... the less degrading a power cord is the better it sounds

>>>"now you are scaring me"<<<

You should be scared with all the SWAGing ... [Scientific Wild A$$ Guessing] that goes on in this forum ...

Math and Physics are the only thing that can effect your system ... learn how they interact and you'll have the Keys To the Kingdom"

Schipo ... I must take my wife to lunch right now ... I will respond to your post as soon as I return ... put on one of your fancy suit and have a glass of what ever ...

I'll Be Back .