What Power Cord for Tubed Preamp


About a month ago I made my first foray into tubes. I was not satisfied with the rather sibilant sound coming from my system. I thought that this might be a good "excuse" to try out a tubed preamp. What a difference. My system has never sounded more musical. Even my wife commented that the SACD player/tubed preamp was warmer and more natural. Well, anyway, my question is, what power cords have you found to be beneficial with tubed equipment? I know that cables are system dependent. But I want a place to start my search. For digital I use Marigo Labs Ultra series II and the CPCC model 11 for my power amp. Here is my equipment list:

Sony C333ES SACD player
Audio Experiment Symphonies tubed preamp
B&K AV6000 power amp
Paradigm Reference Studio 60 Loudspeakers
Home Grown Audio Super Silver Interconnects
Ted's Excellent Cable Speaker wire.
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The BMI whale has worked great for me. i put one on my 50se. At first I didnt notice anything. I first installed it in mid-August. I didnt notice how good it was until it just seemed to open up one day in October. I didnt think the powercord on the preamp would produce any mentionable results.
I noticed that the whole musical picture was cleaned up and more clear. Dynamics became more linear instead of robust like it was when I first put the cord. But the trade off I guess is that the music is more linear and coherant from top to bottom.