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What size power cable?

How “big” does a power cable need to be for upstream components?  I get that amps can benefit from a large cable to carry plenty of current, e.g. 8-11 awg.  Although my preamp and phono preamp have robust power supplies, they can’t possibly benefit from such capacity, can they?  Extreme overkill is the norm in hi end, but is there any benefit to more than 12 or 14 awg on a preamp or phono preamp?  Much less digital components.

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It’s not really the gauge that dictates how well a power cables performs on any specific components, but the type of copper, the gauge and type of the wire, the insulation and the cable geometry.

^^^This. You must demo cables. A large gauge cable will not necessarily sound better than a smaller gauge cable on an amp or DAC or anything, the reverse of course applies too.

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