Power cord upgrade

@zlone

I apologize. I was confusing its copper with another cable. Voodoo states it’s 8 AWG, and uses silver plated high purity copper, each strand individually insulated, Teflon dialectric (the best save for air), gold plated tellurium copper hardware, copper braid shielding and cryo. Maybe I was thinking of their next level up. Still, I doubt you’re getting any better performance by spending thousands. Just my opinion though.

Frankly I’d still say it’s more than you need to spend on a power cord. But at 460 I feel like you can safely eliminate any chance you don’t have a top notch PC. Not necessary. But I don’t mind spending some more to get something very well made whether it’s audible or not. Plus, it looks cool. :) 😎

@megabyte No problem, there are so many choices it is easy to mix up the specs. 
 

I have never noticed much difference with power cables until I tried this Shunyata on my Furman PFi 20, and the Puritan that replaced it. A profound difference, not all better, in sound. Just for fun I might build a new one using Neotech OCC gear. 

@mclinnguy Thanks, Audio Sensibility is on my list.Very fair prices and it looks like decent gear. 

OP: +1 System synergy. I have Transparent Audio cabling from the wall to the TA power conditioners. Then Synergistic Research cabling to the components. Adding an upper-tier digital SR power cord to the streamer was a ’wow’ moment.  Ask if your local SR dealer has a trial period.

I will admit it . . . I am a Shunyata fanboy.  I have all Shunyata Alpha v2 power cords, and they are fantastic.  I also use Shunyata Sigma v1 speaker cables, a Sigma power cord for my Shunyata Everest.  The Venom, while a decent power cable, is on the low end of the Shunyata line, and by moving up the ladder, you get more of the good things that the cable can do.  Although most of my power cable upgrades (from other cables, not stock) were subtle but noticeable improvements, the improvement over stock on my ARC REF 6 was not subtle at all.  And the most surprising improvement was putting in the Everest with the Sigma cable.  It is odd to say it, but everything that I wanted in my system snapped into place, especially the depth of soundstage.  It was a startling improvement and I recommend trying one, and moving up the Shunyata line.