Do I need upgraded power cables?
Hello and Good Day
I'm wondering about power conditioners and power cords. Here's my equipment:
Cronus Magnum lll Integrated Tube Amp / Focal Aria 948 DW Speakers / Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cables / 2 SVS SB2000 Pro A Subwoofers with SVS Sound Path Subwoofer Cables / Grado Sonata Cartridge / Pro-Ject 2 Xperience SB DC Turntable using the included interconnects / Denon DCD 1700NE CD Player using Kimber Sliver Streak Interconnect / Panamax MR4300 Power Line conditioner and surge protection
Upgrade the Panamax? - is it providing anything besides surge protection? Upgrade the power cords for which component? Or do nothing? Maybe my components aren't audiophile enough to justify purchasing upgraded power cords.
Any advise or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thank you
Bill
Hello All my power cords are stock. The DIY looks very interesting. Is there any particular supplier that anyone would recommend. I did unplug the amp from the Panamax. Unfortunately it has to be on the same as the Panamax. Things didn't seem to sound much different. Oh, and God help me, I've had the Kimber 8ts and Silver Streak about a month and things are sounding too bright. Thanks for all the advice! |
Once again the cable question. Do cables make a difference yes. Just did a shootout with power cables on an integrated and CD/SACD player. One cable was $450 and the other $6,000. We switched them back and forth. The result was we preferred the expensive one on the CD/SACD player the less expensive one on the integrated. Price is not an indicator of synergy with a system so you need to experiment. If you can actually get loaner cables to test, that's the best you do. |
What cables/interconnects were you using before? I’d wait til you have at least 150 hours of playing time on the Kimbers before making any firm conclusions, but it sounds like they could be a mismatch for your system. Your speakers are known to lean toward the bright side so cable matching becomes even more important, and if it’s still too bright after 150 hours it’s time to move on to something else. I have recommendations for some very good used cables you could try that’d likely make a big improvement both in brightness and imaging/soundstage for not much $$$ if you’re interested and the Kimbers don’t work out. |
I had an old set of Monster Powerline 2 for speakers. Between CD player and amp was a Cardas Quadlink. (I thought the silver streak would have sounded much better than the Cardas, but it wasn't to my ears) Between Turntable and amp are the ones that came with the Pro-Ject. I would be interested in the used cables you mentioned. Thanks |
I’m pretty confident these will bring significant improvements over what you’ve had to date. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650192681-acoustic-zen-satori-speaker-cables-25m/ |
