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Diving into Power... Cable recs for my system and ears....?

Hello All,

 

I have been enjoying a full system upgrade over the past year... the interconnects and digital cables were an eye opener! Now I am bringing my attention to power...

I am currently running my components off a power strip that is 10' long... supposedly designed for audio. All my major components are plugged into this. This power strip is plugged into a wall outlet, which is shared with some lights etc. Also plugged into this power strip is my wifi router. 

 

I have a few questions:

-What is the most important in regards to impact to overall sound if I were to upgrade the power cords? My guess its: 1: Amp.... 2: DAC... 3: Streamer... is that right? Or is it the opposite? 

-Should I have an electrician setup a dedicated outlet to my electrical box, and run my main components off that? Is this worth it? or is there another setup between my electrical box and my components? Or if there is no detectible buzz, should I simply not bother?

-If I should begin looking into power cords as the first upgrade here, what cord would you recommend if I yearn for the following: Extreme startling presence and separation... magic midrange, highs blissful, voice acoustic jazz violin, piano... essentially startling presence as if the instrument is right there... 

I have been enjoying Anticables, and they have a well rated cable in the $300 range which supposedly is as good or better than $1000 cables... but I am open to recommendations...! 

 

Thank you all!

Richard

 

 

 

 

Currently my system (also outlined in my virtual system profile) is as follows:

    • SPEAKERS: Pure Audio Project Duet 15 Horn (Mundorf Silver Gold Oil Cap upgrade and customized crossover w/high pass filter and sweeter meds), Anticable 4.2 Flex Internal wire)
    • STREAMER: Nagra Streamer (Cardas Clear Coaxial)
    • DAC: HoloAudio Spring 2 Level 3 Kitsune edition (Silversmith Fidelium RCA Interconnects)
    • AMP: PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated (RAY TUBES EL34 Reserve power tubes, RADIOTECHNIQUE NOS 12AU7 Gain tubes w/Mullard NOS and Brimar NOS tubes (Anticables 4.2 Flex to speaker)
    • PHONO: Music Hall MMF-9 and McIntosh MP 100 Preamp (Audio-Technica AT160ML MM Cartridge, Anticable 7.3 and Silversmith fidelium Interconnects)
whyrichard
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kevn
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@whyrichard - contrary to common opinion, I’ve found the greatest effect of power cable upgrade on source equipment first. In relation to your signal chain, that will be - 

1.modem/router/streamer/server

2.DAC

3.preamp

4.amplifier

Make of it what you will, just be sure you use your own ears for the best decision : )

 

in friendship - kevin

ervikingo
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@devinplombier look at my system ;)

devinplombier
1,691 posts
 

@ervikingo 

Trying to make me jealous? It worked! 😂 

westcoastaudiophile
819 posts
 

@audphile1 "higher end power cables"

what is that? Is an $1000 Esoteric (stock) cable high end or not?

most posts on this topic are emotions, such as a using new power cable (improved/or/not/warm/etc) sound, but no details about what cable was replaced, and gear where cable was applied.

soix
11,257 posts
 

most posts on this topic are emotions, such as a using new power cable (improved/or/not/warm/etc) sound, but no details about what cable was replaced, and gear where cable was applied.

@westcoastaudiophile  Well, at least they’re willing to try while you apparently are content convincing yourself stock cables are perfectly fine and then just insert your head in the sand.  To each his own. 

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