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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
whyrichard OP
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I think I will be wiring another dedicated circuit, so that one dedicated circuit feeds my streamer / dac / phono preamp / turntable, and the other allows me to plug my amp straight into the wall. 

 

Question for this... the plug for my amp.... currently my breaker box is about 14' from my amp. should I run the circuit outlet 4', and the last 10' is a decent cable (anticable 3), or should I run the circuit outlet close to my amp, and run a 3' power cord? 

 

I am guessing the shorter length to the outlet, and the longer length of proper cable, is the way to go... but curious your thoughts. 

 

thank you!

r.

squared80's avatar
squared80
313 posts
 

You people perpetuating the objective lie that power cords change sound should be ashamed of yourselves. None of you are true audiophiles because you obviously don't understand the science of sound.

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mclinnguy
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@squared80 

I think you took a wrong turn

soix
11,230 posts
 

You people perpetuating the objective lie that power cords change sound should be ashamed of yourselves. None of you are true audiophiles because you obviously don't understand the science of sound.

@squared80  Yeah, silly us — we just listen with our ears. 

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brianlucey
189 posts
 

@squared80 I could show you in 30 seconds the differences and I'll bet you $10,000 that you'll hear it

 

 

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