Upgrade Power Cord for FM Tuner

@tablejockey 

"I doubt MD would have brought the tuner to market if it were a 'crappy' cord."

Robert Levi's 2004 review of the then-newish MD-108 tells us "The 108 is supplied with a terrible 18-gauge power cord. I replaced it without even unwrapping it. Magnum Dynalab could do better." I don't know, but willing to spend a little to find out (belatedly).
@billstevenson Maybe Mac supplied a better original than MD? Although, apart from Monster Cable, I don't recall power cords being a big issue in the 70s-80s . . . 

If it bothers you, buy a 14 gauge cord at your local hardware store and forget about it.

If it bothers you, buy a 14 gauge cord at your local hardware store and forget about it.

Actually 14awg can be disadvantageous for source components that use little current.

I have started using 16awg on low current source equipment - its quite interesting - lower noise floor in some instances.

Good quality low cost shielded PC 1.5mm 16awg Gotham Audio I have found to be quite good. I find many of the "audiophile" power cables are quite coloured and not neutral. The biggest mistake most folk make are bigger is better. Unless you have a 30amp outlet and are using ginormous current sucking power amps some of these "audiophile" 4mm cross section cables are probably doing more harm than good.

My reference power cables are MIT Oracle.

Should have been MD wouldn't include  a PC that doesn't meet the requirements for the product to perform as expected.

Marantz 10B, REL Prececent,Scott ,Mac,etc all came with essentially lamp cord but manage to set the bar for FM tuners🤣

Imagine if you never read that article? 

As an admitted audiophool myself, I do use fancy cable elsewhere, so just personal experience.

YMMV, as usual.

@dover If 14awg is maybe too big, and 18 original maybe too generic, then 16 could be just right? The Gotham Audio wouldn't cost much to find out. Thinking I must once have used an "upgrade" cord on this tuner, later recruited for other use and then forgotten.