Upgrade Power Cord for FM Tuner

@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.

Kimber PK14 Ascent  

sold by kimber with return policy https://ebay.us/m/RKsweD

I use this cord on my Meitner MA3i DAC and the 10 gauge version on my boulder integrated. Excellent sound  

@hickamore 

I bought some Gotham Audio 85015 to try out on low level components - its 16awg.

Well worth a try - even on some of your other components. They have been around for years and supply many of the classic European manufacturers - Telefunkin, Rhode & Schwartz etc. I wanted some smaller gauge high quality shielded pc’s for my high end MC head amps - and they worked very well.

As an aside I always use power cords 6ft or 2m length. The reason is if you use a short pc less than 2m/6ft the cable is seen as part of the mains power loop, whereas if you have a pc 2m plus, the pc behaves electrically as a spur off the loop.

I was amused recently on another forum where some folk tested some pc’s using lengths of only 1 metre, and I thought - well, you aren’t hearing what the cable is actually doing at that length for the above mention reason.

I also keep all my power cables the same length to keep the paths to ground equidistant, which can help minimise ground loop noise.

Dover, I give up. In what way can a 14ga cord be disadvantageous for use with a low current demand component?  Not that I think 14ga is anything special, but it’s to satisfy the perceived need to improve on an 18ga cord, in a cheap way. That was the unspoken rationale behind my advisory. 16ga or 12ga or anything even bigger than 12ga. would not hurt so far as I know. You could buy cheaply some 10ga house wiring and attach the proper plugs at each end, too. Some prefer solid core vs stranded.  There's that, too. There's copper v silver, and teflon dielectric, too.

Some prefer solid core vs stranded.  

Good idea - if you use solid core for a power cord and one leg breaks you could end with a live chassis and electrocute your wife or grandchildren. Just make sure they have a life insurance policy.