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When a power cord could obviously affect SQ

I have been a bit of a non-believer in power cords having magical effects on SQ but I have been discussing with Frank Ng a pair of PP 2A3 amps I am purchasing from TriodeLab.  He is supplying a pair of his preferred cables and he points out that the  2A3s’ cathodes are fed directly from the mains transformer.

The amps (UPS willing) arrive tomorrow - this should be quite an experience - it has been quite a game finding great tubes.

 

 

retiredaudioguy
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mclinnguy
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@retiredaudioguy 

How is the cable rolling going?

retiredaudioguy OP
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@mclinnguy I have tried my MIT Z-Cords and the TriodLab cables.  I don't think I hear any difference.

devinplombier
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@tuberist wrote:

Many here will say power cords will have a sonic impact if you have a resolving system.

Yes, you might think that a resolving system is key in discerning the kind of minute sound quality differences a power cord might make.

Not so, apparently:

@jbuddha882 wrote:

Came home and [...] all I had was a pair of KEF Q3 meta bookshelves and my AV receiver for the home theater, Onkyo TX-NR7100 integrated amp. The first thing I noticed, within 10 seconds of play time at LOW TO MEDIUM volume, was just plain more MEAT on the bones [...] the sound mainly got “thicker”, meat on the bones is what I can honestly say. Worth the $400 bucks, entirely. 

It's good to know that you don't need a good system, you just need good cables.

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