Pangea power cords

"The Pangea AC9 was too dark sounding and obscured details on each component i tried it on"

Funny, I found the opposite to be true in my system. I switched out a Morrow MAP2 (which I hold in high regard)for the AC9 in my Bryston 4B-ST and my system opened up. The mid range fleshed out and the soundstage became wider and deeper. I am hearing details in familiar pieces that I have never heard before. I added another one in CAL Sigma DAC and the whole system is singing as never before. I just ordered another one for my NAD integrated in my secondary system.

All power cords are system depended and for that matter any cable regardless of cost.

You can read this thread of people who tried the same Pangea AC 9 and both had different results. This is normal for any cable regardless of cost.

Though I should add some gear when you insert a new power cord can take time to adapt to it. So those who say it's too dark and slow might just need to run it for a month and see if things improve, you just never know, I have learned the hard way.

If you purchased the cord and finding it dark let it run for awhile. I purchased those cords to try and I am finding that open, light sounding thus far. I am putting them on my TV system and sub to burn in for a month and see what I think then.

But I am not finding them dark, only when I first inserted them, fat bass, lack of detail and openness, now it sound the exact opposite, so go figure. My guess that they settle in somewhere between the two extremes.

I think for the money they cannot be beat and worth a try, what you may find out they one power cord may work wonders in your system when used with your current power cords.

Mix and matching sometimes brings the best results.

Only cable I have owned and still own that seems to work well with all gear is Lessloss and I think that power cord is very special out of all the power cords I have owned over many years.

You insert that cord and you just never feel the need to what to replace it. The Pengea will be great for my TV/Audio system though and that is why I purchased it.

I just ordered the 14SE due to only having the AC-9 on hand. I will mix and match them on the video system and then try them on my preamp and CD player just to see what they do to my system once the two LessLoss are pulled.

The cables Pengea are well made though I must say.

Philly-those are all very good points, and please let us know what you think of the 14SE. BTW I broke my cords in on my refrigerator for a week and a half before plugging them into my system. I found two 3 prong/IEC adaptors cheap from an electronics supplier online. I ran two cords at once in daisy chain formation on my fridge and the results have been very positive indeed.

What exactly is the 14SE???

For those of you having trouble with the bending radius of the AC-9 remember that Audioquest make a right angle IEC adapter that will let you come strait up vertially and connect to a component instead of having to bend the AC-9 to plug into the component on the horizontal plane