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Finding a Power Cord that sounds great

There are so many Power cords out there it is mind boggling. I have tried quite a few of them. Here is what I have tried over the few years. JPS +, Kimber Kable Palladian, Cardas Golden reference, Shunyata Python Helix. They all had their pluses and minuses and I kept looking. Some I enjoyed more than others. I recently tried a BPT L9cT(advertised here on Audiogon) and was surprised at how good it was for such a reasonable price. Chris Hoff of BPT(great guy to work with by the way) made a special L9cT Power Cord with the new Furutech FI50 connectors recently. Wow! Now I thought this is something special. It imaged better that any of the other Power cords I had tried with a deeper and higher image than I had experienced before. It is still a fast cord with excellent transients and great bass but with a much bigger sound stage. Also the Furutech FI50's seem to give the sound a relaxed realistic character to instruments. Pianos especially sounded nice. I have heard the Furutech powerflux power cord was an excellent. It was slightly higher priced than what I wanted to pay for a power cord. It uses the F150 connectors. So trying the BPT cord with Fi50s was a nice find.
Anyone want to share their experiences with the best power cord they have used? I know some of this is system dependent. Has anyone tried a BPT power cord or a power cord with FI50 connectors? Just wanted to say I had a very good listening experience with BPT L9CT with Furutech FI50s.
Thanks

My Equipment
Anthem D2
Theta Dreadnaught II
Naim CDx2
Kef reference 205s RL
Kef reference 204 center
Martin Logan descent Sub
PSB synch surrounds
Oyaide R1 outlets with Furutech covers
jrn
jrn OP
36 posts
 
Sherod, I see that mojo website is interesting on their power cord. Thanks for sharing.
sherod
1,690 posts
 
You're welcome.
lacee
811 posts
 
Here's how I ended up spending more money than I had planned on power cords.
I had just purchased a new Cary 300sei and wanted to upgrade the power cord for it.
I did this at the dealers.
I used a cd player and a set of grado headphones and started evaluating power cords from the stock Cary ,to the Taipan, Python and Annaconda Shunyatas.

The most detail(P.Barber Companion cd) was with the Annaconda.
Switching to the base Shunyata as a final comparison only nailed the fact that they weren't letting everything thru to the degree the Annacondas were.

So, it cost more, but I rationalize this with the belief that I am getting more of the music I have paid for by investing in the better power cords.
I think this is something that doesn't get mentioned enough in the "power cord controversies".

It brings back memories of the old days when people didn't believe changing lamp cord wire for upscale speaker wires made any difference.
pani
1,214 posts
 
ESP Essence Reference !!!
It just sounds correct.
mcondon
233 posts
 
I have tried quite a few power cords, including very expensive power cords from Synergistic Research and Shunyata. I have tried Kaplan and did not like them in my system...BPT cords are better.

Although I won't claim they are better than a top-of-the Kubala Sosna or Stealth, I think you get truly awesome performance from Audio Arts Power 1 and Black Sands Violet cords at a fraction of the cost of the mega-buck cords.

I would also pick up a Gabriel Gold power cord used, as all Steve's cables are outstanding.
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