Power cable question.

I have, admittedly, little experience with power cords. However, I have purchased 2 Volex power cords for a total of $35 (eg $17.50 ea) and found them to be well made, well shielded and sonically neutral. These are the cords that people replace the connectors with to make the asylum cords. You should be able to find them at allied electronics or at other electronics supply dealers.

Like most things in audio, the biggest bang for the buck begins by moving above minimum quality. In this case the stock cord is the minimum quality.

Almost any of the power cords discussed and sold at Audiogon will help your sound. As for money, you can spend as little or as much as you can stand.

The Jolida is a fine unit, but since it retails for about $1100.00, that extra $400.00 is a fairly high investment. I would start with used, maybe a Purist or Cardas.

I just took a look at classified here at Audiogon and saw a Cardas Hexlink power cord for $75.00. If this or another similarly priced (used) cord does not suit you, your likely to be able to resell for very little or no loss.

Some good inexpensive, but much higher performing alternatives would be (in no special order) Virtual Dynamics (cryo'd versions), Tek-Line Audio, Absolute, Mr. Cable (made by Tek-line, sold direct), and the Audio Magic X-Stream. All of these cables are under $100 (some are $50 to $70), but will clearly outperform stock cords by a large margin.

The best power cords I have ever used were the ones I made using recipes I found on Audioasylum. The cost is relatively low, about $50. The sonic improvement is huge. I had other cords which have all been replaced because the home made were so much better. The removal of grain and bass improvement is obvious. The only real investment on your part is the time.
Purist makes great cable and so does cardas. I have both in my system now.
The PS Audio stuff makes a noticable improvement. I like all their power stuff. If you can, get some power ports and run a dedicated line or two for you system. I thought it was snake oil, but the power stuff really works!!!

The Asylum cords have worked well in my dedicated headphone system (see www.diycable.com for kits and assembled versions). Either these or used cords here on Audiogon should have a positive effect (tighter bass and cleaner highs). I use Silver Audio Power Burst cords in my main system only because they were the first I tried and I was happy with them. I have also been happy with the Ultimate Outlet (blacker background around music). Having a dedicated UO for digital equipment and another UO for the rest is yet another jump in clarity that PS Audio recommends and that for me was worth the cost.