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Power Cord Review

I'm going to be performing power cord review for www.stereotimes.com. First review will be Power Cord shoot-out for power cords under $600. Power cords to be reviewed in initial article are following.
Harmonic Tech. PRO AC 11
Audio Magic Sorcerer
VooDoo Mana
Shunyata Sidewinder
DELTA LABS REDLINE POWERMASTER
ZuCable Birth
Acoustic Zen Krakatoa(over $600 but will be used as reference)
Acoustic Zen Tsunami
Custom Power Cord Co Model 11

I also was thinking about reviewing BMI Black Eel and Whale Elite(considering affordable price of Whale on Audiogon) and
"Absolute Power Cord" considering amount of controversy surrounding later cord on Audiogon discussions.

I was wondering should I exclude any of above cords from review(not enough interest for them, or they do not belong in the budget group) and did I miss any good contenders in that group. Any feedback will be highly appreciated and lead to the more usefull review.
Leon Rivkin
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lcat
doclb
12 posts
 
I support Jvogt's idea of including an inexpensive cable from Belden. I don't know your criteria or review methods but a cord such as a Belden is universally availabe and would make a good comparison baseline.
sutts
697 posts
 
Ensemble Mega Powerflux (just under your $600 max criteria), and YES- definitely the Whale Elite (been waiting a long time for a good comparison review on that cord...).
sutts
697 posts
 
Almost forgot- how about adding in the Coincident power cord? (~ $400??). All other Coincident cables are exellent.
mikec
199 posts
 
This review sounds like it will take many months to complete. To be fair to all the manufactures, taking into account all the variables, equipment used, quality of incomeing AC and sometimes the lenght of breakin time required for the PC to stut its stuff. Sounds like a difficult chore but an interesting review that will be highly appreciated. Can't wait for the results.
lex1
7 posts
 
Interested as to why you would not include ElectraGlide?
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