Best bang for the buck power cords

Puma Cat said:
I've made the relevant points here clear a couple times: 1) the power cord (PC) from the wall needs to deliver as much current as possible when required by the musical content to the power distributor (PD). 2) the PC from component connected to the PD needs to mitigate noise from the component's internal power supply. Just using one type or the other will not provide the requisite or optimal functionality.
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Despite making the relevant points here clear a couple of times, you managed to avoid answering my question (a time honored technique)...
 
Puma Cat said:
...the power cord from the wall to the power distributor to be able to deliver as much current as possible to the PD.

You want the power cord from the PD to the components to provide
1) DTCD (dynamic transient current delivery and
2) noise reduction.
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A well designed power cord should make both.
 
Spock said:
A well designed power cord should make both.
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All engineering involves functional compromises or engineering "trade-offs". There are no products with perfect functionality of *any* type.

With respect to power cords, one's dealing with somewhat "conflicting" functional responses, so to obtain optimal performance, best performance is obtained by using a "high current" PC (e.g. Shunyata XC series) for power distributors, and an NR PC for components, e.g. Venom NR V10 or V12, Delta NR v2, Alpha NR v2, Sigma NR v2, etc.
 
rbbert said:
But how about just one expensive cord to the conditioner, as Jim suggests? That would appear to be reasonable, and I doubt there is good experimental evidence to support or refute?
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Rob, you should check out some of the Sablon Audio cables. They are great cables and less expensive than a lot of the others since Mark Coles sells direct so there is no middle man.
 
dminches said:
Rob, you should check out some of the Sablon Audio cables. They are great cables and less expensive than a lot of the others since Mark Coles sells direct so there is no middle man.
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Yes I have considered them, although the last time I checked he was having problems with his supply chain (surprise!). I'll take another look. WyWires is another small company with well-made reasonably priced cables (as you can see in my profile I have been happy with the ones I have). My old college classmate Garrett Hongo is very big on the new Audience cords and conditioners although without accommodation pricing I don't know if I want to go in that direction.
 
Keith-

No shortage of opinions amongst us audiophiles here so might as well toss my hat in the ring.

With my humble sound machine, I have found exotic cables to be anti-climatic at best.

Might this old time shop teacher entice you to a little DIY?

I like the DH Labs Red Wave AC cable. It can terminate with Wattgate or Furutech offerings. More recently, I tired some are gold plated Edison and IEC plugs available on Amazon; around $30 US shipped, the pair. If you need a 20 amp IEC, the options are more limited.

Food for Thought.

Enjoy the Sounds,

John
 
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