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A certain online retailer asked me for a review of Pangea power cords..

Here is my response                                                                                    
"Way back when the Pangea AC9 was introduced, I bought one. My first aftermarket powercord. I didn't think a powercord could make any difference! Put it on my Forte' 4 amp, and immediately noticed better bass response. I was hooked.Since then I have upgraded everything in my system, but I stick to Pangea power cords.Just last night, listening via Rudistor RPX-33mkII headamp and Sennheiser HD800 (bought from Audio Advisor) I was, beside listening to Deep Purple "Machine Head" checking out some new outlets. And the difference was easy to hear, via the Pangea AC14SE MKII Signature powercord. The Pangea powercrds ARE GREAT, no question. Thanks Pangea dude, for creating them, and thank you Audio Advisor, for offering them to the public. I now listen to my Magnepan 20.7s, Marantz SA-10, Conrad Johnson ACT2, Kuzma Stabi Stogi S turntable. ALL using Pangea powercords.My system is no slouch, neither are Pangea powercords.
If I were to offer one suggestion, Start a line of AC14SE, and AC9SEPangea with pure copper Rhodium plated plugs.and Cryo'ed.
Thanks in advance Pangea Dude! You are a HERO.to all of us who enjoy Pangea power cords."So.. any comments?
elizabeth
elizabeth OP
6,726 posts
 
The $500 bottle is better, but only to folks with exceptional tasting abilities. Same thing.
inna
5,245 posts
 
Yeah, this reminds me of an old joke. What do Budweiser beer and canoe have in common ? Both are f..... close to water.
The poster above can have the Bud. In my experience, without any exceptional tasting abilities, $500 or so French wine is vastly superior to $100. From the same region, not from the same vineyard, though. No , I don't buy such an expensive wine, those couple of bottles were gifts. 
inna
5,245 posts
 
Elizabeth, I of course was not talking about you but about someone with 13 posts and a lot of opinions.
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maritime51
1,288 posts
 
So, the weight of an opinion is based on the number of posts?  Christ, Einstein has never posted here, so....🐍💩
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philkoan
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Here and there people keep talking about ridiculously high priced cables can enhance sound quality. When seeing a 6-power cable is being priced as high as $3000, all I could was shaking my head! There are simple things that people just don't want to understand. Don't you think people at Pass Labs, McIntosh or Mark Levinson designed a $20,000 amp and included a power cable that would degrade the amp performance? Or as one asked earlier in this thread, "Can anyone explain to me how the last few feet of a power cord makes a difference when the rest of the house wiring is standard Romex copper wiring?" The answer is no difference, unless you switch from an Ikea extension cord. 

I bought the Pangea Audio Octet Premier XE for $150 on last year Black Friday. Instead of buying Pangea power cord, I built myself to avoid a dozen of 6ft-10ft power cord in a tight space using Wattgage connectors and Belden 19365 power cable. I ordered a couple of XLR cables from Blue Jeans Cable once then built them myself with the same material, Belden and Meutrik, and saved half of the the cost. My advice: If you love high end equipment, learn how to make your own cables with fine parts. Goldpoint SW2X-I is sold for $395. I made a box with exact parts for $50. The most expensive part was the Grayhill rotary switch for $15. the remaining were Neutrik connectors and silver soldering wire.


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