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What power cord do you like most on your amp ?

This does not necessarily mean that that's what you have, you might've tried it but couldn't afford at the time.
Of course, mention your amp too.
inna
inna OP
5,245 posts
 
Besides curiosity, I got a small problem with that. I used to have Purist Dominus Rev C Ferox on my quite high current Redgum integrated, and it worked great. And I had Custom Power Cord Company Top Gun on the PS Audio regenerator all the equipment plugged in, including the amp - it is much better in my case than going straight to the wall even by way of the Dominus. However, lately the wall current in the area has been getting worse and I had to try to move the Dominus to the regenerator. It worked, things got better, which is not surprising because Dominus is a superior cord, though the Top Gun is very good too. Problem is that I have only one Dominus and I still miss it on the amp. Another Dominus is hard to find used and quite expensive. So as the thinking goes, I might want to try something that had a chance to outdo Top Gun on the amp while keeping the Dominus connected to the wall outlet and the regenerator. Or, theoretically, something that would be as good as Dominus there and put the Dominus back on the amp. I just have no idea what to try without much hassle and multiple buying/selling cycles. Maybe there is nothing really and I just have to hunt for another Dominus and pay as much as asked, probably about $750-$900.
roberjerman
2,086 posts
 
The captive cord on my GAS Son of Ampzilla!
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michaelgreenaudio
643 posts
 

Every amp I've owned in the last 20 or so years I've made my own custom cord.

Because every house has it's own sound (electrically) I find that each house and component has their own relationship to each other. When I change out an amp it takes about a week or so and I'm designing a cord specifically for that unit. I also find (for people tuning their AC) that resetting their wall outlets per amp is a big deal along with the circuit panel.

If I may I'd like to give a free tweak out to folks. When you change out your cord you obviously have your amp turned off. While turned off loosen the shipping harness of your transformer, raise the transformer up slightly and set it back down. Your amp will sound more open and powerful. I recommend getting rid of the shipping harness altogether, but even re-setting the mechanics of the amp can be a pretty big deal.

mg

mcgal
189 posts
 
My preference now are Acoustic Zen Gargantua II cables on my McIntosh MC2301 mono's. I have tried many PC's over the years and they are my favorites so far. I haven't tried every cable out there and I have never made my own. Before the AZ's I only used Wireworld cables, just about all of the ones in their line except for the Platinum ones.
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shkong78
515 posts
 
I do not want to spend more than 1K$ on each power cables.

Sygnergistic Blue power cables are pretty good with good transparency and speed of transient at reasonable price.

I bought 6 of them at 3 for 2 offer last November.

 I had been happy with them after using 4 months.
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