Cheap Powercords...worth the effort???

I haven't tried a lot of different power cords to offer an experienced opinion, but I like what I hear with my Harmonic Technology power cord, and it really is at a very fair price for a good quality product. You can often find one for $100-125 at Audiogon. Perhaps when I get adventurous and have a little extra time I will try a few other brands, but I think that it would most likely give you an improvement in sound quality. I have seen so many opinions from some of the well informed members here that I have concluded that it is necessary to try a few different brands on your own system, allowing for synergy. Make sure you don't judge until you have run in a cable for 80-100 hours. Good luck.

Why is the last 6 feet that connects equipment to the mains so important? What about the cheap romex house wiring that feeds the recepticles? What about questionable grounding and the quality of the recepticles and the type of breakers used in the breaker box? Given these questions and many more is it logical to assume that we are introducing a band-aid to cure a larger problem or merely adding a coloration. Audio has some amazing cures.

It takes a minimum of about 5 or 6 feet for the "filtering" factor of power cord to work.

Filter what? And how?

I want to put in another vote for BMI. I just "got into" power cords last momh after hearing waht a Master Coupler did for my preamp. After doing some research, I decided to take a chance on BMI's EEL power cord, and am now on my fourth one (pre, dac, and monoblocks). There may be better cords out there, but for a LOT more money (even used). On my BAT preamp, the EEL clearly bests the Master Coupler. On the plus side, Brian introcaso (Mr. BMI, since he answers the phone AND makes every cord by hand!), is an absolute delight to deal with. I plan to keep buying EEL's until I have one on every relevant piece of equipment (need four more!) before venturing up in the price scale