RLD-1 Are you experienced?

Dueler,
One other thought that isn't necessarily responsive to your question: talk to Steve McCormack via telephone and get his thoughts on upgrade paths if you go that route. Specifically, ask him whether he recommends upgrading one device at a time or both simultaneously for best interim satisfaction. For example, would he recommend getting the platinum revision for the RLD-1 and leaving the DNA-1 in stock form (or vice versa) until you can afford to upgrade it as well, or getting the silver or gold revision to the RLD-1 and getting Revision C or B of the DNA-1 at the same time and upgrading the units together incrementally?

I'd be a little concerned that the stock form of the pre or amp would significantly limit the upgraded version of the other piece. Since I have a stock RLD-1 now with a Rev. A amp and the RLD-1 will be upgraded in a couple weeks, I'll be able to opine on that soon. Steve will have an immediate answer for you, though.

Aggielaw,
Please let me know how it goes! I just looked at your system and we may have some similiar quests. I will post my system and maybe we'll talk in that forum.

Happy Listening!

Rwwear's assumption that guage is the only thing which matters in cable design is not correct, though somehow I'm not optimistic this fact will change his mind on the possibilities. Since Dueler says he "intuitively" agrees with him, it will be interesting to see if he hears a difference if he decides to upgrade the PC. But then again, the upgrade cord will indeed be heavier in guage than the stock cord, among other divergences. It's when you hear differences among various upgrade cords, all of them equally heavy in guage, that you realize there's also more going on.

It's true Zaikesman. You will not change my mind. Unless the power cord has some sort of filter or power conditioner to clean up the electrical, there can be no difference in sound. And then it would be slight. I don't doubt that if I or anyone else wants to hear a difference, they can. It is more likely true that when something is played a second or third time we will hear things we didn't hear the first time it was played. And it is also true our systems sound different at times without changing anything.

Well Rwwear, don't want to hijack the thread completely (me, that is - you came on here only to interject this pronouncement), and besides the conversation has been had so many times before it's simply boring. "I don't doubt that if I or anyone else wants to hear a difference, they can." I always stipulate to that, and strive to account for the effect when evaluating gear, but the reverse can also hold equally true. I'll just note that it does seem likely from your comments that you haven't personally tried comparitively auditioning aftermarket power cords, and leave it at that.