Let's talk power cords

Hi Jond,
800 hours? Well you’ll be the recipient of a thoroughly burned in power cable 😊. I get the preamp "heart of the system" idea but I’d try it on both the preamp and your tube Audio Note  DAC. Most DACs are generally quite responsive to better power cables. Curious to know where the cable will have the greater impact in your fine audio system.
Charles

My first experience with a better sounding powercable was when I bought a premade Pangea Power cord.. Primarily because it was cheaper than a cord I could make myself.
I put that Pangea on a Forte’4 amplifier I owed and GOLLY! the bass was better than with any other cord I had/made. This was an easy repeatable experiment.
So naturally over the years I have bought a pile of Pangea power cords.
When I bought an ’upgrade’ AC9SE.. I thought I would just stick in in the path between the wall and the power conditioner (Furman REF20i) to break it in. But it sounded better right off than the AC9 I had there!
Where the AC9SE did NOT sound better to my PS Audio P600 conditioner than the AC9 .
Also I found that the 9s sounded better to my preamps than the 14s.

On the other hand I have no interest in further experimenting with big buck AC cords..
But I can say I was not a ’believer’ in AC powercords mattering.. Until I found out I COULD hear a difference. Though I have not done more to check if even ’way better’ ones matter.
I am sort of cheap.. and lazy. (what I have is great, so why keep chasing when I am satisfied?)

Charles yes indeed he said the nano-liquid coating needs a lot of burn in so he said >800 hours before he ships it out. And I plan to try it on both and see what sounds best. I have good cords now Cerious Nano Signature I hope this is a nice improvement.

More great service from Chris I chose free UPS ground shipping instead the cable shipped yesterday USPS 2-day Priority Mail should be here tomorrow. Needless to say very excited to hear it!

@jond 

That's cool, jond. Looking forward to your impressions. I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new power cord as well. Waiting is part of the fun I guess.😀

Cheers,

Scott