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
Yes the alternate reality side of wires needs to be heard.
As is usually added into ANY high end wire discussion, and sleepwalker65 stepped up the the plate... To offer the alternate reality version of powercord heaven. I wonder if the high end wire fanatics bust in on all sorts of ’wire is wire’ threads? are there even any such animal? (I have never seen one???) or do only discussions of actual users of high(er than cheap) wire and power products ’get’ the influx of such wondrous homilies about how great ordinary wire can be??? I am surprised though sleepwalker decided to pop in on this thread about CHEAP as dirt powercords?? Maybe I missed his post where I discussed repeatedly and in depth about adding $5000 retail worth of Duplex and plugs on a whim??? I bet he saw those.. since why else add in the "" All you need to do is upgrade your receptacles to spec-grade or heavy duty at a minimum, and screw-wire them to your romex. The back-stab connections are notorious for making a very poor connection "" (Shows he really is one with the Dollar Store versions of duplex). how helpful too. "Back-stab". I wonder if that is really a metaphor???
What a nice guy to be sooooo helpful.
So you think he is telling me? or some other person who might get the notion to buy some fancy cords???
Kind of like the old hippie Hari Krishna a the airports, never know when he might find a convert.
Then I wonder do they think anyone is going to listen? Or are they just flapping their gums in the breeze for the hell of it. Guys like that MUST think their ’message’ has meaning and is ’reaching the masses’ gaining ground with every post... ??? Not in my Universe LOL
I think power cords, power conditioners, power outlets are going to become more and more important. Wall current is deteriorating, digital interference is getting worse by the day.
I cannot verify it because I have an integrated amp but most people reported that right power cord on preamp made the biggest difference. I can only say that it made big difference with integrated, bigger than with phono stage and bigger than from the wall to PS Audio regenerator. But that's in my case, experimenting with only four power cords. Best cord was best with everything as far as I could tell, Purist Dominus Rev B ferox. Good power cord should not make anything worse, and I don't try to 'tune' the system with cords.
elizabeth
Thank You for the review. Are you using both Kimber Kable and Pangea cabling/cords in your system?  Happy Listening!
Almost all Pangea, plus two home made cords with Furutech '28' Rhodium plugs. The IC mainly are Kimber KS1116 (XLR) and KS1016 (RCA)
With a few Cardas Pasec in lesser positions. Speaker cable Kimber 8TC, with a 1" cotton core.
I am suspect of some of the Pangea critics.  They are not cheap cords, They could sell for much more.  Pangea caught themselves in a Catch-22 by offering such quality  for not much money.  A good number of power cords that some may like were designed by the same person who designed the Pangea.  He contracts out and designed for them. The newest Pangea uses Cardas wire and also litz in their construction. Before Cardas, it was OHNO copper and litz. That is not cheap, just inexpensively priced in comparison... But,still  more expensive than typical power cords.. Not sure how much opinion here is due to audio snobbery.