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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
jhills
323 posts
 
@loganfan
You are correct, particularly high current amps, shouldn’t be ganged into a single power conditioner with other devices. While most components SA. DACs, CDPs CD Transports and TTs, pull quite low current and work very well on conditioners, many high current amp manufactures, SA. ADCOM, Bryston, Krell and others, specifically recommend that their amps be plugged directly into a wall receptacle and on a circuit without other devices. My Rogue, integrated tube amp, (not considered high current) on the other hand, is recommended to be plugged into a common circuit with the other components connected to it, to prevent a ground loop.
I agree, keeping power cords and IC cables separated and organized, is part of the battle of getting clean sound....Jim
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nephilim_1981
3 posts
 
Absolutely love the pangea AC 9SE. 

I use it for my Burson soloist headphone amp for a more strict and clinical listening along with my hd 800's, chord qutest dac and my cyrus cd i with a PSXR-2. 
Honestly it is a real headphone system that demands great power chords and interconnects. 

Love it!! Fair price for unbridled bass response. 
boxer12
1,703 posts
 
IME Pangea makes products that shoot way above their weight class. Although I don't have any of their PC's in my system currently, they certainly bettered the Tributaries I had in the system prior to them. It wasn't even close. I also recently bought one of their $100 receptacles & it betters the PS audio receptacle that was there prior, by a long shot. Good product, reasonably priced.
andy2
484 posts
 
To jhills,
Think power cords as tires on sport cars.  Most sport cars probably don't come with optimal tires although they perform pretty decent with stock tires.  But in order to extract more performance on the cars, you probably need some after market tires.  
dopogue
1,767 posts
 
Comments about high end companies providing power cords with their products remind me that more and more companies don't do this any more, specifically recommending the use of after-market cords.  And even the ones who still do supply cords often suggest (in their owner's manuals) that the buyer could do better by substituting after-market cords.
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