New Pangea Audio AC-14 XL Power Cord

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The Pangea AC14XL are now on sale with different lengths discounted as little as 14% or as much as 33%.
Since only one place sells them... No need to say where.
Did I buy any? yes.
Are they any good. Yeah, OK.
One curious thing is the advertising. They harp that the plugs use pure copper, over and over, but not once have I seen them actually mention the plug metal IS STILL GOLD PLATED. And I LOOKED, a LOT. Well... Yes, the ends are not bare copper, they are gold plated.And the wire is not 100% Cardas.. Though some ads may read like yes they are. nope. Percentage is still a mystery.
Finally are them better than the AC14SE mk2 Signature? kind of. If you have the 14SE Signature, the XL may not do a lot for you. Subtle is the word. better yes. but it is subtle..This first day no break in... Better low level detail.                     
My main claim i I wanted the pure copper plugs, since my Duplex (Furutech GTX) are pure copper too. To me they weren’t worth it without being on sale... Since I had mostly Pangea AC14SE mk2 Signature... well now they are,

I recently upgraded from stock line cords for entirely different reasons than sound.   My wife got tired of looking at all the black power cords hanging down behind the rack, so I bought the Pangea cables as a cosmetic upgrade.  They were the best looking cables I could find for a low price.  I did the entire rack in one month.  It looks great and now I have a happy wife.   Remember, Happy Wife = Happy Life.  

After a day breaking 2 in on the amp and power conditioner, I moved the Pangea AC14XL to the preamps. The sound improved a bit, adding a bit of happy to the treble sound.         
Got a few more arriving today. They too will get put on the amp and power conditioner for a day.. Then one on Marantz SA-10, and I have to play with the other two.

I have 3 14XL ,one 15 feet  long , notable jump up from other 14's .

A few weeks later.. I bought 12 Pangea AC14XL power cords.Definite improvement over the AC14SE mk2 Signature.I am using the XL on the amp and the power conditioner as they are way better sounding than the AC9SE mk2 Signature. A lot more clarity.
One thing I highly recommend is cleaning out the IEC holes in the cord IEC plug. There is s ton of crud in the IEC plug.
First I pluck off 2/3 of the cotton.then flatten a dozen Q-Tip with a pliers. need the type with a paper stick. Then I use Meguiars Scratch X automotive finish stuff and put some on the Q-Tip. stick down the holes. rub around. black crud comes out. (I will pluck off some of the dirty cotton and use it more) repeat. maybe repeat third time! Then I use Caig ’RED’ cleaner preservative... brush in, use another Q-Tip to rub around. More black gunk. repeat. Then final use Caig Gold new Q-Tip rub a little . done. also polish the blade tips (which also leave a lot of black gunk at first) with the Scratch X and Caig Gold them too.                    
By the way they are still on sale as of 01/01/2019