PS Audio Prelude power cord.

This cord is too weird. At first, right out of the box, no break in, it sounded very detailed in the highs as well as midrange with nice low end extension. I let it play for about 30 hours, periodically listenning to music. And now, I think the break in period is over, according to PS Audio, 20-40 hours, I am beginning to notice rolled off highs. Detail in the modrange and trebble almost non-existent. Bass remains deep and tight however. Example, I was listenning to Brubeck's Take Five, where during the drum solo bass strings vibrate against the fret. I remember the sound of strings vibrating being much more defined and detailed, but now I have to lesten for it to notice it. Hmmm. i liked what it did for the bass, but it did so at the expense of the rest of the spectrum. I don't think I am ready to cope with that. I would appreciate the advice on a good power cord for the amplifier where it would make the bass deeper, tighter and more defined, but leave the rest of the frequency spectrum untouched. Thank for your replies.

One thing you may want to try is to plug your stock power cable back in to see if the highs return. I have a couple of PS Audio Plus's and a couple of Statements that I just received, but have not installed yet as they are not quite "bendy" enough for my setup. I also have a Shunyata Snakebite which is that run of spare Diamondback cable they had with the cheaper connectors. (If I remember correctly) I have that on my phono preamp with great results. I may try it on my VK 31SE as well. I'll have to update later on this.

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks Paul. I did try to plug back the stock cord. The highs did return to some degree, but the improvement in the bass that was brought in by Prelude cord was lost.
I may return it and swap it for Shunyata...either Diamondback or Copperhead. I want my system to sound open and I know it can with the gear I have. I would appreciate if you can let me know your findings on the PS Audio PCs. Thanks again.

Hmm...If you bought it new and recently I would check back in with the dealer. He should let you exchange it for something else. If you go with the Shunyata line, I would recommend skipping the diamondback for something higher, like the copperhead. The diamonback doesn't do much for me, but hey, your experience could be different. Just don't let the dealer convince you that the PS Audio is now revealing how bad the rest of your system is and that you need to upgrade everything!

I called the place I purchased the cable from, Music Direct. They are going to exchange it for me to any cable I want. I will loose money on S&H only. PS Audio claims their line of XStream power cords function as mini power conditioner themselves, so I was thinking to try it on the CD player before I send it back, but suspecting it will have similar effect on it as it did on the amp. Will see, but most likely I will send it back and get the Copperhead cord instead.