Power Cord Flavors


Someone recently sent me an e-mail asking about warm and fullbodied power cords versus neutral, clear and extended power cords. I thought I'd post my opinion, and ask others to share theirs, too.

My system is tubes: VAC Phi 110/110, First Sound Presence Depuxe II, APL Denon 3910

Warm and full bodied in my system=
Purist Audio Dominus w/Fluid
Elrod EPS-3 Signature
Revelation Audio Precept
VH Audio Airsine

Neutral, clear and extended=
Shunyata Python and Anaconda
Electraglide Epiphany
Ridge Street Poiema!!!
Audio Indulgence Alpine Lace
TG Audio SLVR and 688
Z Squared
Absolute power cord

That's a scary list of power cords. I'm kind of shocked at how many I've owned and tried.
tvad
i would put silver audio wattmaster and ps audio statement as warm and full bodied, with vh audio flavor 4 and airsine as neutral, clear and extended.
i will have a mike wolff silver carbon source cord soon, we will see...
Wow, Grant. You've had more power play than Gordon Gecko in his heyday.

Of those I have tried in our system, I found similar results. The Purist Dominus was the warmest, and the most musical-sounding of them all. The Poiema!!! was the most neutral. Their IC's as well. The Z-Squared are also quite neutral. Great performance, well beyond its pricepoint, IMO.

The darkest (sort of choked, actually) were the Audience cords.

Great thread. A valuable discussion for people cable searching to get some bearings on the sonic spectrum. Naturally, results vary from one system/set of ears to the next. But as we all know, my ears are directly over the earth's axis of auditory neutrality. There, I said it. :-)
Howard
I forgot to add the Wolff Carbon Ribbon Source cord (copper version)...on the warm side of neutral.

Disclaimer: I have one for sale to a good home. With papers. House trained.
Others I've tried:

Wolff Source--agree, slightly to the warm side of neutral.
Van den Hul Mainstream Hybrid--neutral, great on amps, inexpensive.
Component Plus Premium PC--Similar to Z-Squared, slightly more bright, and a bit more airy sounding. At $195, this cord is also priced really well.
Signal--Dark, choked, similar to the Audience in our system.
Electrglide Mini Khan Plus--Neutral, more open sounding than the Wolff Cord/Z-Squared on the source. Great for jazz, vocals, not quite as good for rock, IMO.
Verastarr Signature--Slightly brighter than the Z-Squared. Not as open as the Component Plus.
Virtual Dynamics Nite I--neutral, though more closed off than the Mini Khan Plus, on CDP. Sounded less natural than the Wolff, or the EG cords.
Electraglide Ultra Khan Statement R/R--Every attribute of the Mini Khan Plus, just more of it.
Warm and full bodied in my system=
Cardas Golden Reference
Shunyata King Cobra V1/V2, Anaconda Vx, Cobra, Black Mamba
Elrod EPS-3S
Tara Labs The One

Neutral, clear and extended=
Virtual Dynamics Nite
BMI Shark
Shunyata Anaconda Alpha
VH Audio Flavor 4 Gold

These are of course, just IMHO.

Regards,
John