Power Cord for Ayre CX-7e ????

The use of power conditioners is dependent on the quality of the component's power supply with which the conditioner might be used.

For example, the Ayre products with the "Ayre conditioner" power supplies aren't supposed to require any additional power conditioning. Same with the Moscode 401HR. In fact, I tried the Moscode today plugged directly to the dedicated AC line via a Purist Audio Dominus Ferrox PC, and I compared the sound versus running the Moscode plugged to a Shunyata Hydra fed with another Purist Audio Dominus Ferrox power cord. Going straight to the wall seems to work just as well, if not better. I certainly don't notice any degradation in the sound when bypassing the Hydra.

My recommendation would be to try a few power cords without a power conditioner and see what you like. Certainly put the Purist Audio Dominus Ferrox on your list along with the Black Sand, and perhaps a reference power cord from DCCA.

Witchdoc, My comments in the previous post above were the result of auditioning the power cords with and without the Sound Application RLS conditioner in both my primary and secondary systems. The RLS made a significant positive difference in addition to the contributions of the Elrod cords. I am planning to detail those contributions in a review as soon as I get some free time.

Grant (Tvad), The RLS also improved the Ayre CX-7e's presentation in my second system. Cleaner; more relaxed, natural, and musical.

I appreciate all of the replies. I did not stop at the C7-Xe and went ahead and purchased the matching V5-Xe amp and K5-Xe pre amp. When I bought my house one of the first things I did was to replace both of the outlets on my wall with PS Audio silver plated, cyrogenically treated outlets. I currently use a Monster HTS-3600 and my local Ayre dealer told me to dump it and go straight to the wall. He feels that the Monster line of PC's choke too much of the current. However, he does reccomend one of the Richard Gray's power conditioners, somehting like the RGpc 400 Pro
Many Thanks,
David

F1, I'd say your dealer is steering you right, although I'm not a big fan of the Richard Gray conditioners, or most others. I've heard some terrific systems that don't incorporate any in-line power conditioners (including one of my own systems). The idea that you "must" have in-line power conditioning is simply not true, IMO. The right powerline conditioner can improve your system, the wrong one can forever limit the ultimate performance of your system.

Hello David,
Ayre is very clean stuff, therefor I wouldn't recommend you any line conditioner, they all make the sound more dirty and restricted. Only a good power cord directly plugged into the wall will do the job. The best power cords I'm aware of come from NBS, an internationally well regarded brand. With NBS you got the feeling of letting through the music. It lowers the noise floor dramatically, so they don't influence the signal, only leave out the bad things, noise etc..
Ever better: use a whole NBS system of the same type.