Cardas or Virtual Dynamics power cords? Opinions?

Fplanner, I have a similar situation - similar in that I have a Master on my AA Capitole. The Cap sits on a double stack of Rollerblocks and the Master - if not supported - pulls the Cap off the Rollerblocks. Temporarily I have put an oak dowel tripod in place to support the Master. This fix is not ideal, and it is certainly unattractive. But the Cap remains, safely, on the RBs which are an indispensable part of my chain. Before I decide to swap the Masters for Revelations, or - should I even suggest this? - the Genesis, I'm going to have to change my rack, effectively lowering the height of the Cap.

I find the Genesis intriguing but it is out of reach for many (most?) of us. They do have a rather stiff price of admission you have to admit. But if you can handle it what the hell. They probably sound fantastic!

Islandear- thanks for sharing your experience. Where exactly did you put the dowel? I'm hopeful of using the rear wall as support and measuring the bend to both power conditioner and the CD player (about 18"). I think if I can somehow support the bottom run to the conditioner, MAYBE the rest will hold against the wall. If not, I may have to devise some sort of clamp to hold it against the upper wall near the CD player, altho I really hate to start drilling into walls for a power cord............. Maybe I'll just try super-glue.....

Fplanner, the tripod sits 6" below the level of the IEC, about a foot away, to allow the cable to span the distance between cdp and the Hydra. I had 3 36" oak dowels on hand - pine would work (perhaps another sonic consideration? LOL) - and drilled a hole through them about 6" from the top, connecting them with a 3" screw. I set the Master over the top of the tripod's crotch (is there a better choice of word here?).

Verrrrrry ugly. But it works.

Your idea of using the wall as a support might also work. Superglue would probably work too...just make sure you never want to move anything ever again... Sheesh, the things we do.

If only I were a Luddite.

Ozzy, that was very helpful information -- about the Revelations taking up to 400 hours to fully break in. I'm at about 120 hours on my Revelation speaker cables and the system is still improving noticeably.

Of course, the same applies to my cartridge and tonearm wire, which have about about 100 hours on them and my Purist Aqueous Anniversary phono cable, which has about 60 hours on it. Albert Porter tells me the Aqueous Anniversary takes about 700 hours to fully break in!

Ed