Get Power Conditioner -downgrade my expensive PCs?

It's the old 'weakest link' analogy. You really can't skimp anywhere in the power chain if you want your gear to give it's best.

Thanks all

I'm looking at a APS model which has legitimate features like constant 120v, and runs off a battery (which takes the Power Company out of the equation) etc.

http://www.purepoweraps.com/pdf/USprices.pdf

I have modest $500 PC cables now, and figure that I could switch to 10g copper ones, with double sheilding and good connectors for about $100 each

Why not.. Im dealing with clean A/C output, so I figure that all I need is a neutral delivery system - your thoughts?

NB: Besides the "smoke and mirrors" aspect of some PCs, sometimes you're paying for legitimate technology to actually filter out some of your A/C problems..(which can can sometimes justify expensive cables) so why not a $100.00 nuetral cable for clean A/C applications?

My suggestion is to buy your power cords used. The $100 10awg cords
might seem like a good deal now, but if you find they don't make a
difference in the sound of your system, then you will quickly want to sell
them...at a 40-50% loss. This of course, is assuming they're new at
$100/ea. The other side of the scenario is that the $100 cords are
beneficial to the sound of your system. If this is so, and if you are like
95% of audiophiles, then you will quickly sell the $100 cords to upgrade
to something better. Again, you will sell at a 40-50% loss. Just the way it
goes.

You could be in the rare 5% of audiophiles and decide the $100 cords
are perfect and you decide to keep them. If you're one of these, then I
suggest starting your own Audiophile Counseling service to help the rest
of us...and pay for your system upgrades in the process. :)

"sometimes you're paying for legitimate technology to actually filter out some of your A/C problems" - and what else are you filtering?

If you're considering paying big $ for cords, work on your AC delivery into the house first.

The ones who usually make the biggest noises about AC cords are the same ones who recoil in horror regarding dbt - golden ears and clothesless emperors just seem to go together.

How else could a 2 year old epiphany that cost $4500 and was a soundstaging wonder now be selling for less than $400? Has AC changed so much? Have power cords advanced so much? Please. A fool and his money.... - you know the verse.

Get clean AC into the house first, then a decent conditioner or regenerator. If a cord mkes that much difference then you have crappy power supplies in your components.

How else could a 2 year old epiphany that cost $4500 and was a soundstaging wonder now be selling for less than $400?
Snofun3  (System | Threads | Answers)

I understand the point you are making with this example, but it's an extreme example. $4500 Electraglide power cords never had a street price of more than about $800 as far as I know. Anyone with any shopping savvy knew this. The $4500 retail price was a joke. With that in mind, the present asking price of $400 is a 50% discount from the street price of a new Electraglide power cord, and it's in keeping with the normal discount of used gear...especially wire.

Which further illustrates my point about the advantage of buying used.