Get Power Conditioner -downgrade my expensive PCs?

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.

tvad:

your prior post is the best articulated statement that i have ever read of the psycho-pathology of audiogoners (myself included). Bravo!

Thanks all

Snofun - I have agree with you that if are dealing with clean A/C to start, and using a neutral PC, and still not satisfied - than you probably have a crappy PC, or somewhat insatiable...

-The question is then can you get a neutral PC for 100.00?
and
-Do some swear by expensive PCs because they help mask some other fundamental problem?

I've had 2000$ PCs before until one day I realized I had no clothes...

You can easily get a neutral PC for $100. You can get a neutral PC for under $10.

My experience tells me expensive PCs eliminate/filter hash and lower the noise floor. Most use a combination of wire geometry, shielding and filtering to accomplish this. Some are neutral and others are not.

Hi Tvad, as a fellow Audiogoner, I have read many of your posts and you always seem to give very good advice in this insanity we call a hobby. I may be looking to purchase a new cdp soon. My system is currently a DK Signature integrated, all Acoustic Zen wire, Modwright Sony 999ES, Jolida JD 100 and Reimer Wind Rivers speakers- w/ Shunyata Hydra 2 and soon an Audio Magic Mini Stealth. I will soon be getting two dedicated lines and will be using hospital grade plugs (Leviton) -I currently have FIM 880's which I don't like.

Can you recommend a cdp that is great at the frequency extremes? (in other words crystalline highs, weight, heft and power in the low end (not lean), and one that you have heard perform in this manner in more than one system? I'm trying to find a cdp that can perform well in differing systems. (not one whose performance is highly system dependent) My price range is $3000-$3500 used. Thanks for your help. Emerson