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Asylum Powercord. Has anyone tried this power cord

Has anyone tried this power cable: ASYLUM Powercord, sold by Take Five Audio or DIY Cable or any other company. According to Take Five Audio "The Asylum Powercord was designed by the late Bob Crump. This recipe has earned a reputation as a price/performance leader over the years. Our assembly uses the exact same parts as the original recipe. This cord is constructed from Belden 19364 terminated with Pass & Seymour 5266-X wall plug and Schurter 4300.0603 IEC. During assembly we treat the internal contacts of the 5266-X with DeoxIt Gold as well as the female IEC contacts. The cable is connected to the IEC using solder as per the original recipe. We use WBT solder for this connection."

I am considering using this on a source Denon 3930ci cd/dvd player.
Any other suggestions for a good reasonably priced power cable for this player.
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hifitime
715 posts
 
I like Deoxit products,but I wouldn't use it on any power cord connections.If you make your own,I would leave the Deoxit out since it may leave a residue.
mooglie
64 posts
 
I read on another thread that you did not want a bright PC. If you could DIY, buy some decent copper (not silver plated) cordage such as DH Labs, Supra, Neotech, or CryoMax, and terminate it with some solid copper ends.

You can pickup some inexpensive solid copper ends on EBay, or go for something more expensive like Furutechs. Avoid silver or nickle plated ends.

If you don't want to DIY, there are several vendors on this site that can make a similar cord.

Any of these will be better than the Asylum cable.
buyfast1 OP
18 posts
 
Hi Mooglie, Photon46, Elizabeth and others,

I thank you for you ideas.

Can you suggest a great pre-made (not a diy ) power cord I can purchase for my source Denon 3930ci player?
foster_9
1,610 posts
 
Can you suggest a great pre-made (not a diy ) power cord I can purchase for my source Denon 3930ci player? Buyfast1

Power cord performance will vary greatly in each person's stereo system. What's great for one person's equipment will be average to below for another. You may want to try the lending service through the Cable Company or use the "buy low used and maybe re-sell" method here.
photon46
1,008 posts
 
Foster 9's so right. While the Cryo-Max worked amazingly well on my PS Audio Amp, it does nothing for my Aloia gear. Power Cords are very system & component dependent. On a tight budget, about the only thing to do is buy used cords that have high demand and turnover so you can resell them without much of a loss if they don't work out. I've used the Cable Company in the past and it's a great service if you want to pay retail. Not meanning to be negative, but when you're paying someone else's labor charges to terminate, you're not going to get a real substantive cable upgrade for $50. At this price point, I think I'd try Audio Advisor's Pangea power cords. They're probably assembled with Chinese labor as opposed to Take Five Audio's Canadian labor, so you do the math on that part of the equation. From reports I've read, the Pangeas succeed in improving many peoples systems. All you gamble is shipping costs if you don't like them.
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