What is the best power cord for pass labs xa100.5?

There is no doubt in my mind Nelson Pass selects the best power cord for his products.

That was a joke, right? All high end manufacturers bundle appropriately robust but otherwise very basic and inexpensive cords with their gear. They do this because they know the market demands detachable power cords and consumers want to experiment, so why should they increase the cost of goods only to have everybody second guess their choices. Likewise for feet, fuses, etc.

If a manufacturer felt strongly about a particular cord, they should hard-wire it. The chassis IEC inlet has got to be a meaningful sonic compromise, but somehow we are all okay with it.

"If a manufacturer felt strongly about a particular cord, they should hard-wire it. The chassis IEC inlet has got to be a meaningful sonic compromise, but somehow we are all okay with it."

I'm not ok with it and most manufacturers were not ok with it either, but the reviewers, dealers and eventually the market demanded it. The price of a power cord has nothing to do with its ability to improve the sound. Do you really think a manufacturer would provide a power cord they know is inappropriate? Aftermarket power cords are just another snake oil variable to muck up the sound in my opinion. Too much emphasis is placed on air, openess and a bunch of other things that have nothing to do with music. That is why we have people on this forum telling us how much better their system sounds than live music. What a pathetic statement!

""System better than live music""
Oh YEAH..??
OK you're in a nightclub listening to jazz. Between the idiots yell/talking over the music, laughing, clanking dinnerware, the music probably DOES sound better in my home.
Oh, yeah, requests.. At home my personal requests are ALWAYS honored..
Then at a Rock concert. where wearing industrial quality earplugs is mandatory, or plan on going deaf in ten years. You have to stand the entire time, or wind up with your nose a foot from the person in front of you's ass for several hours.
At Classical concerts, the people coming in late, then talking, sneezing, cell phones going off..
You had to pay more for parking, than to buy the CD or LP.
Yeah live, screw that!!
Sorry I have not much use for most "live" events..

Be careful with aftermarket power cords on Pass amps. On my Aleph 0s the iec female is inside of 10mm of milled steel. The heavy gauge stock power cord fits perfectly. No after marker connection I have tried fits correctly into this deep recess. I found this out the hard way when one of them made poor contact and shorted the iec and power thermistor.

home audio = live music - really? Give that one more thought! Aftermarket cords and wire - that is aftermarket brilliance!

The ultimate profit - wire builders and sellers giving audiophiles what they demand - always looking for sound improvement. How many audio nuts are willing to spend 2K on a cable when it really takes the next price point in an amp, speaker, or frontend to make a noticeable and sustainable difference. That in most cases is a much bigger jump - 5K, 10K or more and that takes a bold move that lightens the bank account significantly for most.