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post #31 of 39
11/11/10 at 4:34pm

That's what I'm saying.  Haven't touched them yet.

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post #32 of 39
11/12/10 at 8:34am

it sounds like you've tried their power strips then, with less than desirable results. i have a couple of their larger units (eg. 3500 series) which hopefully don't suck eek.gif.

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post #33 of 39
11/12/10 at 8:54pm
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I settled on a high quality 10 ft medical grade cord. Thread has really sparked my interest. I have been a long time audio magazine reader/stereophile enthusiast and have a Monster power bar that did make a noticeable improvement in sound and picture quality. Sorry can not actually give model number since it is currently in storage. Thank you to those that guided me to save $.

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post #34 of 39
11/11/11 at 3:49pm

I recently took the plunge and bought a quality power cable. The Vovox Initio Power, mainly because I'm really satisfied with their XLR cables so I trusted the brand on this one :

b_maxi_ini_pow_eu_01.jpg

 

pretty affordable and well built, and sounds good to me :)

 

Though this cable is a bit unconventional because it's unshielded and with a solid core. In other words it is stiff like a copper pipe and opinions appear divided on if shielding is worse for sound quality or not. 

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post #35 of 39
11/13/11 at 10:04pm

its 300$ for a power cable.... not very affordable, im pretty sure results are similar to the iron lung jelly
 

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Originally Posted by Sesam View Post

I recently took the plunge and bought a quality power cable. The Vovox Initio Power, mainly because I'm really satisfied with their XLR cables so I trusted the brand on this one :

b_maxi_ini_pow_eu_01.jpg

 

pretty affordable and well built, and sounds good to me :)

 

Though this cable is a bit unconventional because it's unshielded and with a solid core. In other words it is stiff like a copper pipe and opinions appear divided on if shielding is worse for sound quality or not. 



 

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post #36 of 39
11/14/11 at 11:24am

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10228&cs_id=1022801&p_id=5279&seq=1&format=2

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post #37 of 39
11/14/11 at 12:00pm

 

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its 300$ for a power cable.... not very affordable, im pretty sure results are similar to the iron lung jelly
 



 



I don't know what the MSRP is, but I have seen these retail for $135. Yea it's still not exactly "cheap" but I was under the impression that OP was looking for a compromise between snakeoil cables and cables that may have a price warranted by build quality :)

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post #38 of 39
11/14/11 at 12:01pm

Zu Birth ... can be had for 50 bucks or so on ebay (where they have regular discounted specials) ... super good for the $$. 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zu-Audio-Birth-power-cable-1-5m-5-0-Wattgate-connectors-both-ends-/130599756975?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e685a24af#ht_1966wt_698

 

Rock.

 

.j

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post #39 of 39
11/18/11 at 12:02pm

 

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back on track - the Iron Lung Jelly Fish pwr cord is inexpensive and popular around here. after a search for reviews:

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/139344/power-cord-shoot-out-14-power-cords-reviewed

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I have a little dot mk III and decided to go for the Iron Lung, more curious then anything else and not a lot of money.  Spent a lot of time switching back and forth between the stock cable and have to say I really prefer the Jellyfish.  As always, YMMV, but it was a nice improvement for me!


Edited by kev pfeifle - 11/18/11 at 12:03pm
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