Cables & Conditioners

Question - If using a surge protector or conditioner into a 15amp, 14awg (correct wall wire size for 15amps) wired outlet, wouldn't that defeat the purpose of using a 12 awg (expensive or DIY) power cable?  Seems like the in wall delivery of AC would be restricted to the capacity of the 14awg wall current first, then further restricted by the surge or power conditioner cord.  Or would using a high capacity (10 or 12awg) component cord just ensure maximum currect available after the bottleneck?

I just pulled the trigger to upgrade my old Hydra 4 to the Hydra Triton which was recently reviewed by KM in TAS. My past experience with the Hydra 4 hasn't been all that rosy - it limited dynamics to a degree I found intolerable. I finally had to unplug it to get back what I felt was the way live music should sound. And the Hydra 4 had been under wraps since then until it is ready for an upgrade. And so it is now. When I read that the Triton does not limit dynamics while doing everything else that it should, my interest was piqued.

   They say these Diy cables are up there with the best on the market BUT these cables are Dirt Cheap !
  http://www.home-speaker.net/home_audio_wiring.html

I have had so much fun finding the best speakers, amp, source, DAC, interconnects and speaker cables, I could afford and have changed out every component in my system over last 12 months.  Total new system cost is $7000.  I suspect that my weak link is the Arcam r-DAC, not that it is a bad component just that I think it it the weakest link in my system, as I had a chance to use the Brston DAC in my system and easily heard a nice improvement.  I have no AC conditioner now and have never spent any time thinking about AC conditioning until now.  I use a tube integ

Hi Folks,

There's not been a lot of information available about this relatively new power cable from Cardas so I thought I'd start a thread where we can share information and experiences about this new cord.

Here's the information I've been able to gather to date:

The description from the Cardas website is as follows:

Hi Folks,
 
I wonder if you can recommend a small but high quality power conditioner for my pre-amp (Simaudio Moon P-7) and cd player (Marantz SA-11S1)?  My amp (Simaudio Moon W-8) will stay plugged directly into the wall.
 
I only need 2 outlets for the conditioner but ideally with noise filtering between outlets.  Budget is up to $2k but I'm looking for suggestions on value units that are great performers at well under that price point.
 

Has anyone experimented with different power cords and conditioners for Simaudio Evolution gear?  I'm wondering what would work well with my Simaudio P-7 pre-amp and W-8 power amp.  The rest of my system consists of a Marantz SA-11S1 SACD player (which may be supplimented by a music server system in the near future), Revel Studio 2 speakers, Cardas Clear XLR interconnects and Cardas Golden Reference speaker cable.  Power cables I've tried so far include Cardas Clear M Power cables (seem to work well), XLO Reference 3 (work well so long as they are plugged directly into the wa

Has anyone compared these two cables ? Grateful if you could share your experience.   
 
 

I have the newest Shunyata speaker cables and interconnects, which were unveiled at CES 2011. I am eager to compare notes with someone else who is using them. To my ears, they have a more profound impact on my system than even the legendary CX line of power cords. They blow away my previous reference, the Harmonic Technology Magic Woofer speaker cables and and Magic II interconnects, which are mighty fine, btw.I keep asking myself, "How can cables do this?" I'd love to hear how they compare to other cables and in other systems.