PS Audio XStream Power Punch - The Silk Panties of power cords?

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2006
    Hey, I represent that comment! I do marketing BS for a living :eek:
    DKG999
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited February 2006
    Thinking about trying one of these, for $33 what the heck.
    BTW, my current (no pun intended) PC says it's 13AWG/pole. Does anybody know what that means? Does it mean each of the 3 conductors are 13AWG or does it mean the total of the 3 conductors = 13AWG?
    2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2006
    dkg999 wrote:
    Hey, I represent that comment! I do marketing BS for a living :eek:

    Ah...I see...a PROFESSIONAL bullshitter.....
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2006
    tryrrthg wrote:
    Does anyone know the difference between the Super Punch and the Power Punch? Is it just the right angle plug?

    FWIW, the Super Power Punch has a ferrite impregnated jacket as well.
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    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2006
    Shack - some days more professional than others :D
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited February 2006
    Thanks for the replies guys. At that price I may have to give one a try.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2006
    Not only the price is right... the seller is great too....

    I ordered three, and this is the first time that I get positive feedback as soon as I paid. Then I got tracking number a couple of hours later..and it was not just "data transmitted to UPS"...it had actually shipped.

    I had to give him positive feedback after this, even though I've not received the cords yet. You don't see many selllers like this.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited February 2006
    Ordered two of these off ebay last week and they arrived today. As far as I can tell, they sound great. They are a lot smaller in diameter than I anticipated --they're about one-half the thickness of the PS Audio Prelude.

    Great buy.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited February 2006
    dkg999 wrote:
    Shack - some days more professional than others :D

    It's only BS if you don't believe in it.....or someone catches ya at it.:D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited February 2006
    I picked up a Prelude for my Halo A21. I immediately noticed more punch in the sound. The other thing that surprised me is that the amp runs much cooler now. I've had the Prelude about a week and I've been monitoring the heat sinks. Much cooler, even after 3 hours at -20dB. The amp must not be struggling for juice to run. I wasn't expecting that, but I guess it makes sense with the larger wire.

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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    schwarcw wrote:
    I wasn't expecting that, but I guess it makes sense with the larger wire.

    Carl

    The only good bottle neck is the one that slows down the flow of a newly opened beer that gets tipped over.;)

    Glad your A21 is getting the juice it deserves.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited February 2006
    He's got some 2M cords on Audiogon for $41 in case the 1M is too short for some of you.
    http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?cablpowr&1145817952
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited March 2006
    Awesome cable(Power Punch) Just received one to replace the POS stock cable that came with our Rotel RCD 1072...

    Major difference in performance,getting ready to order 3 more to replace all the stock cables in the 2-channel rig...

    Thanks guys,a very worthy upgrade:D
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2007
    Cheap, hi-fi? Have we all lost our collective minds?

    If you give me big copper, and wiggle a proper termination....I'm sold, and pregnant.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2007
    Who'da thunk it?
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited May 2007
    I just got my first power cords ever, unbelieveably the 2 xtream power punches I ordered from phil.hunt.

    I couldn't use them on my tube amp due to too tight of a turn so I used the AQ nrg-2 on the amp and the ps audio on the pre. I got the ps audios about a week ago and couldn't tell much of a difference on the pre by itself.

    Today I used the AQ on the amp and wow. Now I know why ps audio calls theirs an extreme punch because the AQ added an immediately noticeable punch to the music. Vocals on singing and saxes on jazz are much more pronounced. At first I hated it because I like a more laid back tube sound but I'm starting to succomb. I can't wait to get some mullard el34's tho.

    Vocal ballads and saxes sound phenominal. I was standing listening with a bottle of water in my hand and I could feel the music making the bottle of water vibrate in my hand literally.

    It was like the vibrations that were originally in the music were being relayed to me through the speakers, the vocal chords vibrating or the strings on the piano or the reed in the sax all vibrating to create what we know as music and I felt I could hear that and experience it like I had never been able to before.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited May 2007
    Today I used the AQ on the amp and wow. Now I know why ps audio calls theirs an extreme punch because the AQ added an immediately noticeable punch to the music.

    Ok, the letters aren't adding up.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited May 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    Ok, the letters aren't adding up.

    You mean the AQ abbreviation for audioquest?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited May 2007
    Yeah, got that. What I was questioning is your why you say you know, "now why PS Audio calls theirs an extreme punch" and then continue with, "because the AQ added an immediately noticeable punch to the music."

    So, which power cord is it?
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited May 2007
    I would venture to guess that they are both very high quality products and I wouldn't even want to attempt to try to hear a difference between the 2. I'm not knocking either of them and I'm not praising either of them over the other. I base this assumption on the high quality interconnects they both produce and thus assume they wouldn't attempt to sell an inferior power cord.

    Of course assuming always get us in trouble but I think this is a pretty safe bet considering the track record of the 2 companies.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited May 2007
    Agh!!!
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