Audioquest Power Cord Upgrade

Polkitup2

I replaced the stock power cords on my Marantz SA-8001 and Musical Fidelity A1 with Audioquest NRG-3 cords. An intial A/B suggested neither a degradation in sound quality nor a significant improvement. However, after a couple of days of being powered up, I must say that my system has never sounded better. Nice looking cables as well. Overall, I am quite pleased with my purchase. Big sound quality improvement? No, but I think there are improvements and the cords are functionally and aesthetically pleasing.

chargerman426

But is it worth the price?

dkg999

Cool looking cables are always worth the price

Polkitup2

For me yes. I have my speakers, integrated amp, source, and ICs where I want them and this was the iceing on the cake. I would not have bought the cables new, I bought 1 used from Mantis and another off the 'gon new for a great price.

Braddles

I recently did the same thing with 2 different Audioquest cables and took them both back. They do look flash as but couldn't justify the $'s for a better look. Got a much bigger improvement with a power cord upgrade. MUCH BIGGER.

Rotel123

I'm also interested in this power cord for my Rotel's.I agree they are cool looking but I don't know if they are worth it..Would I get an improvement?

Face

Polkitup2 wrote: »

I replaced the stock power cords on my Marantz SA-8001 and Musical Fidelity A1 with Audioquest NRG-3 cords. An intial A/B suggested neither a degradation in sound quality nor a significant improvement. However, after a couple of days of being powered up, I must say that my system has never sounded better. Nice looking cables as well. Overall, I am quite pleased with my purchase. Big sound quality improvement? No, but I think there are improvements and the cords are functionally and aesthetically pleasing.

I found the SA-8001 very dark, Signal's digital reference PC helped give it a little more life.

Polkitup2

I think the SA-8001 falls to the slightly warm, robust side of neutral. It sounds very close to my Denon 3910 but does everything a bit better. I also think the PCs added some spark to the system.

Polkitup2

Rotel123 wrote: »

I'm also interested in this power cord for my Rotel's.I agree they are cool looking but I don't know if they are worth it..Would I get an improvement?

I have found that whenever I spend money on my system it always sounds better.

mantis

Rotel123 wrote: »

I'm also interested in this power cord for my Rotel's.I agree they are cool looking but I don't know if they are worth it..Would I get an improvement?

I don't wanna derail but I have a NRG-2 here if you want it. It's in the flea market as well.

mantis

Polkitup2 wrote: »

I replaced the stock power cords on my Marantz SA-8001 and Musical Fidelity A1 with Audioquest NRG-3 cords. An intial A/B suggested neither a degradation in sound quality nor a significant improvement. However, after a couple of days of being powered up, I must say that my system has never sounded better. Nice looking cables as well. Overall, I am quite pleased with my purchase. Big sound quality improvement? No, but I think there are improvements and the cords are functionally and aesthetically pleasing.

I never heard a huge sound quality improvement over the factory cords but I did notice a silence in the system. More air in the presentation. When things are suppost to be quiet, they seem more quite with the replacement cords.

I have used a few different companies for power cords and I found that the Audioquest and Kimber models to be the best. I really like the Audioquest and plan on getting 5's.

Dan

Rotel123

Just curious as to how much you want for it.I could not find it in the flea market.