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In Reply to: RE: No-nonsense power cables posted by PaulF70 on March 30, 2024 at 14:12:25
You could easily do much, much worse than ordering a bunch of the 40th Anniversary Accuphase stuff off Aliexpress.I started with one power cord and ended up with 6, then tried the interconnects, which are also outstanding and last, but not least ended up with their USB cable as well.
Very high performance, ridiculously inexpensive.
The power cables relegated my Viborg 1501's to the secondary basement system. The IC's (at $25 a pair) replaced some other Aliexpress purchases, which in turn had displaced some well known $350-$400 IC's.
The (other 2) USB cables I had previously came direct from China as well and were possibly fake(s) and around $50 CAD for a 5 metre USB but the Accuphase was clearly the best performer of the 3 in that area as well.
Apart from cyroed Mogami 3103 for speaker cables (which is every bit as good at about 1/10th of the price of Kimber 8TC which I sold off), I am pretty much all "Ali-Ali Accuphase" at this point.
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What is Aliexpress? It looks European.
It's hard to believe the incredibly low Accuphase prices. They must be Chinese made, right?
What differences did you notice in sound for the power cord?
Thanks.
Gary
They're a Chinese outlet and offer good service. They sell everything under the sun including audio. I just got a Grey Knight coaxial digital cable from them that's terrific. My anticable power cordsreplaced a couple of their power cords, which were very good, although I got the cords directly from the mfg, I assume , Xangsaneaudiocables. They make a lot of clones of other (western) cable mfg. Scroll down the page and you'll see a thread about them.
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Thanks for your response. You really helped by noting that the Anti-Cables replaced their cables, proving I would be wise to put money toward the Anti-Cables power cord rather than experimenting with the cheaper cords. I definitely want to move up, not sideways.
My current power cords were purchased 20 years ago on the recommendation of an Asylum friend who said they bested cords costing up to $500. Sounds as if that's a similar situation with the Aliexpress. Good value for the price but not in the same class as the Anti-Cables and other higher priced cords.
Thx. I'll give one a shot. They're practically giving them (Accuphase 40th) away.
Yeah, the prices are ridiculously low. Hard to believe.I had used DIY power cables I made with DH Labs Power Plus and Marinco connectors for years before experimenting about 4-5 years ago with (initially) Viborg top of the line connectors (unplated copper) on the DH Labs and, following that, Viborg 1606 raw cable mated with the Viborg connectors.
After having very good results with that I moved onto the pre-built 1501's with the top of the line unplated Viborg connectors and used them for a few years.
I think the 1501 is a very good cable but do prefer the Accuphase. The one area in which I think the 1501 might be/is probably better is the bass/lower frequencies. Probably a bit tighter and better defined than the Accuphase.
But pretty much everywhere else I prefer the Accuphase. In my system it has a blacker background (and the 1501 is no slouch in that area), better dynamics and a more refined midrange and highs. It just seems to sound more natural and musical than the 1501's I have which, comparatively sound a bit hi-fi.
There are some who find the Accuphase to sound a bit rolled off and have opted to install rhodium or silver plated connectors on it, but I certainly don't and am quite happy with the stock connectors that come with the cable. Same with the IC's.
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Agreed. The Accuphase 40th Anniverary power cables are quite the steal. May even be a tad smoother and more refined than the Viborg 1501's. Time will tell of course, but I can't think of a better way to spend $50-$60 if one is in search of an excellent bang for the buck. Caveat here being which one to choose as several "Ali" vendors are in the mix. FWIW, I chose "Qincrown". His ad features the term "fever" to the mix. So the ad reads Accuphase Fever 40th Anniversary.
FWIW, the 1501 series Viborg's are only used with my power amps. This is where I found them to be somewhat of a revelation. When the 40th Anniversary arrives, it will be rotated throughout, both on amps and source components. Thx again.
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