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RE: Flavor power cords for tube gear...

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In Reply to: RE: Flavor power cords for tube gear... posted by Duster on June 01, 2018 at 21:03:55

Duster, I have used the Flavor 3 power cords with Furutech FI-11MG AC Plug and FI-11G IEC plugs with my Musical Paradise Tube DAC and Musical Paradise MP-P1 phono preamp, with my Crown XLS 1502 power amp.

These cables are great with both Tube and solid state amps. I have also built Neotech cables with their Rodium AC and IEC plugs. These are great for Tubes gear but haven't tried with solid state yet.

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RE: Flavor power cords for tube gear... - Duster 21:07:34 06/04/18 (2)
Thanks for the feedback, Cougar. Since it's been decades since I owned any tube gear, and even then, I did not experiment with aftermarket power cords, it will be interesting to hear how the level of warmth of tubes might be affected by warmer vs. cooler sounding power cables and AC connectors. Solid state gear tends to sound better with neutral to slightly warm power cables with warm or neutral AC connectors, so the tube factor should be interesting to evaluate.

My thinking is drawn towards the notion of a cooler sounding power cord build not stepping on the natural warmth of the tube sound, in that any warmth would be a result of the tubes, not the power cord. But that's postulation on my part, and I will hear for myself when the tube headphone amplifier is delivered tomorrow. It's possible that after all my pondering, the particular tube component won't respond all that differently than a solid state component.
- Depending on how warm the tube headphone amp sounds.... - Cougar 22:00:02 06/04/18 (1)
  You may want to stay away from the Furutech gold ac and or IEC plugs. Not saying they don't sound good but they may be a little to warm with tube amps and that little bit may take it over the edge. I really like the Rodium AC and IEC plugs for tube gear. They will sound detailed with depth but not bright or tizzy sounding. You have to hear them to know exactly what I mean. They start to sound really nice after 100 hours of break-in.
  The gold AC and IEC plugs will sound a tad warm and will work best with solid state gear imho.
  Hope this helps.
  
  Edits: 06/04/18
  - RE: Depending on how warm the tube headphone amp sounds.... - Duster 01:13:22 06/05/18 (0)
    Indeed. A Shunyata Venom 3 re-terminated with rhodium Wattgate 330/350 RH Evo AC connectors will be the first power cord I'll try rather than the Flavor power cords. If it sounds good enough I'll keep it there for the first stage of evaluation until I become more accustomed to the new tube headphone amplifier. Since I'm more interested in tube rolling in terms of custom tuning the component, it's just a matter of a satisfactory sonic signature rather than a more ambitious effort, at this point. The tube headphone amplifier is actually an auxiliary component, so it's not a critical listening application in the traditional sense of the term, since I seek a euphonic presentation vs. a higher-performance goal in mind.

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