After reading this thread I was intrigued and went out and bought a Z3 to try. I use it from the wall to an AC conditioner (balanced AC transformer). Compared it to some older cheaper power cords I had - Pangea AC14SE, NRG-2, Shunyata Venom 14 - the Z3 is better than all of those (the Venom 14 was the next best for my use case).
The improvements to soundstage size and clarity were nice.
Because of this I ended up getting an AQ Thunder to replace the wall-to-conditioner cable for my Devialet amps. The Thunder replaced a Pangea AC9SE MkII. It is overall better, and more detailed. Very happy with it. P.S. the Thunder comes with the cheaper 'black' DBS pack. I tried changing that pack to the better 'carbon' DBS pack and it sounds even better.
The improvements to soundstage size and clarity were nice.
Because of this I ended up getting an AQ Thunder to replace the wall-to-conditioner cable for my Devialet amps. The Thunder replaced a Pangea AC9SE MkII. It is overall better, and more detailed. Very happy with it. P.S. the Thunder comes with the cheaper 'black' DBS pack. I tried changing that pack to the better 'carbon' DBS pack and it sounds even better.
Devialet 1000 Pro CI - AQ Diamond AES RCA-XLR Link
PC - ifi iDefender+ - FIBBR Alpha Optical USB + "Studer 900" LPS - Singxer SU-6 - AQ Diamond AES
PSB Imagine T3 - AQ William Tell Zero / Tornado / DBS Level-X - PliXir Balanced AC
