Power Cables

[GuillaumeB]

Tweaker's corner indeed!!! See what you make of this!

A couple of months ago I had my electrician fit a dedicated consumer unit with 8 circuits, with each one feeding a wall socket/outlet via standard 6mm T&E. 3 of those are US-style duplex Furutech GTX-D ® sockets with carbon faceplates.

The CU is connected directly to my Henley Block so it is completely separate from the house mains.

Over the past few weeks I've been experimenting with a range of power cables, primarily the Entreq range. I suppose you could say there's a nice synergy between the Entreq mains cables and my mains sockets since they all use similar high-end Furutech carbon fittings.

Anyway when I first heard the Challenger V3s (US fittings) I thought they were the best mains cables I had ever heard (and this was with the brand new Furutech wall outlets which had never been used!). Of course everything just got better and better as the sockets ran in.

Then a few weeks later I tried the Apollos (again US fittings). At first I didn't notice such a huge difference but that evening listening to some familiar tunes it hit me. Suddenly everything just made so much sense; effortless presentation with so much detail and power, and supremely musical! I've since tried going back to the Challenger V3s a couple of times however it feels like such a downgrade coming from the Apollos!

I'm now experimenting with the Atlantis power cables (also US) which have they own dedicated earth drain system and therefore connect to an Entreq grounding box (via Entreq ground cables). These mains cables are nothing short of breathtaking. They take everything to another level, you know the one you thought never existed! It's like the noise floor almost vanishes and you get incredible micro details yet oodles of power and texture.

I've tried a number of other mains cables in my system including Chord Sarum TA (which are excellent by the way!) and Sablon. I didn't try the Petit Coronas only the Grand and Quantum. For some reason these didn't sound good in my system, speaking to Mark at Sablon (a true gentleman by the way!) he suggested that this might be due to a clash with my Transparent XL digital cables (which connect my two units and also the MiND 180) due to their high copper content.

Guillaume