Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!!

Posted by Elizabeth on August 9, 2012 at 17:42:58

Now I have to buy MORE of them.
Damn.
All I did was stick the new four meter cable on my Furman powerconditioner in place of the Pangea three meter regular AC9.
Right off it was different.
First warmer than normal, and the clarity was off. but twenty minutes that cleared up.
What seems to be most noticable is an increase in dynamics. A little better bass.
As it all was off a conditioner (but still keeping all the positives from being on a conditioner)
So there is that.
Music is a little more 'interesting. Whether that is just my putzing or real is ???

Part of my own ?? is the length. Does four meters matter some? Or can I just buy a three meter and stick it in this spot and move the 4 meter to what I bought it for which is from Furman to amp.

Listened to some of my favorite stuff. Carmina Burana on Telarc (original) is nice. PJ Harvey 4 track demos is as annoying/crappy as it should be. Amazing stuff anyway, crude as it is, then on to To Bring You My Love. much better sound.
Mozart Extante jubilante with Emma Kirkby. great. (i love her voice.)

So it is interesting to my own experience that i can say a better powercord, just an upgrade, makes a noticable difference TO a power conditioner from the wall. Amazing. This is three hours after plugging it in.

So far it seems worthwhile. And I probably have to buy a few more. This is the part that pisses me off!!

Right now listening to one of my all time favorite i use to compare stuff: Slagerij Van Kampen "Long Walk on a Short Pier". o love it. All his other (later) stuff is Musak, but this one is great african based music. Jeez the bass really is better. from midbass on down. Better 'punch' too.
Wow. i am delerious. And STILL PISSED OFF I have to buy more of these Pangea AC9ES powercables.. Grrrr...

Added: after another day of break in. What I still notice is the greater dynamic, and slightly stronger bass... More balanced across the sound spectrum than before. Prior it was a little lean. Now more natural. more PRAT is a feeling i get. better attack too.
All from one cord from wall to conditioner... i am suprised.
And i am pretty sure i am leaving it there. If i buy another one for power conditioner to amp.. maybe. All of this is naturally subtle. but really hearable.
This was a worthwhile purchase.

Added more: two days in: listening to Rossini: Barber of Seville and notice a greater clarity and sense of subtle intonation detail in singers voices. This is a recording I have owned since early 1980s.. I must have listened to this a hundred times by now.. So i know it pretty well.... Also as if 'blacker blacks' in place around voices? Easier to hear detail.

Even later. Now I am just used to it... though i do feel it is better than it was before.

More later... The one feeling i get is warmer. Just a better feeling to the notes. Like putting in a really great preamp tube can better the sound with a good tube. Just really sings.
I hit a home run with this cable and sticking it in this location.
natually it is not just the cable, it is the confluence of all the parts happen to make this work well for me.

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Topic - Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - Elizabeth 17:42:58 08/09/12 (38)

Hah ordered the fourth Pangea AC9SE today, sold some AC cords, and some junk CDs.. Bwahahaaa! nt - Elizabeth 17:38:59 08/20/12 (6)

I HATE to confess, but really truly: three Pangea good, four bad. The 4th cord just sucks the life out - Elizabeth 14:09:26 08/23/12 (5)

I may have solved the conundrum.. using old Monster 7000SS just for preamp to use AC9SE cord - Elizabeth 08:01:52 08/24/12 (4)

no, four AC9SE cords just plain are NOT as good. I do not seem able to solve the messed up sound with 4 - Elizabeth 13:39:06 08/25/12 (3)

RE: no, four AC9SE cords just plain are NOT as good. I do not seem able to solve the messed up sound with 4 - wiggy924 14:54:59 08/26/12 (2)

The Pangea AC9 and AC9SE are the same gauge. SE is just 'more' of the same as AC9. nt - Elizabeth 23:21:40 08/26/12 (1)

RE: The Pangea AC9 and AC9SE are the same gauge. SE is just 'more' of the same as AC9. nt - wiggy924 11:07:04 08/27/12 (0)

Just stuck My Sony SCD777 back into setup and hot damn! it sounds like a million bucks - Elizabeth 16:51:49 08/17/12 (1)

RE: Just stuck My Sony SCD777 back into setup and hot damn! it sounds like a million bucks - tmsorosk 17:12:18 08/17/12 (0)

RNow I got goosebumps listening... This stuff is just TROUBLE I tell you just plain trouble.. nt - Elizabeth 15:24:57 08/15/12 (0)

Got second four meter, tried it on other PS, nope, just too etched for MY digital stuff - Elizabeth 20:05:39 08/14/12 (0)

Funny that you posted this on the 9th - jult52 08:26:50 08/14/12 (1)

The energy follows the wires.. Get a non contact A/C voltage detector and see for yourself - Elizabeth 10:27:53 08/14/12 (0)

I don't like them! Too heavy, too thick, like South American snake wrestling - jedrider 14:33:06 08/13/12 (1)

Yeah, one cannot just toss them in back of stuff. You have to actually PLAN how they are going to lay, - Elizabeth 18:13:06 08/13/12 (0)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - fantja 01:12:21 08/13/12 (0)

Jeez my systeem sounds nice. I hit the right spot with the right tool for sure. - Elizabeth 19:09:10 08/12/12 (2)

Heh, heh... - QuadTodd 21:37:03 08/12/12 (1)

Thanks.. NT - Elizabeth 22:02:00 08/12/12 (0)

You better be right. - Dave Pogue 05:16:13 08/12/12 (10)

I just bought two more today myself. it is Ramen noodles for dinner for two weeks... - Elizabeth 10:04:40 08/13/12 (0)

Remember you can send them ANY trash IEC cord.. The stock cord from any IEC gizmo will do!!! - Elizabeth 16:02:37 08/12/12 (8)

Good point! - Dave Pogue 16:08:41 08/12/12 (7)

I might! - hukkfinn 10:44:27 08/13/12 (1)

I have an ad here..ahhhummm. already. Mine are a decent price too - Elizabeth 16:46:19 08/13/12 (0)

Also, let me know if you think I was smoking something? or am right on about the AC9SE.. thanks. - Elizabeth 16:21:41 08/12/12 (4)

You were right. - Dave Pogue 10:03:57 08/15/12 (0)

Will do. And a question for you. - Dave Pogue 16:28:45 08/12/12 (2)

The same. They look and feel the same like the 14 and 14 SE are too. nt - Elizabeth 16:32:59 08/12/12 (1)

Good to know. Thanks again. - Dave Pogue 17:15:52 08/12/12 (0)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - Jsawyer09 08:34:21 08/10/12 (0)

LOL Thanks! -nt - soulfood 07:24:50 08/10/12 (0)

I knew..... - Awe-d-o-file 07:23:30 08/10/12 (0)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - hawkmoon 05:57:46 08/10/12 (0)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - cheapmike 23:43:08 08/09/12 (2)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - Mungo Jerry 06:39:25 08/13/12 (1)

RE: Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!! - cheapmike 23:15:07 08/14/12 (0)

Sounds like they 'suck' in a good way - jbufka2 20:27:41 08/09/12 (0)

Damn Pangea powercables!! nothing but trouble! This new one, Pangea AC9ES SUCKS!!

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