{"id":10716,"date":"2012-02-25T22:15:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T20:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?p=10716"},"modified":"2023-04-08T20:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T18:16:56","slug":"kemp-powercord-reference-quick-impression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/review\/cables-reviews\/power-cable-reviews\/kemp-powercord-reference-quick-impression\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemp Powercord Reference – Quick Impression"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a very neat looking cable: sturdy, heavy, a bit stiff, but still supple enough to use easily. Soundwise, connected to a Wadia 861 CD player, the Kemp initially impresses with a very clean and open, yet fluid midrange and a high level of transparency and detail. Thankfully, all this resolution does not come with hard edges or brittleness. This is a highly communicative cable that lets you hear deep into the mix. Much, much different from the simpler LO and HI power cords from Kemp’s early days.<\/p>\n

Still, after a few tracks, I start to notice some tendencies that make the cable deviate from neutrality. First, the bass is strangely imprecise: it swaggers and is ill-defined and also lacks punch, especially compared to the cable’s very open and lively midrange. Second, there is a persistent shoutiness in the higher midrange that, while making for a very open and communicative sound, can also make for some listening fatigue. Still, this cable was liked a lot, and if ignoring the midrange (also a matter of taste and system synergy as well as perhaps some running in) only deviates from excellence in terms of bass solidity and articulation.<\/p>\n

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