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Bloodlemons,
Roughly speaking I am thinking it is like adding a sluggo, compared to fuses... I think a sluggo increases power supply push and all beyond. To a point this can enhance the signal in balance. But after that point, it can push the power supply hard enough to cause the rest of the component parts to load enough to consolidate the mids, reducing finer information that supports a good soundstage and a real music feel.... while beefing bass up too much, the bass thicker, darker, and more muddled... and leaking into the mids, masking finer textures, ambient info, etc. A balancing act that reveals differently in different setups and components.
Power cables are the same, perhaps especially with our tube gear. Don't know as I have not used solid state amps for a very long time. I am guessing they are effected, perhaps as much, or perhaps they are a little more tolerant...But in my experience, with simple circuits in tube components, wire size is a big player in sound qualities... not just at the power cord.
So I suspect what folks who prefer the stock cable with super rectifiers are hearing is likely less the cable quality, and more the cable quantity. Associated, I am guessing a cable with the same gauge and really nice wires and ends would sound better. Have not looked to verify, but memory says a lot of these stock cables are about 14 gauge??? a lean sounding cable in comparison especially to a 10-8 gauge cable that many "audiophile" cable makers think are "better" ...which can be true, but not necessarily. Also some audiophile cables are intentionally made to be "warm" and euphonic in the right setups, but if not right, the affects applied in design to make them warm and euphonic can go too far, and darken/thicken/slow/mask.
I am guessing in your comparison the Super Piggy covers both toward a more revealing sound from the super rectifier... likely a lighter gauge than your other cable, while being designed/made to read neutral and transparent...
It could be one or the other, or both you are liking, pushing and/or coloring the super rectifier parts less, including tubes, and letting the super rectifier do its thing without consolidation and thickness. Worth checking out I think.
Will
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