One of my Meridian Prime improvements was in replacing the supplied mains cable with Audioquest NRG-X3. In due course, I will upgrade my 210 and 218 with the same C5 derived cable. To my knowledge, it’s the only quality C5 type cable on the market.

Sadly, it wasn’t possible to replace my M6’s mains cable due to the rigid construction of the AQ NRG-X3 allied to constrained access to the M6’s mains input.

Now I own DSP5200SE’s my options for replacing the supplied C13 mains cable is significantly better - from £85 for 2 metres to a stratospheric £7k (!).

What, if any, mains cable have others used to replace their supplied DSP’s mains cable - and what perceived improvement resulted?


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#1: DSP5200SE|DSW.2|218|210|506.2|504
#2: Prime/PSU|SOtM sMS-200 Mini NEO SE|Focal Stellia