Chord Company Superscreen for HTPC/Blu-ray?

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After alot of sceptical thinking regarding the benefits of a clean power supply I decided to do some searching on the forums and after reading many positive comments from people regarding upgrading mains cables and conditioners I decided to give it a go myself.

I have ordered myself a Tacima CS929, and now im wondering if it would be of any benefit if I invested in a Chord Superscreen cable. I have read its best to use the high quality mains cables on source products such as bluray players etc, but I currently run everything entirely from my HTPC. I have a dedicated blu-ray drive in my HTPC (Samsung SH-B083), video output is via QED Classic HDMI-P and audio is simply through RCA out at the moment (will be connected to a DAC via optical or USB in the future though). So i guess the question is will I see any benefit from having a good mains cable for my HTPC? Or would I be better of connecting it to a component such as my HDTV?

 

[CnoEvil]

I know almost nothing about HTPCs, but have a view on power cables.

I prefer Clearer Audio mains cables - their Copperline Alpha+ is excellent.

I got the biggest gains with amps, subs and Skybox. Then blu-ray, then plasma (which took a while). I got no difference with Linn DS, which has an excellant power supply (Dynamik).
My delusion, it seems, is componant specific.

You can try one on different componants and send back if it brings no improvement. A call to David (C.Audio) is worthwhile as he is helpful and knowledgeable.

Hope this helps.