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6. Iron Lung JellyfishWebsite: http://www.2baudio.com/Pricing (6ft. cord): $29Review:While perusing audiogon, I came across an ad for the Iron Lung Jellyfish power cord, a no-frills, custom-built hospital-grade 14-guage cable. They have those see-through rubbery molded hospital-grade connectors you see on the Quail cords. They were a mere $29.00 each. What the heck, why not?I ordered two of them, put one on my RS Audio HR-2 and another on my Sony SCD-555ES sacdmods SACDP. Let's just say I had *very low* expectations, but I was very pleasantly surprised (I would even say a little slack-jawed *given the price*). Tonally, they are fairly balanced with surprisingly good bass response, though the treble can be a little sugary sweet. They are reasonably clean, but a bit grainier than the best cords I’ve heard, with decent soundstaging (although a little 2-D and flat relative to other cords), relatively low noise floor. These are lively and “fun” cables, toe-tappers, they are quite good at PRAT. Comparing them several times to the stock cabling, the difference could not have been clearer, the Jellyfish represents a significant jump in performance.I think if you've ever been tempted to dip your toes in the aftermarket power cables pond, these are a great way to start. I don't think you would be disappointed. At $29 they give you a level of performance that is absolutely ridiculous given the cost of entry.Flexibility: 9Build quality: 5Tonality: 6Soundstaging/imaging: 6PRAT/dynamics/speed: 6Resolution/detail/transparency: 7Value: 9Overall Performance: 7ConclusionStill with me? To wrap this up, it’s time for me to rank order all of the cables under review. This rank ordering reflects performance in my system, based on my own biases and needs. It reflects performance on those components on which each cable fared best. It is not a straight listing of cables in order of the “Overall performance” rating I gave within the individual reviews. Those ratings are dependent on cost/value, flexibility and other factors, the final rank order is based on pure *sound* alone, all other factors be damned.1. (Tie) Virtual Dynamics Nite II (on my source), Michael Wolff Bohica (on my headphone amp)2.Black Sand Violet with stock ends.3. Black Sand Silver4. Split decision between the TG 688 (for my source), and the Wolff Source cord (for my headamp)5. Black Sand Violet "Deluxe" (with Oyaide 046 ends)6.Virtual Dynamics Reference (since replaced/superseded by the David)7.(Tie) KAS Audio Primus (on my headamp) and Oyaide Tunami (on my source)8.VH Audio Flavor 1 and Flavor 29.Custom Power Cord Company Model 14 Series 210.Tek Line Eclipse11.Iron Lung Jellyfish / Volex 1760412. Straight Wire Blue Thunder13.Audio Metallurgy Gold Alloy 914.Analysis Plus Oval 1015.Absolute Power Cord16.Zu Cable BoK17.PS Audio XStream Plus