You can get a Pangea AC9 3 meter cord for 130. . . . Might be a good fit.

http://www.audioadvisor.com/Pangea-Audio-AC-9-Power-Cable/productinfo/PGAC9/2076...

I don't have any personal experience with them, but they get the praises sung out of them all over the web. I've sampled some homemade cables and to be honest. . . well I won't say anything other than at the price I would try the Pangea.

Ok, so here is the 'Ugly Betty' cord. The square box at the end is a ferite block to help reduce RFI.

I'd be interested in any comparisons between a DIY and the Pangea.  If Lonely Raven and I get together again, we'll do a direct comparison between my DIY (two flavors) and the Pangea 9SE.

Here is the link for one flavor.  It has the choke as well.  I'll try it without the chock Lon to see what I get.

http://diyaudioprojects.com/Power/diyMains/

Do you recall the adverse effects of the choke?  I just did a little a/b with and without the choke and without seemed to have louder bass but flabbier or not as well defined.

I did a bad bad thing. A couple of weeks ago, I went waaay over my budget, and bought a PS Audio Statement cord. It was the 3 meter length that I needed, but I ended up spending $270 for it. I know that it is an expensive cord when new, but that kind of money doesn't really make sense to me for a cord. It just doesn't. Now, having said that, I can confess that this cord is my 'go to' cord. The bass became what I was expecting it to be in the first place. The rest of the sound came together in a way that I will not need to change. I will confess also that there was a Pangea cord, an SE14, I think that is the model. Anyway, even though I considered it to be on the slight side for my other power conditioner, BPT 3.0, I am still using it to feed this device separately from the PS Audio cord. Because the BPT feeds only my TV and that half of the system which is less critical, I am happy with this arrangement as a whole.

Fast forward, waay forward...ok, stop. This little update is to show how the audio road can wind. Without going into it too much, my PS Audio P500 pretty much died and i am NOT going to save it this time. Ok, so that led me to experiment with battery powered gear. Well, a battery powered chip amp anyway( I tossed the AC power supply and went with SLA batteries). FWIW, the chip amp greatly improved, but still wasn't my cup of tea. You know me guys, I don't stop at first base, so I ran into a battery powered integrated amp made by Red Wine Audio. Now there's an idea. Let someone else design the proper power supply while you sit back and listen. In short, I couldn't be more impressed with this amp. I use it for the speakers that I built recently, and consider it a perfect match for them. You bet, my 'main' system will always use the Rachel and ZOB as things couldn't be better for my taste. I guess that my point here is that the power supply, whether it be AC/DC can compromise your listening experience. I still use a BPT power conditioner for the Rachel, and now realize that it produces great AC (balanced AC) for my needs. Funny how a troubled unit starts to sneak up and fool you before you can identify it. FWIW, I'm taking the transformer and a few other oddities out of the P500 to play with later.

Btw Lon I took the chokes off my DIY.  I am leaving them off.  More natural sounding.