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Audioquest Dragon High Current Power Cable - top of the line power cable for use with power conditioners, power distribution, power amplifiers, integrated amplifiers, powered speaker or powered sub woofers. It works wonders with anything that require a high current draw!
Low-Z / Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power Cable
- Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors
- Uncompressed High-Current Transfer
- Ground Noise-Dissipation Technology (US Patent # 9,373,439)
- ZERO (No) Characteristic Impedance (50Hz - 1MHz)
- Dielectric-Bias System with Radio Frequency Noise Trap
- Directionally Controlled Conductors
Alternating
Current (AC), is a far-from-perfect power source. AC power technology
is well over a century old and was never designed to meet the exacting
standards of today's high resolution audio-video components. AC noise is
present at the utility source, and is then exacerbated by radio
frequency noise that is induced (picked up by the AC power cord) and
coupled to the component power supplies and to circuit ground. This
creates distortion and low-level signal losses via the "masking effect."�
Further, power amplifiers can require immense reserves of transient
current for their power supplies to react to and then stabilize during
dynamic audio passages. Most AC power cords and power
conditioner-regenerators, though helpful to a point, are simply not up
to the task.
Power amplifiers present a real challenge for any AC
power source, as the transient current requirements (though short in
duration) can be many times that of the average (RMS) current
consumption. Power amplifiers are also unique from all other components
in that the current draw is dynamic, not constant, and it changes with
volume and audio signal content. Though many AC power cords may feature
low DC resistance to allow for some of this requirement, the
characteristic impedance of the AC cable is equally responsible for
assuring uncompromised performance. Many premium AC cords constrict or
compress the audio transient as their characteristic impedance restricts
the transient current.
High Purity Conductors - Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
Perfect-Surface Technology applied to
extreme-purity silver provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic
contrast. Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) is AudioQuest's highest-quality
metal.
Solid conductors prevent strand interaction, a major source of cable
distortion. Extremely high-purity Perfect-Surface Silver minimizes
distortion caused by the grain boundaries that exist within any metal
conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatly increasing clarity
compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers.
Ground Noise-Dissipation Technology
AC Ground wires provide protection from
current-wiring faults, but they also act as antennas. Thus, they are
subject to induced radio frequency (RF) noise. This RF noise bypasses
component power supplies and is typically coupled directly into a
system's most sensitive audio-video circuits. AudioQuest's patented
Ground-Noise Dissipation greatly reduces this distortion, yielding
unprecedented levels of noise dissipation across the widest bandwidth
(range) of radio frequencies possible. Our unique circuit-topology
utilizes a common-mode phase-cancelling array, in concert with
proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential
linear filtering. (US Patent # 9,373,439)
Dielectric-Bias System with Radio Frequency Trap
All insulation between two or more conductors is
also a dielectric whose properties will affect the integrity of the
signal. When the dielectric is unbiased, dielectric-involvement
(absorption and non-linear release of energy) causes different amounts
of time delay (phase shift) for different frequencies and energy levels,
which is a real problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. The
inclusion of an RF Trap (developed for AudioQuest's Niagara Series of
power products), ensures that radio frequency noise will not be induced
into the signal conductors from the DBS field elements.
(DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1)
Directionality
All drawn metal strands or conductors have a
non-symmetrical, and therefore directional, grain structure. AudioQuest
controls the resulting RF impedance variation so that noise is drained
away from where it will cause distortion. The correct direction is
determined by listening to every batch of metal conductors used in every
AudioQuest audio cable. When applicable, arrows are clearly marked on
the connectors to ensure superior sound quality.
Uncompressed High Current Transfer - Dragon
With current capacity of 20 amps RMS @ 125VAC
50/60Hz (16 amps RMS @ 220-240VA 50/60Hz), Dragon can withstand current
transient peaks many times its continuous (average) RMS rating. This
makes Dragon ideally suited for a wide assortment of AC power
conditioners, power regenerators, AC isolation transformers, and AC
battery back-up devices, as well as any power amplifier, powered
subwoofer, powered loudspeaker, powered receiver, or integrated
amplifier.
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