The Audioquest Dragon Source Power Cable is ideal for your high end source components that do not draw high current.
Low-Z / Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power Cable
- Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors
- Optimized For Source Components
- 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."�
Most AC power cords and power conditioner-regenerators, though helpful
to a point, are simply not up to the task.
Note:
AudioQuest Dragon/Source AC power cable is not appropriate for use with
AC power conditioners, power regenerators, AC isolation transformers,
AC battery back-up devices, as well as any power amplifier, powered
sub-woofer, powered loudspeaker, powered receiver, or integrated
amplifier (whether tube, solid state or digital switching). These
products will require greater RMS and transient current capacity. In
extreme instances, they could suffer diminished performance and/or
present an electrical danger by exceeding the AudioQuest Dragon/Source
AC power cable's maximum current capacity. For those applications, we
highly recommend selecting the AudioQuest's Dragon/High-Current AC
power cable.
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.
