Upgrade the power cable for your source components with the Audioquest Hurricane Source Power Cable
Low-Z / Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power Cable
- Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) 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 Hurricane/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
Hurricane/Source AC power cable's maximum current capacity. For those
applications, we highly recommend selecting the AudioQuest's
Hurricane/High-Current AC power cable.
HIGH PURITY CONDUCTORS - Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) conductors
prevent strand interaction, a major source of ear fatiguing transient
intermodulation distortion. The astonishingly smooth and pure
Perfect-Surface Copper+ eliminates harshness and greatly increases
clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other premium coppers. The
superior purity of PSC+ further minimizes distortion caused by grain
boundaries, which exist within any metal conductor.
The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface Copper further
eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC,
OCC, 8N and other premium 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.
