AC power cables have been the subject of debate, fanaticism, accolades, and scorn. How can the last few feet make any difference? It’sactually the differences that they don’t make which are so profound. Properlydesigned power cords Do No Harm! to the original AC waveform. This would seemrather obvious, but it’s not until you audition a high-performance power cordfor the first time that this becomes obvious. SOLID PERFECT-SURFACE COPPER+ (PSC+) CONDUCTORS: NRG-1000uses extremely high-purity Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors. All conductorsare solid, which prevents strand interaction, a major source of distortion. Surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered a rail-guidefor both the electric fields within a conductor, and for the magnetic fieldsoutside the conductor. The astonishingly smooth and pure PSC+ eliminatesharshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and othercoppers. The superior purity of PSC+ further minimizes distortion caused bygrain boundaries, which exist within any metal conductor. MULTI-POSITION CARBON-BASED NOISE-DISSIPATION andCROSS-TALK-DISSIPATION SYSTEMS (INSULATION): The negative conductors inNRG-1000 are insulated with partially conductive Carbon-Loaded Polyethylene. This remarkable material damps radio-frequency garbage from being fed back intothe amplifier. The sonic benefit is exactly the same reduction in hash andbetter dimensionality that comes whenever RF garbage is reduced in an audiocircuit. NRG-1000 uses Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation on its positiveconductors because air absorbs next to no energy, and Polyethylene is low-lossand has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to all the air in Foamed-PE, itcauses much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials. COUNTER-SPIRAL GEOMETRY: NRG-1000 power cables have an innercircular array of positive conductors spiraling in one direction. Around thisinner group are the negative conductors spiraling in the opposite direction. Even while the positive and negative conductors are crossing each other insteadof being parallel, the relationship between the positive and negative groups isfixed and non-changing, adhering to one of AudioQuest’s most basic designtenets: consistency. The result is an astonishing clarity, like focusing acamera lens you had no idea was so far out of focus. DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126, 055 &7,872, 195 B1): All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, abig problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest’s DBScreates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes(organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy storagein the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that occur. Soundappears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamiccontrast. The DBS battery packs will last for years. A test button and LEDallow for the occasional battery check. COLD-WELD SYSTEM: This novel plug design enables a perfectheat-free connection between cable and plug. The connection between the plugand conductors is made using AQ’s Cold-Weld System, which provides a superiorconnection that ensures that the structural integrity of the conductor is keptcompletely intact.   The Cold-Weld Systemrefers to a combination of high pressure at the point of contact and the use ofcopper- or silver-impregnated paste. TERMINATIONS: Cold-Welded Hanging Silver Directly Over PureRed Copper IEC and 3-Pole US wall plug (20 Amp IEC also available). ]]>

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