AudioQuest NRG Hurricane Source 15-Amp AC Power Cable - 6.56 ft. (2m)

Low-Z / Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power CableFeatures
•Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) conductors
•Optimized for source components
•Ground Noise-Dissipation Technology (US Patent # 9373439)
•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 todays 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 cables maximum current capacity. For those applications AQ highly recommends selecting the AudioQuests 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 TechnologyAC 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 systems most sensitive audio-video circuits. AudioQuests patented Ground-Noise Dissipation greatly reduces this distortion yielding unprecedented levels of noise dissipation across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies possible. AQ's unique circuit-topology utilizes a common-mode phase-cancelling array in concert with proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential linear filtering. (US Patent # 9373439)

Dielectric-Bias System with Radio Frequency TrapAll 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 AudioQ