AudioQuest NRG Hurricane High-Current 20-Amp AC Power Cable - 2 Meters

Low-Z/Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power CableAlternating 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. 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.

Features
•Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors
•Uncompressed High-Current Transfer
•Ground Noise Dissipation Technology (US Patent # 9373439)
•Zero Characteristic Impedance (50Hz 1MHz)
•72VDC Dielectric Bias System (US Patent #7126055)
•Directionally Controlled Conductors

High-Purity ConductorsHurricane uses solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) conductors to 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.

Uncompressed High-Current TransferWith current capacity of 20 amps RMS @ 125VAC 50/60Hz (16 amps RMS @ 220-240VA 50/60Hz) Hurricane/High-Current can withstand current transient peaks many times its continuous (average) RMS rating. This makes Hurricane/High-Current 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.

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. Our unique circuit-topology utilizes a common-mode phase-cancelling array in concert with proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential linear filtering.<