Niagara 3000 Delivers Power, Protection, Performance
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Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Single BiAmp
Rocket 44 Single BiAmp
Speaker Cable w/ SureGrip 500 Connectors
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SKU:
ROCK448BABS
Amplifier-End Connector: Multi-Spade, Banana, U-Spade, or V-Spade
Often, the choice between terminating your speaker cables with spade lugs or banana plugs will come down to personal preference. However, the EU-compliant isolated binding posts used on some power amplifiers often makes it difficult if not impossible to tighten spade lugs with high torque or pressure. In these applications, the AudioQuest banana connector is the superior choice, and may be the only choice.
AudioQuest has conducted a fairly extensive survey of contemporary amplifier manufacturers to determine whether spades or bananas will be most appropriate for a given brand and model of amplifier. Please contact us, provide the brand and model of the amplifier, and we’ll respond with the optimal connector type.
Given the girth and weight of our Mythical Creature Series speaker cables, a spade may be better capable of fully supporting the cable. This is particularly a concern with binding posts that do not allow a banana connector to fully seat into the post. The EU-compliant posts will neither accept our V-Spade nor allow our Multi-Spade to be fully seated. For these applications (or when you’re not certain), we highly recommend the U-Spade, as it can accommodate any binding post. The V-Spade is a specialty spade connector that works well with large wingnut binding posts (such as the Mundorf ), as it allows extra clearance.
Speaker-End Connector: Spade or Banana
Here we typically recommend the U-Spade or banana connector. However, even though there is less weight and pressure on this side of the cable (particularly for BiWire sets), it is nevertheless important to note the binding post’s design. If a banana connector cannot seat all the way into the binding post, we recommend one of our spade connectors.
Key Features & Technology Explained
Spezifikation
Spezifikation
Beschreibung
Beschreibung
Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) and Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
This cable uses a carefully finessed combination of Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) and extremely high purity Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) conductors. The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers. Extremely high-purity PSC+ further minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries, which exist within any metal conductor.
Carbon-Based Noise Dissipation
This cable's negative conductors are covered with partially conductive Carbon-Loaded Polyethylene. This remarkable material reduces radio-frequency garbage being fed back into the amplifier. The sonic benefit is exactly the same reduction in "hash" and improved dimensionality that comes whenever RF interference is reduced in an audio circuit. In addition, a carbon layer damps interaction between positive and negative conductors, and an external Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation System reduces external interference.
Double Star-Quad Geometry
The relationship between conductors defines a cable's most basic electrical values (capacitance and inductance). However, even when those variables are kept in reasonably neutral balance, the particular geometric relationship between conductors greatly affects the sound. Star-Quad geometry is not only vastly superior to conductors run in parallel, but also to the same conductors as two twisted pairs.
Foamed Polyethylene Insulation
Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. This cable, however, uses air-filled Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation on both conductors. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Foamed-PE, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.
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Cable Configuration |
Pair
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Metal |
Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) & Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC)
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Noise Dissipation |
Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation
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Geometry |
Double Star-Quad
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Cable Length |
8 ft = 2.4 m
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Jacket |
Silver on Black Braid
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Pair
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Pair
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Pair
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Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) & Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC)
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Semi-Solid True-Concentric Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) & Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) & Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
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Noise Dissipation |
Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation
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Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation
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Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation
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Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation
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Geometry |
Double Star-Quad
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Double Spiral-Pair
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Double Star-Quad
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Double Star-Quad
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