AudioQuest

Power Cable

The AudioQuest Thunder High-Current power cable supplies your power-hungry equipment, such as power amplifiers or mains conditioners, with cleaner and substantially higher amounts of current. As a result, your system will have an abundance of power driving your speakers to deliver a broader soundstage.

Constructed with a combination of solid-core long-grain copper & perfect-surface copper conductors, the Thunder High-Current is the perfect entry point to AudioQuest's power cables.

DESCRIPTION

High (Variable) Current Cables
Optimized for use with AC power conditioners/regenerators, power amplifiers, and any components that contain a built-in power amplifier, including AV receivers, powered speakers, and powered subwoofers.

Long-Grain Copper (LGC) and Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
A carefully finessed combination of solid high-purity Long-Grain Copper (LGC) and high-purity Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) conductors prevent strand interaction, a major source of ear fatiguing transient intermodulation distortion. LGC allows a smoother and clearer sound than standard OFHC (Oxygen-Free-High-Conductivity) copper. The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface Copper further eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other premium coppers.

ZERO-Tech
With current capacity of 20 amps RMS @ 125VAC 50/60Hz (16 amps RMS @ 220-240VA 50/60Hz), Thunder/High (Variable) Current can withstand current transient peaks many times its continuous (average) RMS rating. This makes Thunder/High (Variable) 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.

RF/ND-Tech
AC Ground wires may provide protection from an electrical short circuit, but they also act as an antenna. 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 RF/ND-Tech greatly reduces this distortion, yielding unprecedented levels of Noise-Dissipation across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies possible. Our unique circuit topology uses a common-mode phase-cancelling array, in concert with proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential linear filtering. US Patent # 8,988,168.

72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS)
Insulation is also a dielectric that can act like a shunt-filter. Biasing minimizes dielectric-noise and linearizes the filter, significantly improving wide-bandwidth dissipation of induced RF noise.

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. For most models of AQ cable, the arrows not only indicate the direction that optimizes metal-directionality as part of Noise-Dissipation, but also indicates non-symmetrical attachment of shield and GND in order to optimize full-system performance.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Metal
Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) & Long-Grain Copper (LGC)

Gauge
11 AWG Line and Neutral / 12 AWG Ground

RF Drain Metal
Solid 6% Silver

Jacket
Brown on Black Nylon Braid

Terminations
Hanging-Silver over Red and Beryllium Copper

Technology
ZERO-Tech + RF/ND-Tech + 72v DBS

Maximum RMS Current
15 Amp @ 120VAC 60 Hz

USAGE GUIDE
  • Amplifiers
  • CD Players
  • Computers
  • DAC
  • TV
IN THE BOX

Sold as 1 cable

AWARDS

Key Features & Technology Explained

Solid Conductors

Solid coductors prevent strand-interaction, a major source of dynamic distortion in cables.

Metal

A carefully finessed combination of AudioQuest's high-purity Long-Grain Copper and highest-purity Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors minimise distortion caused by grain boundaries.

Technology

ZERO-Tech eliminates the electrostatic field between the cable's high and low signal conductors, enabling linear Radio Frequency (RF) Noise-Dissipation, and uncompressed transients.

Technology

RF/ND-Tech minimises circuit misbehaviour by cancelling induced RF noise.

Technology

72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) saturates and polarises insulation, allowing clear, dynamic sound against a quiet "black" background.

RF Drains

6% Silver-Plating is applied to the high-quality copper base metal to improve Noise-Dissipation.

Direction Controlled

All conductors controlled for RF-noise directionality.