AudioQuest NRG Z3 AC C13 Power Cable

Description

Following on from the success of the Storm Series NRG power cables (Thunder, Tornado, Hurricane & Dragon), AudioQuest have utilised trickle down techniques to create a new series of affordable, entry level NRG power cables. Featuring the excellent Noise-Dissipation technology employed in the Storm Series, this new range of NRG-Y and NRG-Z cables outperform their old NRG-X and NRG-1/1.5/2 counterparts by a landslide. The NRG-Z3 replaces the NRG-2 however it outperforms previous higher models.

Ideal for video displays, powered speakers, and all electronics, NRG-Z3 (3-pole) cables use direction-controlled Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) conductors in a Semi-Solid Concentric arrangement in which the individual copper strands are packed more tightly and never change position within the bundle. This construction significantly reduces strand interaction distortion. The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface conductors minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries and surface discontinuities that exist in any metal conductor. In addition, NRG-Z3’s direction-controlled silver-plated shield conductors efficiently drain RF noise to ground.

Features
Zero Characteristic Impedance for Uncompressed Current Transfer
Semi-Solid Concentric Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
Direction-Controlled Conductors & Silver-Plated Shield Drains
Ground-Noise Dissipation Technology
 

Zero Characteristic Impedance for Uncompressed Current Transfer
A non-technical analogy for this might be that if you drop a coin in a tube with shampoo in it, no matter how wide (low resistance) that tube, the shampoo (the Characteristic Impedance) is going to get in the way (compromise current transients). Eliminating Characteristic Impedance (Zero means No in this application) is like having only air in the tube, as close to a vacuum as possible. Whether the amp is running at less than a watt or is fully maxed out, the unrestricted transients are visceral something the whole body understands, no words required.

Semi-Solid Concentric Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
NRG-Z2 and NRG-Z3 cables take a step further and use Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC in Z3, PSC+ in Z2), in a 7-strand SemiSolid Concentric conductor arrangement. The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface processed conductors minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries and surface discontinuities which exist in any metal conductor

Direction-Controlled Conductors & Silver-Plated Shield Drains
All drawn metal has a non-symmetrical, and therefore directional, grain structure. AudioQuest controls the resulting RF impedance variation so that noise drains away from where it will cause distortion. The Silver-Plated shield drains efficiently remove RF noise from the line and neutral shields via the wall plugs ground pin which is why even the 2-Pole 2 models have an unexpected ground pin.

Ground-Noise Dissipation Technology
As with the Storm Series AC cables, Z3 includes AudioQuests Ground Noise-Dissipation Technology. AC Ground wires offer protection from current-wiring faults, but they also act as antennas, picking up radio frequency (RF) noise, which bypasses component power supplies and is typically coupled directly into a systems most sensitive audio or video circuits.

AudioQuest’s Ground-Noise Dissipation System employs a commonmode phase-canceling array that yields unprecedented levels of noise dissipation and reduction across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies dramatically lowering distortion in the attached electronics.

Specification
Low-Distortion 3-Pole Power Cable
Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) with Silver-Plated Drain Wires
Quiet Background and Minimal Active-Circuit Misbehavior Due to Ground-Noise
Black/Red Braided Jacket
Lifetime Warranty
Outer Diameter 14mm

Manufacturer site

• AudioQuest