Niagara 3000 Delivers Power, Protection, Performance
Power management is a hot topic in audio. Niagara 3000 loves the attention.
Interconnexion audio pour caisson de basse fréquence
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.
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.
Solid 5% Silver Conductors
Solid 5% Silver-Plated Copper Conductors: A superbly cost-effective way to turn up the “sharpness” for a subwoofer, enhancing articulation and intelligibility.
Carbon-Based 4-Layer Noise-Dissipation
It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. Preventing captured Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's Noise-Dissipation System (NDS). Traditional shield systems typically absorb and then drain noise/RF energy to component ground, modulating and distorting the critical "reference" ground plane, which in turn causes a distortion of the signal. NDS's alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetics "shield the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.
72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS)
All 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 AudioQuest’s Niagara Series of power products), ensures that radio-frequency noise will not be induced into the signal conductors from the DBS field elements. (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1)
Polyethylene Air-Tube 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. AudioQuest, however, uses Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation on both conductors, for increased geometry stabilization and improved clarity. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.
Triple-Balanced Geometry
Our Triple-Balanced Geometry uses a separate ground-reference conductor, so the cable's shield is never used as an inferior conductor. Whether prepared with RCA or XLR plugs, the cable's three conductors ensure that the positive and negative signals have equally superior, low-distortion conducting paths.
Cold-Welded, Hanging-Silver Directly Over Pure Red Copper Terminations
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Argent Solide 5%
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Multi-couches à base de carbone + 72v DBS
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Triple équilibrage
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Cable Length |
2 m = 6 ft 6 in
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Jacket |
PVC noir avec à rayures bleues
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Husky XLR$469.95 Voir les détails | Black Lab RCA$51.95 Voir les détails | Greyhound RCA$69.95 Voir les détails | Irish Red RCA$97.95 Voir les détails | Boxer RCA$199.95 Voir les détails | Husky RCA$429.95 Voir les détails | |
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Argent Solide 5%
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Cuivre à grain long (LGC) Solide
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Argent Solide 0,5%
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Argent Solide 0,5%
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Argent Solide 1,25%
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Argent Solide 5%
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Noise Dissipation |
Multi-couches à base de carbone + 72v DBS
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Feuillets métalliques
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Feuillets métalliques
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Feuillets métalliques
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À base de carbone
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Multi-couches à base de carbone + 72v DBS
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Geometry |
Triple équilibrage
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Coaxiale symétrique
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HyperLitz symétrique
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Coaxiale symétrique
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Doublement équilibré
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Triple équilibrage
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Weight |
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0.4 lb
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0.3 lb
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0.4 lb
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0.45 lb
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