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12-Outlet Power Conditioner & Non-Sacrificial Surge Protector
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.
Power meets grace in the AudioQuest PowerQuest 909, a high-performance power conditioner with non-sacrificial surge protection and ultra-linear filtering.
With its 20-amp (RMS) maximum current capacity and 45-amp (peak, up to 25ms) Transient Power Correction, the PQ-909 delivers the uncompressed transient current necessary to optimize all home theater and audio systems.
Wide-bandwidth differential and common-mode filtering contribute to an ultra-low noise floor and deep, black backgrounds. Twelve component-optimized hospital-grade outlets (4 High/Variable-Current for amps; 8 Linear-Filtered/Constant-Current for Sources and TVs) provide performance, versatility, and flexibility.
And, of course, to complement its remarkable performance, the PQ-909 provides robust protection features: Extreme Voltage Shutdown and Non-Sacrificial Surge Protection, the latter capable of withstanding repeated 6000V/3000A surges — the maximum that can pass through a building’s AC electrical panel.
In addition to a 2-RU rack-mounting kit, the PQ-909 comes with a high-performance AudioQuest-designed 2m PQ-920 AC power cable — a 20A (C19) Monsoon-level cable employing Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+), ZERO-Tech for uncompressed current transients, RF/ND-Tech for the ultimate in Ground-Noise Dissipation, and a flat-to-wall 45º/90º male plug to aid installations in tight spaces.
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Noise-Dissipation |
Differential-Mode: 8kHz-1GHz; more than -23dB and Common-Mode: 30kHz-100MHz; more than -23dB
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Product Dimensions |
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PowerQuest 909$2,499.95 | PowerQuest 303$529.95 | PowerQuest 505$849.95 | PowerQuest 707$1,599.95 | |
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Noise-Dissipation |
Differential-Mode: 8kHz-1GHz; more than -23dB and Common-Mode: 30kHz-100MHz; more than -23dB
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Differential-Mode: 30kHz-1GHz; more than -22dB
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Differential-Mode: 30kHz-1GHz; more than -22dB and Common-Mode: 30kHz-100MHz; more than -22dB
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Differential-Mode: 8kHz-1GHz; more than -22dB and Common-Mode: 30kHz-100MHz; more than -22dB
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Transient Power Correction |
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