Niagara 3000 Delivers Power, Protection, Performance
Power management is a hot topic in audio. Niagara 3000 loves the attention.
Toslink Fiber-Optic Cable + Mini-Adaptor
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.
217 Narrow-Aperture Synthetic Fiber Conductors
The problem with optical fiber transmission is that dispersed light does get through the Toslink cable, but only after it has taken a longer path, like a pool ball bouncing off the side-rails, causing it to arrive later. This delayed part of the signal prevents the computer charged with decoding the information from being decoded properly, or even at all. This reduced bandwidth is a measurable signature of light being dispersed by a fiber. The punch line: The less dispersion in the fiber, the less distortion in the final analog audio signal presented to our ears.
Precision Polished Fiber Ends
Low-Jitter
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Included Adaptor |
3.5mm Mini
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Cable Length |
0.75 m = 2 ft 6 in
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Jacket |
Blue on Black Braid
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0.25 lb
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219 Narrowest-Aperture Highest-Purity Synthetic Fibers
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Low-Dispersion Fiber
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Low-Dispertion High-Purity Fiber
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Lower-Dispertion High-Purity Fiber
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19 Narrow-Aperture Highest-Purity Synthetic Fibers
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Included Adaptor |
3.5mm Mini
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3.5mm Mini
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3.5mm Mini
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3.5mm Mini
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3.5mm Mini
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Weight |
0.25 lb
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0.25 lb
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0.2 lb
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0.2 lb
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0.25 lb
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