AudioQuest Niagara 5000 Low-Z Power Noise-Dissipation System

AudioQuest Niagara 5000 Low-Z Power Noise-Dissipation System

Many hi-fi systems around the world are subject to insufficient, noise-filled current. This is adversely affecting listening experiences however you may not be aware of the impact caused. AudioQuest has taken it upon themselves to solve these issues with their Niagara series of Power Noise-Dissipation Systems.

The Niagara 5000 is the perfect addition to every high-end audiophile hi-fi setup. Connect your power amplifier, or mono-blocks, to the high-current outputs on the Niagara 5000 for an instant fix to insufficient current resulting in refinement of dynamics. Or connect your sources to the filtered source outlets for a cleaner, reduced distortion supply of current, offering a broader resolution of your audio signals.

When we demoed the Niagara 5000 here at Future Shop, we were blown away by the improvements to our system. Every kick of a drum resonated through us. Each high note that was sung resonated within. Only once we had the Niagara 5000 did we truly realize how much we were strangling our power amplifier with insufficient power.

You can truly open up your system to its full potential with the Niagara 5000. The improvements offered by the Niagara 5000 makes this a must-have piece of equipment for every hi-fi enthusiast.

Please note, the image above shows US Sockets on the rear of the Niagara 5000, however we will be supplying the UK socket version.

Here's what AudioQuest say about the Niagara 5000

AudioQuest continues its war against noise and fortifies its line of Noise-Dissipation Systems with the Niagara 5000. Like all AQ power products, Niagara 5000 exemplifies a comprehensive approach to AC power management, one grounded in verifiable science, representing over 20 years of exhaustive research into AC power products designed for audiophiles, broadcast engineers, and professional audio applications.

Like the flagship 7000, the Niagara 5000 uses AudioQuest’s patented AC Ground Noise-Dissipation System and extremely wide-bandwidth ultra-linear filtering, which works together to minimize distortion and enable greater resolution from audio, video, and digital components. Our Transient Power Correction provides an ultra-low-impedance buffered source for any power amplifier’s power supply, as well as a current reservoir of over 90 amps peak for AC current transients, resulting in tighter, more powerful and well-defined bass.

Features

• Patented Ground-Noise Dissipation System: Yields lower distortion and greater resolution from audio, video, and digital components with grounded AC cords/circuits
• Transient Power Correction: Provides power amplifiers a current reservoir of over 90 amps peak (up to 25mS) for AC current transients
• Ultra-Linear Noise-Dissipation Technology: AC differential and common-mode filtering with linear response, optimized for varying line and load impedance, assures superior resolution for audio, video, and digital signals
• Ultra-Linear AQ-Formed AC RF Filtering Capacitors: Vastly improve linearity and minimize distortions, while dissipating AC line and radio-coupled noise
• Direction-Controlled Ultra-Low-Resistance Solid Wiring: Optimized for the highest efficiency noise-dissipation of harmful distortion-causing radio frequencies
• 11 Low-Z (Low-Impedance) NRG-Edison Series AC Power Outlets: 3 High-Current Low-Z Power; 8 Ultra-Linear Filtered Power (source components) Outlets feature heavy silver plating, over 30% greater mass, and far greater clamping force than any prior NEMA-Edison design known
• Over-Voltage Shutdown with Automatic Reset: Enacts shutdown at approximately 17% above optimal AC input levels, until the incoming AC voltage returns to a safe range
• Non-Sacrificial Surge Protection: Withstands multiple AC surges and spikes up to 6000V/3000A

AudioQuest's on-sacrificial surge suppression and over-voltage shutdown with automatic reset ensure that a system’s sensitive components are thoroughly protected against both catastrophic and incremental sustained damage. Meanwhile, our Zero Ground-Contamination Technology prevents noise or surge energy present on the AC Line or Neutral from ever connecting to the AC Ground, thereby eliminating what would otherwise create greatly increased distortion and, in some cases, sustained damage to sensitive components.

Further, Niagara 5000’s pre-formed AC RF filtering capacitors vastly improve linearity and minimize distortion while dissipating AC line and radio-coupled noise; and, of course, all Niagara Series wiring is direction-controlled for the most efficient dissipation of radio-frequency noise.

So, what distinguishes Niagara 5000 from Niagara 7000?

The Niagara 5000 forgoes the latter’s patented dielectric-biased symmetrical power isolation transformers. These isolation transformers contribute greatly to Niagara 7000’s state-of-the-art design, enabling the very best means of dissipating common-mode AC line and radio frequency noise from the power that feeds source components. However, many custom-install, pro-audio, or video components simply require greater current capacity than can be had through either of the 7000’s isolation transformer (source component) output power banks. (Additionally, a small percentage of components may prefer the grounding scheme utilized for the Niagara 5000, as it will allow a greater range of circuits to work harmoniously without the need to connect a source component to the high current bank.)

Far more than a high-value proposition, AudioQuest’s Niagara 5000 delivers 90% of the source-component performance of the flagship 7000 and 100% of the amplifier performance. With the Niagara 5000, you can finally experience and fully enjoy the clarity, dimensionality, frequency extension, dynamic contrast, and sheer grip your system has always been capable of achieving, now with greater flexibility, even within the most complex system applications.

Specification

• 80 Amps Peak AC Transient Power Correction (Increased Performance and Current Reservoir for Any Power Amplifier)
• in Excess of 23 Octaves of Linearized Transverse-Mode (Differential) Filtering
• Patented Ground Noise-Dissipation Technology
• Non-Sacrificial and Sonically Non-Invasive Over-Voltage Shut-Down and Transient Surge Suppression
• Maximum RMS Input Current: 20 Amps (RMS)
• Maximum RMS Current per Source Component Output Bank: 20 Amps (RMS)
• Outlets: Source (8); High-Current (4)
• Dimensions: 44.45cm W x 13.31cm H x 43.69cm D (3-RU Rack Mount Kits Optional)
• Weight: 17.24 kgs
• 5 Years Warranty

About AudioQuest

AudioQuest has been the largest cable supplier to the high-end specialist market for many years. AudioQuest is sold in several hundred outlets in the US and in over sixty countries. Bill Lowe (Founder) is especially pleased that this success has been possible despite his insistence that the foundation of the company, and the foundation of AudioQuest marketing, must be the performance of the product. In the audio world, many professionals have learned that it is not always convenient to listen to the products they sell … they might learn something they don’t want to know! Bill has always understood the challenge of basing the existence of AudioQuest on the performance of the product. However, to Bill, this is the only reasonable way to do business and the only acceptable way to combine his passion for music (and all things high performance), with his need to make a living.