AudioQuest Silver Cloud XTRM Mains Power Cable

AudioQuest Silver Cloud XTRM Mains Power Cable

 

The XTRM version of the Silver Cloud power cable is terminated with custom-made hanging silver over red copper Wall plugs and IEC plugs for a superior connection to both the conductors and your equipment.

Improving upon the excellent Blizzard power cable is difficult, however, AudioQuest pulled through and presents the Silver Cloud.

The introduction of more than 20% Perfect-Surface Silver conductors adds a level of clarity and presentation rarely seen (or heard) within Hi-Fi systems. Coupled with the Carbon-level DBS pack offering a greatly decreased noise-floor and you have yourself the makings of a system-changing upgrade.

Here at Future Shop, we connected the Silver Cloud Power Cable to our power amplifier and immediately noticed an overall improvement in the soundstage. Among all of the power cables we tested from AudioQuest, we found the Silver cloud fit our system perfectly, offering us a never heard before level of detail. Our listening experience changed for the better.

If you are looking to add more power to your amplifiers and revitalize the sound to your speakers, then look no further than the AudioQuest Silver Cloud Power Cable.

Features

• Zero Characteristic Impedance Enables Uncompressed Current Transfer
• 72V Dielectric-Bias System with CARBON-Level Radio-Frequency Trap (DBS)
• Patented Ground Noise-Dissipation and Direction-Controlled Metal Prevent Transient Intermodulation (TIM) Distortion
• High-Purity True-Concentric Perfect-Surface Silver and Perfect-Surface Copper+ Conductors

 

Zero Characteristic Impedance Enables Uncompressed Current Transfer

The integrity of any audio transient (instantaneous peak-to-peak voltage swing and current) delivered from a power amplifier to a loudspeaker has always been compromised. Whether the amplifier is valve or transistor, regardless of class of operation, the amplifier’s source impedance and loudspeaker’s load impedance are never critically matched. The speaker cable’s characteristic impedance is yet another culprit in a highly compromised non-linear electrical circuit. AudioQuest has always stated that all cables cause damage because the output is never as good as the input. However, by eliminating a speaker cable’s characteristic impedance, AQ’s ZERO Technology is an unprecedented step towards reducing that damage. The result is greater dynamic contrast, better audio transient response, and bass slam that are rendered seemingly without effort because the cable is not electrically restricting (strangling) the music.

72V Dielectric-Bias System with CARBON-Level Radio-Frequency Trap (DBS)

All insulation is also a dielectric whose electrical properties affect the integrity of the signal. When the insulation is unbiased, dielectric-involvement (absorption and non-linear release of energy back into the signal flow) causes different amounts of time delay (phase shift) for different frequencies and energy levels, which is a significant problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest’s multi-patented DBS creates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes the nonlinear time delays, resulting in clearer sound emerging from a “blacker” background. The inclusion of an RF Trap (a technology developed for AudioQuest’s Niagara Series of power products) in the DBS battery pack further reduces radio-frequency noise. The DBS battery packs will last for many years. A test button and LED allow for the occasional battery check.

Patented Ground Noise-Dissipation and Direction-Controlled Conductors

AC Ground wires provide protection from current-wiring faults, but they also act as antennas. Thus, they are subject to induced radio-frequency (RF) noise. This RF noise bypasses component power supplies and is typically coupled directly into a system’s most sensitive audio/video circuits. AudioQuest’s patented Ground-Noise Dissipation greatly reduces this distortion, yielding unprecedented levels of noise dissipation across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies possible. Our unique circuit topology utilizes a common-mode phase-cancelling array, in concert with proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential linear filtering. (US Patent # 9,373,439)

On top of this, all drawn metal strands or conductors have a non-symmetrical, and therefore directional, grain structure. AudioQuest controls the resulting RF impedance variation so that noise is drained away from where it will cause distortion. The correct direction is determined by listening to every batch of metal conductors used in every AudioQuest audio cable. When applicable, arrows are clearly marked on the connectors to ensure superior sound quality. For most models of AQ cable, the arrows not only indicate the direction that optimizes metal-directionality as part of Noise-Dissipation but also indicates non-symmetrical attachment of shield and GND in order to optimize full-system performance.

High-Purity True-Concentric Perfect-Surface Silver and Perfect-Surface Copper+ Conductors

Superior metal and conductor geometry greatly reduce ear-fatiguing Transient Intermodulation (TIM) Distortion. Silver Cloud uses a carefully finessed combination of Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) and Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+).

Uncompressed High-Current Transfer

While many AC power cables feature low DC resistance in order to accommodate the demand for high current, a cable's characteristic impedance is also crucial for optimal performance.

While most AC cables constrict or compress an audio-provoked transient, AudioQuest AC cables combine low DC resistance and Zero characteristic impedance in order to deliver uncompressed high current transients on demand.

 

Optional Fuse Upgrade

As an optional extra, Future Shop can upgrade the fuse in the UK plug to one from the excellent, and extremely poular, range of Synergistic Research fuses. Some of the improvements you may hear include; a quieter noise-floor, greater dynamics, a more relaxed sound and detailed musicality.

 

Contact Enhancer Option

To ensure the best possible connection between your system, Future Shop recommends the DeoxIT Gold G-Series contact enhancer.

DeoxIT Gold is carefully applied to the plug contacts of your cable and is a unique conditioning solution designed to improve conductivity and provide long-lasting protection on gold, base metals and other precious metal contacts and connections. DeoxIT Gold penetrates plated surfaces, molecularly bonding to the base metals to seal and protect both surfaces.

The benefits of applying DeoxIT gold are:

• Improved Conductivity
• Maintained optimum signal quality
• Reduced wear & abrasion
• Prevents fretting/dendrite corrosion
• Forms a protective anti-tarnishing coating
• Stabilises connections between similar and dissimilar metals
• Reduces arcing, RFI and intermittent connections

Please select this option from the above ‘Contact Enhancer’ drop-down menu and our engineers will apply the contact solution to your cable connectors prior to shipping.

 

Specification

• Low-Z Noise-Dissipation 3-Pole AC Power Cable
• Perfect-Surface Silver and Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSS & PSC+
• Quiet Background and Minimal Active-Circuit Misbehavior Due to Ground-Noise
• Custom-made hanging silver over red copper mains plugs
• 20A@120VAC or 16A@230VAC
• Black Braided Jacket
• Cold-Welded Connectors
• Lifetime Warranty
• Outer Diameter 18.5mm

 

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.