Upgrade a wide range of audio/video components, constant- and variable-current alike, with AudioQuest Monsoon Power Cable. Monsoon features True Concentric Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) and Long-Grain Copper (LGC) conductors that carefully control for directionality to efficiently drain RF noise. ZERO-Tech ensures uncompressed current transfer while RF/ND-Tech minimizes circuit misbehaviour, cancelling induced RF noise for quiet backgrounds and thrilling dynamics.
Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors
The astonishingly smooth and pure Perfect-Surface processed conductors minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries and surface discontinuities that exist in any metal conductor.
Semi-Solid Concentric Conductors
In our Semi-Solid Concentric conductor topology, strands are packed more tightly and never change position within the bundle, significantly reducing strand-interaction distortion in the Monsoon power cable.
ZERO-Tech
While many AC power cables feature low DC resistance in order to accommodate the demand for high current, a cableโs characteristic impedance is also crucial for optimal performance. Unlike most AC cables that constrict or compress an audio-provoked transient, AudioQuest AC cables combine low DC resistance and zero (no) characteristic impedance to deliver uncompressed transients on demand.
RF/ND-Tech
AC Ground wires may provide protection from an electrical short circuit, but they also act as an antenna. Thus, they are subject to induced radio-frequency (RF) noise. This RF noise bypasses component power supplies and is typically coupled directly into a systemโs most sensitive audio/video circuits. AudioQuestโs RF/ND-Tech greatly reduces this distortion, yielding unprecedented levels of noise dissipation across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies possible.
Our unique circuit topology in the Monsoon power cable uses a common-mode phase-cancelling array, in concert with proprietary dielectric materials which provide additional differential linear filtering.
Direction-Controlled Conductors
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 drains away from where it will cause distortion. Audioquest determines the correct direction by listening to every batch of metal conductors used in every audio cable. When applicable, arrows are clearly marked on the Monsoon power cable 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. A fundamental aspect of AudioQuest’s multifaceted Noise-Dissipation technology, Direction-Controlled Conductors ensure induced noise dissipates and drains properly.
Technical Specifications
- Metal: Semi-Solid Concentric Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
- Technology: ZERO-Tech + RF/ND-Tech
- Gauge: 12 AWG
- Terminations: Cold-Welded, Direct-Gold and Silver-Plated
- Maximum RMS Current: 15 Amp @ 120VAC 60 Hz
- Jacket: Dark Blue on Black Braid
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