AudioQuest NRG-Z3

• Perfect Surface Copper (PSC) with silver plated drainage wires
• Quiet background and minimal active circuit misbehavior due to ground noise dissipation (GND) (US Patent No. 8,988,168) & directionally controlled conductors and shields
• ZERO (No) Characteristic Impedance (Uncompressed Current Transfer)

THE CHALLENGE: No matter how perfect an AC power source may be, distortion occurs in every AC power cable. Even the most sophisticated filters and power supplies cannot eliminate this transient intermodulation distortion (TIM) because the induced RF noise modulates the low-level audio/video signal.

THE SOLUTION: NRG-Z3 cables use directional Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) strands in a 7-strand semi-solid concentric conductor arrangement where the strands are packed more densely and never change position within the bundle. This design significantly reduces strand interaction distortion. The PSC conductors with extremely pure and smooth surface minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries present in every metal conductor.

The NRG-Z3’s GND (Ground Noise Dissipation) and directional silver-plated shield conductors efficiently dissipate RF interference from the line and neutral shields to ground via the third “Ground” pin. Over and beyond. The NRG-Z3’s common mode phase cancellation arrangement provides additional differential linear filtering. The result is powerful, dynamic and immersive!