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AUDIENCE PowerChord SEi, 5ft., demo, Like New, Full Warranty!

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Ships fromCarlsbad, CA, 92010
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Package dimensions14.0" × 14.0" × 6.0" (4.0 lbs.)
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Audience's powerChord has an amazing track record with reviewers and users alike for delivering overachieving performance. The "e" (Enhanced) version greatly improved resolution and speed while retaining all of the musicality and natural warmth Audience is so renown for and has noq been upgraded to powerChord SE-i, a notably more spacious presentation, resulting from a newly discovered wiring configuration of its six conductors.


 


Audience powerChord SE-I, 5ft, demo, 10/10, Like New, Full Warranty

Retail $895, sell for $540 (price is firm)

Testimonials



"The wonderfully flexible powerChord too, was a winner, significantly cleaning up the sound by lowering the noise floor, opening up the space between instruments, and significantly improving the system's resolution of low level and inner detail."
 - Brian Damkroger, Stereophile Recommended Component


"Audience's powerChord is something special among high-end power cords. Uncommonly flexible, the powerChord is refreshingly easy to install and place. Essentially neutral, the powerChord successfully combines high levels of resolution and coherence with a relaxed, musical presentation that draws the listener into the performance. With its overachieving performance and relatively low price, Audience's powerChord merits an unqualified recommendation."
 - John Acton, Positive Feedback Online(read the review)


"For a number of years we have had the pleasure of using the Audience powerChord, and under the right conditions, there is no finer power cord available."
Martin DeWulf. Bound for Sound, Issue #171 (read the review)


"Most competent after-market power cords will clean up the sound, usually by lowering the noise floor. Despite that general but important improvement, some cords then take a step backwards by imposing some measure of tonal degradation. Few of the cords I've tried seem to inject a life-like force to the music. Fewer than that improve timing and flow. Fewer still will broaden your musical horizons by rewarding you with depth of stage, all the while giving you insights on performer technique by allowing your gear to better resolve low level and inner detail in a musical, organic manner. The powerChords on my CD player and amp delivered the goods. Highly recommended for audition".
 - Stephæn Harrell, 6moons.com, (read the review)


"I won't beat around the bush here folks, this (the Audience powerChord-e Enhanced Version) cable was my favorite. I felt that it did everything well and succeeded in providing more information, more resolution and was simply more musical to my ears."
 - Dan Wright, Power Cord Shoot Out, Audio Asylum (read the review)


"The Audience Au24 and powerChord cables share a family resemblance-they balance tonality extremely well, have superb detail (again, in balance; neither too much nor too little of it), and they're smooth. Not colored-smooth, but just-right-smooth."
 - Wes Phillips, onhifi.com (read the review)


"The Audience powerChord gives the presentation a sense of dynamic drive and rhythmic pace that is perfect, not overdone or overpowered."
 - Doug Blackburn, Soundstage.com (read the review)


"The essential set of enhancements to be discovered from the Audience "powerChord" can all be grouped within that elusive notion of MUSICALITY. I've not yet heard any power chord that accomplishes such an engaging reinforcement of genuinely musical values -- the pace, relaxation, and tonal elements that define the heart of seductive musical experiences -- at such a modest price."
 - Jim Merod, Most Wanted Components, Stereotimes (read the review)


"Whatever is going on here, the thing works. I experimented with my Balanced Audio Technology VK-D5 CD player, VK-3i preamp, and VK-6200 multi-channel amplifier, and in each case heard improvements to the noise floor (less garble and grunge), dynamic range (in both low-level nuance and high-level impact), and overall clarity and detail. Music's sense of time improved, too. The thing doesn't cost a fortune, either."
 - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound


"I was shocked... Backgrounds are blacker. Highs are sweeter. Bass lines are better defined. Vocals have great tone without heavy colorations. Most importantly, my system was more musical."
 - Carlos Flores, Audio Musings


 

Overview


Enhanced "e" version of Audience powerChord cables
Audience has developed proprietary technology to improve the conductivity of Audience Au24 cables, Conductor cables and powerChords that results in a more refined product.  The basic musical character of the cables is unchanged; however they are enhanced.  This technology results in the seeming removal of a veil providing an improvement of a world class product.  In addition to the standard Au24 and powerChord cables, this new technology is available as an "e" enhanced version.


Audience powerChord-e Enhanced Version
All audio and video components perform audibly and visibly better when they receive the best possible power. Since music systems do not plug directly into the wall, we use power cords to feed power to our equipment. The ideal power cord should allow all types of audio and video equipment to perform at full potential. We need a power cord that gets out of the way. The finest power cord should combine the qualities of wide-bandwidth, ultra-low resistance, and low impedance with high quality conducting and dielectric materials.


Many people use different types of power cords for different types of components. This is like using various values of resistors, capacitors and inductors in your power line to tune your system. These power cords effectively starve your power supply to varying degrees, which then creates various audible sound effects in the audio circuitry. Cords like this may indeed match some components better than some other cords. However, they do so by balancing one deficiency with another. To achieve the best, most musical results it is necessary to use a power cord that acts as a power conduit rather than a power limiter. Many cords have high impedance characteristics and very poor dielectric materials. Besides acting like a resistor these cords store some of the energy traveling through the wire and release it later back into the power supply. This is like trying to send energy down a spring and it reduces the quantity, quality and very importantly the timing of the power received by your music playback system.

Audition the Audience powerChord-e Enhanced Version in your music system. Find out how your favorite musical performances sound when allowed to bloom naturally without the restriction of slow or inadequate power.

Audience powerChord-e Enhanced Version

Technical


The Audience powerChord is a low resistance, low impedance design made with the finest conducting and insulating materials available in a rugged, flexible, "user friendly" configuration.


The powerChord being a low impedance design has the ability to naturally reject noise and interference and it also radiates much less energy. This improves performance and lowers the noise floor allowing for superior reproduction of low level detail as well as dynamics.

Flexibility is a lot more important than you may think. We all know that stiff solid-core cords and cables are difficult to install. But did you know the act of bending them irrevocably damages the conductors? This bending stresses the metal and causes fractures along the circumference of the bend. Solid core cable is actually intended for permanent installations where cost is the overriding factor. The powerChord is not solid core and does not exhibit these distortion-causing anomalies.

Damage to conductors is why some cords need "break-in" every time they are moved or bent. This is because current passing through the conductor partially repairs damage by micro-welding some of the damaged area. This helps but it will never restore the cable to its original state or it's original performance potential. The powerChord conductors cannot be damaged by bending or normal use. The powerChord requires break-in only when first installed. In addition, powerChords also sound good enough used right out of the box. Then they get better and better with age.

The insulating materials used in cable and cord construction are also a significant factor in causing long break-in periods and in restricting the ultimate performance of the cable. Poor quality insulation will exhibit very high dielectric absorption. The insulation actually stores some of the energy passing through the cable and releases it back into the conductor later. This degrades the integrity of the power waveform, which reduces the power transfer efficiency of the cord or cable. The powerChord insulating materials exhibit extremely low dielectric absorption.

The powerChord has the unique ability to let each type of component perform optimally by quickly providing more power with better quality to your component's power supply. It does so in a flexible, durable, reliable design. In fact, all audience cords and cables are unconditionally lifetime guaranteed. If you return your defective or damaged cable Audience will repair or replace it at no charge.

About Power Cords and Shielding:

The powerChord by Audience is not shielded. Audience has found that shielding power cords can be sonically detrimental. There is a common misconception that noise is something airborne, picked up by cables, which can therefore be cured with more cable shielding. In real-world AC-powered systems, small leakage or ground noise currents will always flow in any wire connecting two devices. This tiny voltage drop is actually what causes 99% of the noise in consumer audio and video systems. Shielding power cords will do little to help this situation. Ordinary cable shielding, whether copper braid or aluminum foil, has virtually no effect on audio magnetic fields. Shields can also cause audible colorations due to raising the impedance of power cords. Increasing the distance between signal cables and powerful magnetic fields is the best cure for either electric or magnetic field problems.

PowerChords are a low impedance design. This minimizes the possibility of airborne noise coupling even further.

Features




  • Wattgate IEC and Marinco plugs standard


  • High-current, low impedance design for fast response


  • High immunity to radiated noise with minimum radiated field


  • Improves resolution and color rendition in video playback systems


  • Delivers maximum power to your music playback system


  • Widest possible bandwidth for instantaneous response to the program signal


  • Ultra-flexible for long service life and minimum damage to conductors


  • Powerful, accurate reproduction of macro- and micro-dynamics


  • Solid, articulate deep bass response


  • Far lower background noise than possible with other power cords


  • Vastly improves imaging, restores harmonic integrity


  • International plugs available. Neutrik PowerCon® & other component connectors available


  • Lifetime unconditional repair or replace warranty


  • Cables are made in whole and half feet as well as whole, half and quarter meter lengths and custom lengths


 

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