Shunyata A/C Cord question

Roysen

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First of all I would like to say that I have been a huge fan of the Shunyata Research products since the very first Anaconda was introduced. I have upgraded every time a new top of the line cord has been introduced.

I have a question in regards to the current ZiTron cords. Shunyata's success was first acheived much based on a material originally called "Stardust" while patent was pending and later called FeSi-2001. From what I understand this material is what today is used inside the Triton and Typhon power conditioners but maybe with a few improvements today.

This material was originally also used between the inner and outer sleaves of the power cords. This made the cords sound organic with great timber and natural inner soul. Today this material is no longer used in the cords and they also sound very different.

Can Samuel or Caelin say something about why this material is no longer used in the cords since it obviously still gives significant improvements when used in the power conditioners and both cords and power conditioners are used to pass the same current?

I am about to order a few of the new Anaconda and wonder if the cords still can be ordered with this compound and how it would effect performance.
 

CGabriel

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First of all I would like to say that I have been a huge fan of the Shunyata Research products since the very first Anaconda was introduced. I have upgraded every time a new top of the line cord has been introduced.

I have a question in regards to the current ZiTron cords. Shunyata's success was first acheived much based on a material originally called "Stardust" while patent was pending and later called FeSi-2001. From what I understand this material is what today is used inside the Triton and Typhon power conditioners but maybe with a few improvements today.

This material was originally also used between the inner and outer sleaves of the power cords. This made the cords sound organic with great timber and natural inner soul. Today this material is no longer used in the cords and they also sound very different.

Can Samuel or Caelin say something about why this material is no longer used in the cords since it obviously still gives significant improvements when used in the power conditioners and both cords and power conditioners are used to pass the same current?

I am about to order a few of the new Anaconda and wonder if the cords still can be ordered with this compound and how it would effect performance.

The ferroelectric compound is more effective when used on the power buss (in the conditioner) as opposed to individual cables. The compound makes the cables heavy and reduces flexibility. Also PCs with the compound can over-dampen the system's sound quality when many of them are used in the system.

If you are looking for a cable that can tame components that are inherently noisy (digital devices), I would highly recommend that you try the new XiTron Alpha Digital PC.

Caelin Gabriel
President
Shunyata Research
 
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