AudioQuest ThunderBird ZERO + BASS Bi-Wire Speaker Cable (Factory Terminated)

ThunderBird ZERO + BASS Bi-Wire COMBO Speaker Cable, with ZERO for Treble and BASS for Mid / Bass, by AudioQuest.

Designed specifically to optimize the performance of bi-wireable loudspeakers, ThunderBird ZERO Bi-Wire COMBO speaker cables comprise a ThunderBird ZERO and ThunderBird BASS, conveniently joined at the amp end.

AudioQuest’s RF/ND-Tech (patented RF-Canceling Ground-Noise Dissipation) attracts RF energy away from the amplifier’s output. When properly implemented, Bi-Wiring has always been a cost-effective way to get better performance for the same or less money. With RF/ND-Tech, the advantage of Bi-Wiring is much more dramatic. Because RF/ND-Tech is so effective, BASS model cables are only for 10 KHz and below; do not use a BASS cable full-range or on treble.

ThunderBird BASS cable is ideal with ThunderBird ZERO. A Bi-Wire COMBO with BASS and ZERO cables joined together at the amplifier is usually most convenient. When Tri-Wiring, use BASS cables on the Midrange and Bass inputs.

Caution: Do not Bi-Wire with two ZERO cables. ZERO cables in-parallel can create a very high-frequency resonant peak (ringing), and resulting poor sound. Only use a ZERO plus a BASS cable (whether or not joined as a COMBO). Second best is a single ZERO with AQ Bi-Wire jumpers.

Features

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors - Solid conductors prevent strand-interaction, a major source of dynamic distortion. Extreme-purity PSC+ solid copper minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries, and, when direction-controlled for surface asymmetry, facilitates crucial Radio-Frequency Noise-Dissipation.

Carbon-Based Linearized Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) - AQ’s comprehensive Linearized Noise-Dissipation System combines multiple shields and a carbon-based linearized resistive network that turns most of this noise into heat. By "linearized," we mean that the system is equally effective across extremely wide bandwidth, rather than at selected frequencies only, as is more common. The remaining bad energy is effectively drained away from the sensitive amplifier circuits via directionally controlled signal and shield conductors.

ZERO-Tech - The only complete way to eliminate characteristic-impedance mismatches between a cable and the attached source and load is for the cable not to have any fixed characteristic-impedance value. ZERO-Tech accomplishes this by eliminating interaction between the insulation (dielectric) and the cable’s conductors—enabling uncompressed current transfer. All-important transient current is unrestricted, and RF Noise-Dissipation is linearized (consistent octave to octave).

72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) with Level-X RF Noise-Trap - Insulation is also a dielectric that acts like a shunt-filter. Properly biasing the dielectric linearizes the filter, significantly improving the cable’s wide-bandwidth ability to dissipate induced noise. The DBS pack’s Level-X Noise-Trap “pulls” RF Noise out of the cable, further reducing attached audio circuit misbehavior.

Mythical Creature Cold-Welded Terminations - Mythical Creature cables are Cold-Welded to AudioQuest’s extremely pure Red Copper Spades or Bananas. The bare copper is submerged (hung) in a vat of pure silver instead of being tumbled in a lower-grade solution. AudioQuest speaker breakouts and plug casings are not metal in order not to induce RF Noise into the conductors.

ThunderBird Bi-Wiring - When possible, running separate cables to the treble and bass “halves” of a speaker significantly reduces distortion. Bi-Wiring keeps the large magnetic fields associated with bass energy out of the treble cable, allowing the delicate upper frequencies to travel a less magnetically disturbed path, like taking the waves out of the water when you swim.

Specifications

• Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
• Noise Dissipation: Multi-Layer Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation / RF / ND-Tech
• Geometry: ZERO-Tech (No Characteristic Impedance)
• Gauge: 5.26 mm²
• Signal Type: Analog
• Jacket: Blue on Black Braid

More Information

• Thunderbird ZERO + BASS Bi-Wire Combo, by AudioQuest