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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Intending to use Thunder for connecting Niagara 5000 and two Blizzard with Devialet 220 Pro monos. Hope that will work out well

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    Intending to use Thunder for connecting Niagara 5000 and two Blizzard with Devialet 220 Pro monos. Hope that will work out well
    I tried both at home. The Thunder was more dynamic then the Blizzard, especially on power amps, but the tonal qualities of the Blizzard were better. Since the Thunder feeding the Niagara 5000 will allready give you an extra boost in dynamics and separation, this could work well. Without the Niagara I would go Tornado HC on the power amps

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Thanks! I haven’t had a chance to compare the cables but got a good offer so I think to go Thunder from wall to Niagara 5000 as well as Thunder each for the Devialet monos. You think that should be better than the two Blizzard ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    Thanks! I haven’t had a chance to compare the cables but got a good offer so I think to go Thunder from wall to Niagara 5000 as well as Thunder each for the Devialet monos. You think that should be better than the two Blizzard ?
    it depends what your system needs, my amplifiers were quite fussy about tonal quality but needed dynamics as well, so I went with Tornado HC which are burning in as I type. As said the Thunder give more dynamics, and are better suited for power amps in this regard, but when I compared Thunder and Blizzard on preamp, I preferred the Blizzard because the timbre was more beautiful especially in the highs. I think you would compensate the loss in dynamics with the Niagara from what I read, but I never tried that in my system

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    I got two Devialet 440 Pro (which is two 220 Pro monos) - so think / Hope they will benefit from the Thunder High Current.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    I got two Devialet 440 Pro (which is two 220 Pro monos) - so think / Hope they will benefit from the Thunder High Current.
    They have switching power supplies or standard big transfos?

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    AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Devialet use own produced switching power supplies


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    Is this good or bad in view of the Thunder High Current?

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    You don‘t need the HC implicit.


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    I ordered it already )

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    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    Is this good or bad in view of the Thunder High Current?
    I use Jeff Rowland 725 amps, they use analog amplification circuitry but have switching power supplies.
    I do not have a Niagara 5000, but when comparing Blizzard and Thunder on the power amps, I found they did need the extra dynamics of the Thunder on bass driven music. Switching power supply amps are very effecient but they actually need better powercords then amplifiers with normal power supplies, as the consumption of current from the net varies much more. So contradictory to what one might think because of low normal consumption of switiching power supplies, you actually do need a very good and dynamic powercord because the instanteneous current draw from the net of switching supplies could be comparatively much higher

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Very interesting to hear - thank you very much for your insights!

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Quote Originally Posted by Rnrmf View Post
    I've demo'd the Hurricanes at least twice, one of the times directly against the Dragons, trying to convince myself I could get away with the Hurricane in a spot or two of my system.




    Nope.
    That is the reason why I did not try the Dragons in my system. Two hurricanes is more than enough.
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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    I hope to be able to report soon about the difference Niagara 5000 and Thunder cables made to my system

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    I look back and probably should have gotten Dragons over Hurricane. Mike told me they are that much better. I heard Mikes MSB set up with Dragons and was BLOWN out of the water by it, lol. I ended up with Hurricane's throughout as Firebird wasn't out when I bought. He didn't have power or source then either. I was waiting to get them after hearing the prototypes with Garth a few years ago. Even with the clear jackets and not totally refunded yet, they were on another level than any cord I had ever heard.

    Listen to Mike when he tells you to do the upgrade, lol. .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ctsooner View Post
    I look back and probably should have gotten Dragons over Hurricane. Mike told me they are that much better. I heard Mikes MSB set up with Dragons and was BLOWN out of the water by it, lol. I ended up with Hurricane's throughout as Firebird wasn't out when I bought. He didn't have power or source then either. I was waiting to get them after hearing the prototypes with Garth a few years ago. Even with the clear jackets and not totally refunded yet, they were on another level than any cord I had ever heard.

    Listen to Mike when he tells you to do the upgrade, lol. .
    Hi Ctsooner,

    I did Dragon Source Power Cords on just my Select DAC and it made a monstrous improvement over the Hurricane Source Power Cords. The rest of my power cords are Hurricanes. The system sounds amazing!

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Are you using them also in combination with a Niagara?

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    Are you using them also in combination with a Niagara?
    I have Hurricane HC PC’s from the wall to my Niagara 5000’s and two Dragon Source PC’s on my MSB Select DAC. Just a stunning improvement in sound quality adding them to my source component. I may add more Dragons in the future if I can.

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    Power: Two AudioQuest Niagara 5000’s with AudioQuest Dragon and Hurricane Power Cords

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpinist View Post
    Thank you! Yes, I replaced the two Hurricane Source Power Cords with two Dragon Source Power Cords on my MSB Select DAC. Please keep in mind that the Dragons are brand new out of the box today and are hardly broken in.

    Nevertheless they already sound magnificent. The treble is more airy with greater detail and extension, delivered with delicacy in a totally non-fatiguing fashion. The midrange provides great insight into the music with wonderful tonal shading and layering. The bass is articulate with just the right amount of texture. I found the Hurricane bass to be a bit overstated, somewhat overpowering vocals and piano on upright bass duets. The Dragon bass seems to be better balanced, blending seamlessly with midrange and treble.

    The Dragons provide more refinement, painting a musical portrait with smaller brush strokes compared to the Hurricane’s broad brush strokes. Lastly, imaging is far more three dimensional with instruments and vocals well-placed and floating in space. You can really hear the depth of the soundstage.

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    I couldn't have said it any better. I think you have made a very accurate description of what the Dragon power cable does in a system! I'm an ex-Hurricane HC owner and you've just nailed it! The Dragon is so much better...
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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Though Dragon is pricewise really hefty.
    I still think Thunder & Hurricane deliver outstanding performance for a reasonable price. And especially together with a Niagara they fully unleash their potential.

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    What are your experiences in burn-in time of HC power cables (I am using two Thunder for Devialet mono amps). How long does it take and to what extend will it improve performance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    What are your experiences in burn-in time of HC power cables (I am using two Thunder for Devialet mono amps). How long does it take and to what extend will it improve performance?
    Most of the midrange and treble burn-in is done after 200 hours. But I noticed the bass continued to fill in and improve up to 500 hours.

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    Power: Two AudioQuest Niagara 5000’s with AudioQuest Dragon and Hurricane Power Cords

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Ah thanks! Because I really felt bass is clumsy and midrange / treble quite stiff. Is that the normal behavior? Meaning should the starting performance be already better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markush View Post
    Ah thanks! Because I really felt bass is clumsy and midrange / treble quite stiff. Is that the normal behavior? Meaning should the starting performance be already better?
    I would give them 500 hours before you make any sort of evaluation.

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Eager to progress
    How far will the performance improve by your experience?

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    Eager to progress
    How far will the performance improve by your experience?
    A lot. Patience is the key.

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    Thank you for the input. Will listening at higher volume accelerate things? Or is it just a matter of time. Btw the most striking difference in the feel that things are not quite right is the perception of unbalanced frequencies / disharmonics.

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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    An AQ dealer sold me a "new" 2 .0M NRG HURRICANE HC EU IEC15 . When I unpacked it, I saw that it was red. Are there any differences between red and blue? Do they have different UPC/EAN codes? I just saw, that the picture of the hurricane on the back of the packaging is blue and there is also a picture of a red firebird? Why does AQ tell me, there is the "NRG" in the name of the cable? Is it or was it? The pictures of the AQ website in the beginning of this thread say for the red Hurricane EU connector: cold welded connectors. For the blue Hurricane US connector it says: hanging silver over red copper?
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    Re: AudioQuest Niagra and Storm Power Cable Review

    IIRC the original Hurricanes had red jackets. AQ switched to blue jackets (what I bought) before coming out with Firebirds, which had red jackets like the original Hurricanes.

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    As far as I can see, it doesn't say "high current" anywhere on the red cable. How do I know it is the high current version? I have to weigh the cable?

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