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Nordosts entry level Norse Series AC cable, Shiva brings jaw-dropping performance to any system, grabbing your attention and pulling you deep into any recording. Music leaps from the speakers with sheer energy, the system’s imaging becomes holographic and like all Nordost cables, Shiva delivers excellent pace, rhythm and timing.Construction: Precision Micro Mono-Filament Design
Insulation: FEP
Conductors: 3x 18 AWG Silver Plated .99999% OFC
Color: Lavender
Propagation Delay: 81% Speed of Light
Materials and Construction
Shiva’s performance makes one question the term entry-level. Shiva offers excellent detail, dynamics, transparency and musical clarity by dramatically reducing the noise floor through the use of proven materials and Nordost’s proprietary micro mono-filament technology. Shiva’s high purity OFC copper conductors are solid core, eliminating a form of distortion caused by stranded cables. Each of these solid-core conductors is then silver plated, greatly improving the speed of power delivery and eliminating distortions on the surface of the cable thus retaining the highest purity of the AC wave form. Wattgate AC connectors are used to ensure maximum power conductivity and a solid connection at both the component and the wall.
Micro Mono-Filament Technology
Rarely used on cables at this price, micro mono-filament technology is like an air-tube, in that it provides far less contact with the insulation material, but offers a much more predictable electrical outcome. MFT winds a very thin Teflon thread along the entire length of the solid-core conductor in a corkscrew pattern, just before the Teflon jacket is extruded over the conductor. MFT keeps the Teflon jacket away from the conductor, thus creating an air-tube inside the cable. The advantage of MFT over air-tubes is that MFT maintains a consistent spacing between conductor and insulation throughout the entire length of the cable. MFT also provides a measure of physical damping which reduces vibration. What this means sonically is that Shiva has a greater sense of coherency, air, space and depth that is simply unparalleled at this price.
Burn-In
Like all Nordost cables, Shiva requires some play time before it sounds its very best. We generally recommend about 3-4 days of continuous play time, although improvements may be heard up to after one to two weeks of play time. The best way to break in Shiva is with music or with Nordost’s own burn-in CD, which place varying demands on the cable thus burning it in faster and more completely than plugging the cable into a fan, toaster or space heater.
NOTE: EU version, terminated with EU Plugs.
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