Dragon High (Variable) Current

Optimized for use with AC power conditioners/regenerators, power amplifiers, and any components that contain a built-in power amplifier (including AV receivers, powered speakers, and powered subwoofers), AudioQuest’s Dragon High-Current AC cable is the ultimate choice for audiophiles, home theater enthusiasts, and audio/video professionals seeking to enjoy the highest possible performance from their systems.

With AudioQuest’s Dragon delivering uncompressed current, you’ll experience cleaner, clearer, more naturally beautiful and thrilling sound.

Available with C13 and C19 connectors, Dragon is the undisputed top model of AudioQuest’s flagship Storm Series—the very best the company presently offers.

While AudioQuest always considers value, aiming to minimize unnecessary expenses for its customers while acknowledging that absolute sonic perfection may never be possible, few compromises have been made in Dragon’s development.

Dragon incorporates the two crucial AudioQuest design features that allow the Storm Series models to dramatically outperform all previous AudioQuest AC cables: ZERO-Tech for uncompressed current transfer and RF/ND-Tech, which minimizes circuit misbehavior by cancelling induced RF noise.

Of course, tried-and-true AudioQuest technologies are also present in the Storm Series. Dragon features a thoughtfully finessed combination of AudioQuest’s Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ and Perfect-Surface Silver conductors that have been carefully controlled for directionality to drain RF noise away from where it would cause the most harm. AudioQuest’s patented 72v Dielectric-Bias System further reduces radio-frequency noise.

Dragon also features AudioQuest’s best AC plugs, comprising Hanging-Silver over Red and Beryllium Coppers, for lower distortion and improved dissipation of high-frequency noise.

Clean power is the foundation to any great audio/video entertainment experience. Treat yours to the ultimate—AudioQuest Dragon.

Metal	Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
Gauge	11 AWG Line and Neutral / 12 AWG Ground
RF Drain Metal	Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
Jacket	Black on Black Nylon Braid
Terminations	Hanging-Silver over Red and Beryllium Copper
Technology	ZERO-Tech + RF/ND-Tech + 72v DBS
Maximum RMS Current	15 Amp @ 120VAC 60 Hz

• Solid conductors prevent strand-interaction, a major source of dynamic distortion in cables.
• A carefully finessed combination of our highest-quality copper, Perfect-Surface Copper+, and extreme-purity Perfect-Surface Silver, greatly minimize distortion caused by grain boundaries.
• ZERO-Tech eliminates the electrostatic field between the cable’s high and low signal conductors, enabling linear Radio Frequency (RF) Noise-Dissipation, and uncompressed transients.
• RF/ND-Tech minimizes circuit misbehavior by cancelling induced RF noise.
• 72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) saturates and polarizes insulation, allowing clear, dynamic sound against a quiet “black” background.
• Direction-controlled Solid PSS shield conductors maximizes drain RF noise from the line and neutral shields to ground via the third “ground” pin. The net result is powerful, dynamic, and immersive.
• All internal conductors are Direction-Controlled to reduce RF noise.

• 2024 TAS Editors' Choice

Amplifier-End Connector: Multi-Spade, Banana, U-Spade, or V-Spade 

Often, the choice between terminating your speaker cables with spade lugs or banana plugs will come down to personal preference. However, the EU-compliant isolated binding posts used on some power amplifiers often makes it difficult if not impossible to tighten spade lugs with high torque or pressure. In these applications, the AudioQuest banana connector is the superior choice, and may be the only choice.

AudioQuest has conducted a fairly extensive survey of contemporary amplifier manufacturers to determine whether spades or bananas will be most appropriate for a given brand and model of amplifier. Please contact us, provide the brand and model of the amplifier, and we’ll respond with the optimal connector type.

Given the girth and weight of our Mythical Creature Series speaker cables, a spade may be better capable of fully supporting the cable. This is particularly a concern with binding posts that do not allow a banana connector to fully seat into the post. The EU-compliant posts will neither accept our V-Spade nor allow our Multi-Spade to be fully seated. For these applications (or when you’re not certain), we highly recommend the U-Spade, as it can accommodate any binding post. The V-Spade is a specialty spade connector that works well with large wingnut binding posts (such as the Mundorf ), as it allows extra clearance.

 

Speaker-End Connector: Spade or Banana

Here we typically recommend the U-Spade or banana connector. However, even though there is less weight and pressure on this side of the cable (particularly for BiWire sets), it is nevertheless important to note the binding post’s design. If a banana connector cannot seat all the way into the binding post, we recommend one of our spade connectors.