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AudioQuest · Mythical Creatures
From $1,875
On demonstration in our Portland showroom
AudioQuest · Mythical Creatures
The entry to AudioQuest's ZERO-Tech balanced interconnects: solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ in FEP Air-Tubes, Level 6 noise dissipation and a dual 72 V DBS pack.
Price shown is for the shortest length, 0.5 m, sold as a stereo pair. Single cables and lengths to 6 m are in the menu.
Authorized Audioquest dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
ThunderBird is where AudioQuest's Mythical Creatures range begins, and the XLR version is a three-cable construction: separate runs for hot, cold and ground inside one jacket. The conductors are solid Perfect-Surface Copper+, AudioQuest's highest grade of copper, direction-controlled and insulated in FEP Air-Tubes so the positive conductors barely touch their dielectric. ZERO-Tech removes the cable's characteristic impedance by eliminating the electrostatic field between the signal conductors.
Noise is handled at Level 6, AudioQuest's second-highest tier: a carbon and graphene resistive mesh network, direction-controlled conductors and 6% silver-plated drain wires terminating in grounded copper-plated barrels. The plugs are hanging-silver over extreme-purity Red Copper. Because the XLR build has two signal conductors to bias, it ships with a dual 72 V Dielectric-Bias System pack.
ThunderBird is a balanced-system cable for line-level sources: a DAC or streamer into a preamplifier, or preamplifier to power amplifier. AudioQuest states that its ZERO-Tech interconnects are not suitable for use from a turntable. Lengths from 0.5 m to 6 m are standard, with custom lengths through Pearl Audio.
| Type | Balanced analog interconnect, three-cable construction |
| Conductors | Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+), direction-controlled |
| Insulation | FEP Air-Tube |
| Technology | ZERO-Tech (no characteristic impedance); dual 72 V DBS |
| Noise dissipation | Level 6: carbon and graphene mesh network, 6% silver-plated drains, copper-plated RF-draining barrels |
| Plugs | Hanging-silver over Red Copper XLR, female to male |
| Lengths | 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 and 6 m; custom lengths to order |
| Turntable use | Not suitable (ZERO-Tech) |
| Sold as | Stereo pair or single cable |
| Made in | Made to order at AudioQuest in Irvine, California |
AudioQuest's Mythical Creatures interconnects, cheapest to dearest at 0.5 m per pair. None of them is suitable for use from a turntable.
Plan your AudioQuest system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized AudioQuest dealer. Tell us the components at each end and the run you need and we will specify length and terminations, including custom lengths, and arrange an audition in our Portland showroom. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
Hear the ThunderBird XLR > XLR by appointment in one of our two purpose-designed demonstration rooms, with your own music and time to compare without pressure.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
