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Nordost Brahma Reference Power Cable (1/4/2005)

The Brahma(tm) power cable is the fourth power cable, from Nordost, was officially launched and demonstrated at this year's CES show in Las Vegas, while the First Public showing was at this years Bristol Show.

The Brahma(tm) power cable is priced between the Vishnu and Valhalla power cables, at a competitive £899.95 for a 2 metre length.

Brahma completes the line up of the Nordost power cord range. The new design increases the power transmission, whilst lowering the noise floor without restriction or filtering. This is achieved by employing Nordost's proprietary Micro Mono-filament(tm) FEP technology, unlocking the powerful dynamics frequently lost in reproduction equipment when using conventional A/C power cables.

The Micro Mono-Filament technology used in the Brahma(tm) power cable is a similar application of the technology to that which Nordost employ in their flagship Valhalla and Valkyrja loudspeaker cables and interconnects.

The Nordost patent pending design offers major advantages over conventional power cable constructions, with improved signal speed, better power transfer and increased thermal efficiency. Strand interaction, hot spots and carbonisation are eliminated, thereby minimising mechanical vibrations. The result is superb sound and stunning picture quality.

The Brahma(tm) power cable is terminated with the Wattgate(tm) 320 (or 320HC) IEC A/C connector. The contacts are high quality Oxygen Free Copper for improved and lasting conductivity. This also eliminates contact stress, heat cycling and vibration which can, in other cables, loosen the contact points. The cable is terminated at the other end with a high quality MK 13 amp mains plug.

The Brahma(tm) power cable has a cost of £899.95 for a two metre terminated length. Additional one metre increments are available at a cost of £160.00.

The Micro Mono-Filament(tm) FEP technology used in the construction of this cable is also used in the manufacture of Nordost's flagship audio cables, 'Valhalla' and 'Valkyrja'. The functional parameters of the cable have changed, therefore the conductor size has been increased to a 16 AWG, solid core, to handle the scale of the A/C power delivery.

The Nordost patent pending design offers major advantages over conventional power cable construction, with improved signal speed, better power transfer and increased thermal efficiency.

The Brahma(tm) power cable is constructed employing five mono-filament conductors, each being 16 AWG, solid core, silver plated, 8N OFC.

The conductors are ultrasonically cleaned and highly polished before, and after, they are extruded with 60 microns of silver. Each conductor is polarity coded by a coloured mono-filament; red for live, black for negative and green for the (ground) earth. The single coloured mono-filament(tm) of FEP is extruded onto the mono conductor, and then helically wound to form a spiral bridge support for the extruded FEP air tube insulation. The precision of the mono-filament reduces insulation contact with the conductor by more than 80%. Extruded FEP insulation is superior to all other materials in that it has very low signal loss and a high thermal efficiency, which means that it dissipates heat very quickly. This allows greater power to be transferred more efficiently. The Brahma(tm) cable has a propagation speed of over 85% the speed of light, compared to conventional power cables which average below 50% the speed of light. The Brahma(tm) reference power cable offers a vast improvement in many facets of both the musical and visual performance.

The five polarity coded cores are wound in a spiral configuration, to maintain impedance, capacitance and other electrical specifications to very tight tolerances. The cable is finally extruded with a translucent blue THV external sleeve.

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