Our Primus power cords are uniquely designed and build to convey the true natural beauty of the original recording with see-through transparency and life-like, holographic imaging.
With the Primus Power Cord we start with a true Hyperlitz design using silver-plated copper conductors each with its own Teflon coating. The individual conductors are not in contact throughout the length of the power cord except, of course, at the connection point to the male and female plugs. This type of Hyperlitz design tremendously reduces inter-conductor EMI and RFI noise and is responsible, to a large extent, for the three dimensional and “life-like” holographic imaging. This design is also responsible to a great extent for the pinpoint image accuracy of the Primus PC.
Each individual lead of the power cord is made of 12 silver-plated copper conductors, each of which has its OWN Teflon coating. Four of the conductors are 16 AWG, four are 18 AWG, and the last four are 22 AWG. The total AWG of each lead (there are 2 leads in each power cord, of course) is slightly thicker than an 8 AWG conductor. That degree of thickness is UNHEARD of in the industry. This means that the Primus is capable of supplying “endless power” to any component you have at your disposal. From the 5 watt SET tube amp to the 1000 watt Solid State monoblock. This does not mean that the Primus has to be used for amplifiers only. It’s perfectly suited for your pre-amplifier and source components as well.
Prior to assembly each individual conductor (remember that there are 12 conductors of different sizes in each lead) is immersed in a liquid Nitrogen tank for 96 hours. The liquid Nitrogen treatment is time consuming and COSTLY; however, it’s well worth the effort. The transparency and pin-point imaging of the Primus PC is significantly improved by this liquid Nitrogen treatment. We feel that the natural presence and the organic nature of the music is preserved and enhanced by our liquid Nitrogen treatment. Our ground lead is a 10 AWG copper multi-stranded conductor and the entire length of the Primus PC is 100% shielded with aluminum to further reduce EMI and RFI from the outside world. Finally the cord is covered by a blue colored and relatively soft and pliable polypropylene based jacked. The female plug is from Marinco. I should mention that the female plug is thoroughly cleaned with CAIG Labs Pro Gold GXL metal conditioner and deoxidizer. In addition, the metal contact points inside the female IEC plug are manually adjusted to provide you with a tighter grip once the PC is plugged into your component. You will feel this the very first time you plug-in the PC. Watch for it. This process is laborious but well worth the effort. No one in the industry that I know of actually goes this far to improve a PC’s performance! For the male connector we have chosen the Leviton Hospital Grade connector. We choose this connector because it’s sturdier than the Marinco and due to the large gauge size of our leads, this connector does not strip, even when extremely tightly connected. The Marinco simply can not handle a lead thicker than 10 AWG. Why? It strips quite frequently during the connection. In terms of quality the Leviton is a better choice in this application.
The Primus power cords are an open window to the original musical event! You are left with music of life-like dimensions, presence, weight, and palpability. At KAS Audio, we feel that our designs make inherent sense and our interconnect, power cords and speaker cables represent the current STATE of the ART in cable design and as such, have no equal. Thank you and keep listening.
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