Mr. Yutaka Suzuki – June ’18
Read Full Review
John McDonald Interview
Audience Introduces Its Hidden Treasure High-Performance In-Wall AC Power Cable
NEWS RELEASE
Media Contact:
Frank Doris / Public Relations
631-645-5668
frankdoris@frankdoris.com
Audience 800-565-4390 (US and Canada)
info@audience-av.com
Audience Introduces Its Hidden Treasure High-Performance In-Wall AC Power Cable
San Marcos, CA, June 26, 2018 – Audience today announced the introduction of its Hidden Treasure in-wall power cable, designed to provide the highest level of AC power delivery in custom-installation audio, home theater, multiroom, architectural and other in-wall applications.
Audienceís Hidden Treasure connects from a homeís circuit breaker box to the userís audio or home theater system. It is UL CL2-approved for use in 120-volt and 220-volt AC in-wall applications. Hidden Treasure is engineered for maximum signal conductivity, durability and shielding from electrical interference.
“Our new Hidden Treasure power cable is an all-out effort to provide a truly high-performance AC power wire for in-wall systems,” said John McDonald, president of Audience. “It’s the result of extensive testing and evaluation and what weíve learned from our teamís more than 20 years of combined experience in designing our world-renowned AC powerChords.”
Hidden Treasure features three 10 AWG stranded 99.9999 percent pure oxygen-free copper (OFC) conductors. The wire is cryogenically treated to relieve stresses that can be imparted to the wire during manufacturing and to re-align the microstructure in the copper for improved conductivity. The conductors are foil-shielded to provide rejection from external electrical noise. The dielectric (insulation) is made from XLPE cross-linked polyethylene insulation with a PVC sleeve for unmatched durability.
Hidden Treasure is flexible and easy to install and has a diameter of approximately 0.75 inches (18 mm).
McDonald concluded, “We are extremely happy with what weíve achieved and with the benefits that Hidden Treasure can provide to an in-wall audio or A/V system.”
Audience Hidden Treasure AC power cable is currently available at a suggested retail price of $22 per foot.
Click here for high-resolution image of Audience Hidden Treasure power cable.
# # #
About Audience
Audience was formed in November 1997 by John McDonald and the late Richard Smith, as a design and production company focused on building the best possible audio and video equipment. To pass the Audience test, each product must truly make a significant contribution to the reproduction of audio and/or video. Audience offers loudspeakers, electronics, cables, power conditioners, high-resolution capacitors and the Auric Illuminator optical disk resolution enhancement.
Audience’s commitment is to develop the very best products possible, and the company is committed to unexcelled customer service and product support. All Audience cables have an unconditional lifetime warranty and power conditioners have a ten-year warranty. For more information visit www.audience-av.com.
forte f3 powerChord Review by Red Leaf
“…Audience has hit a home run with the Forte F3 PowerChord.”
David Jensen, April ’18
Read Full Review
Audience Au24 SX powerChord Receives TAS 2018 Editors’ Choice Award
Audience Au24 SX powerChord
The fully revamped SX brings to the table new Furutech Nano Crystal Fiber connectors, improved, cryogenically-treated metallurgy and refurbished insulation making for across-the-blard sonic improvements. Among them, a lower noise floor, a fully dimensional soundstage and sparkling imaging. Offered in two versions: medium-power for DACs, preamps, and phonostages, and lower-powered integrated amplifiers; and high-power for power amplifiers. NG, forthcoming.
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products
Audience aR12-TSSOX Receives TAS 2018 Editors’ Choice Award
Audience adeptResponse aR12-TSSOX
To Greg Weaver’s ear, Audience’s new aR12-TSSOX power conditioner represents a substantial improvement over its predecessors, so much so that it would be fair to say that it borders on an order of magnitude advance. This is a world-class device, deserving your full attention. Give one a listen– perhaps the 6- or 12-socket variety –but be prepared to buy it. If you are anything like GW, there is no chance it will come out of your system once it is in place! GW, (268)
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products
Power Conditioners Receive 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 TAS Editors’ Choice Awards
Used with a CD player, the aR2p-Audience’s compact, dual-outlet power conditioner and isolation device-enhanced soundstaging dimensionality, and depth. The 12-outlet aR12 was also found to be extremely effective, capable of delivering significant improvements in bass definition and depth, overall resolution, and soundstage depth.
162, 179, 186, 235
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products
Audience Wins The ONE 2018, 2017, and 2015 Editors’ Choice Award from The Absolute Sound!
Audience The ONE
The ONE, as you might infer from its name, is a single full-range driver shoehorned into a small box. The driver itself is the same unit, the A3S, that Audience uses in its flagship $72,000 16+16 speaker. According to Audience, the A3S has exceptionally flat response, claimed to be +/-3db from 40Hz to 22kHz. Be that as it may, properly set up The ONE is the best desktop speaker reviewer Steven Stone has heard (after the Audience 1+1). SS, 236
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products
The Absolute Sound 2018, 2017, 2016 Editors’ Choice Awards Go to Audience ClairAudient 1+1 V2+
“Don’t let the 1+1 V2+’s nearly identical appearance to the 1+1 fool you; this newly upgraded version is a huge leap over its already superlative predecessor.”
Robert Harley – February ’16
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products
TAS Editors’ Choice Award for PowerChord SE 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Audience powerChord SE
The Audience powerChords offer bass clarity, weight, and pitch resolution that place them at or near the top of the affordable-power-cord pack. Except for a slight treble congestion and somewhat laid-back overall presentation, there is little deviation from tonal neutrality.
NG, 208
All 2018 Editors’ Choice Award Products