Analysis Plus - Pro Power Oval MK II - Power Cable

Analysis Plus - Pro Power Oval MK II - Power Cable  

Analysis Plus's new Pro Power Oval MK II uses better than hospital grade plugs that have Perma-Lock Terminals, large, high spring-rate contacts, glass filled high temperature nylon front housing, polycarbonate rear housing and stainless hardware mated to a true balance cable for lower common mode noise. The 12 AWG gauge cable design has hot and cold leads that are symmetrical with a full shield around the hot and cold conductors to eliminate EMI/EMC.  The cable also has the lowest inductance on the market for the lowest noise voltage of any pro power cord.

When people design power cords they use massive cable to reduce the noise voltage on the cable. The noise voltage that occurs on the cable is related to L (inductance) and di/dt (the rate of change in the current). You can reduce L by using larger gauge wire but you don’t get much bang for your buck because it is a log function. What this means is that as you keep increasing the gauge of the wire you do not get much improvement for your effort. This is why you see people using very heavy and stiff wires in power cords.

What Analysis Plus has done, is use computer simulation to optimize the design of a power distribution system. What they discovered is our proprietary hollow oval design provides a low L cable without having to use stiff and bulky cables. Their cables have a super low noise voltage to reduce the background noise to a minimum. This is extremely important during quiet passages, if you want to hear subtle details (this is very important for classical music fans and for other lovers of live music).

The other thing people don’t realize about low frequency noise is that the thin aluminum shield found on many power cords does nothing to reduce this problem. The best way to reduce low frequency noise on cables is to reduce loop area. From Analysis Plus's computer simulation and measurements they found their proprietary hollow oval cables do a great job at this. These cables have the lowest noise voltage they have seen with their hollow oval design.

For higher frequencies Analysis Plus's silver-plated copper braided shield does a great job. They  used an open braid design that works much like the window on your microwave oven. You can see through the window but the radiation stays where it belongs.

Terminated with WattGate connectors, this power cable is engineered to deliver your audio/video components the clean power they deserve.