HAC

discontinued in 2004

HAC -"Hi A/C" is designed to allow any power hungry component to effortlessly draw current from your supply. The HAC consists of nine individually Teflon® insulated shielded conductors. HAC cord can handle the demands of both low and high wattage equipment. This cord has been tested with 1000W monoblocks and worked with extremely low resistance and no stress. Source components also benefit from the quality, shielding, and effortless power draw provided by the HAC.

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HAC features summary:

Three runs of Teflon® insulated silver plated oxygen-free copper wire for each: "phase", "return" and "ground" (i.e. nine runs altogether); Three separate silver plated "source-terminated" shields: an individual shield for "phase", "return" and "ground"; Double Teflon® insulation (rated at 1500V continuous) - internal, between the central conductors and the shield, and outer - show-white, plus black mesh outer jacket; Arrow Hart 6266 HG hospital-grade (green dot) AC plug, rated 15A/125V; American-made IEC plug with built-in strain relief, rated 15A/125V.

SOUND

The HAC cord has been compared to AC cords from Cardas, Kimber, Sinergistic Research, Audioquest, Classe, Marigo, and others - in several different audiophile systems. None of the mentioned cords sounded as good as the HAC. The HAC - like all STEALTH AC cords - is conceptually different from the majority of audiophile cords of the market. AC power cords' "sound" mostly depends not on the AC carrying wires, but on the ground wire, which NEEDS to be shielded since it's included into the sound SIGNAL PATH (ground path, to be more precise) - that's largely why different AC power cords sound different from each other! AC is filtered in the power supplies, but the ground goes in and out just the way it is. Therefore, in general, the better your house ground wiring is, the more obvious are the HAC sonic advantages. But all the technical justifications and positive reviews do not matter as much as the improvement this cord will make on YOUR system.

REAL LIFE OPINIONS

Please check the latest reviews and customers' feedback on the HAC AC power cables.

Here are some quotes:

"... I have the STEALTH HAC cables plugged in my speakers and DAC and they definitely improved the sound quality"

"...STEALTH HAC A/C cable made a very noticeable improvement in my system, more air around instruments and voices, better midrange and bass."

"... I recently installed an HAC cord in my VSP Labs Power Amp. Wow, what a difference!"

PRICING

Suggested retail price for a 1.2 meter long HAC is $425.00 Please add $175 for each additional meter.