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Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 2)

AudioFacts frequently tests new products. Because for us this remains one of the most beautiful parts of our beloved profession. Our drive for perfection keeps us sharp because we're always looking for new products for our customers. During all our testing over the past nearly 20 years we rarely discover a product which surpasses all our expectations.

Thanks to Tru-Fi we can understand all the properties and talents of Audioquest cables optimally so we can use them all. It makes the impact of a power cable so much greater. The way we use a powercable, it becomes just as important as a component.

The Hurricane immediately shows that it lives up to its name. From the first moment on you realize that you are listening to something really special. This cable overwhelms you with its utmost precision and speed. The music you know well directly sounds 2 levels higher from the beginning.

Constantly there is that surprise during listening and the big smile on your face.

In timing and speed the Hurricane made a huge step compared to the Audioquest NRG-1000 and also other more expensive power cables. Each attack is so much faster (and shorter). All your music is being played with significantly more grip and AUTHORITY. We never encountered this degree in ease and additional control (due to a powercable) in this price range before.

You can even observe more diversity (layering) in sound. Diversity in sound is the most determining factor that influences the human emotion. Voices turn out to have more layers than we thought. Instruments gain a more natural and realistic sound. And voices become silky and more fluid than ever before.

The degree of 3-dimensionality of the sound image becomes larger. Since 2009 AudioFacts creates and sells only a 3-dimensional sound stage. Because humans also experience and perceive sound in a 3D spectrum. Thanks to the increase in resolution the stage becomes deeper and wider. Making voices and instruments more apparent and free from each other. So you can even walk through the recording during listening.

Voices and instruments are even more compact and therefore more intimate. The physical tangibility of both voices as instruments are even more authentic. In reality both voices as instruments are played very directly and displayed in small proportion.

Thanks to a lower noise floor the Hurricane creates an even better black level. This is the space between the voices and instruments of a recording. When the sound becomes more tangible and more voices and instruments get a stature (shape), we speak of a higher black level.

What also impressed us with the Hurricane is the huge increase in resolution (details) which can now be perceived. The space in which the recording is made is now very easily observable. Also the articulation of voices becomes more clearly audible. Even the decay around voices and instruments becomes clearly observable.

Regarding to the frequency range you immediately hear that the response of both the Monitor Audio Pl-500 as the Platinum subwoofer goes even deeper than before. You feel the increase in power and energy of the low frequencies. When the low frequency range of an audio system increases, often the degree of emotion becomes larger. In addition you can even hear an increase of information and layers in the middle and high frequencies.

Thanks to our research and developedment of Statement Audio Pro-measurement, differences in height of voices and instruments become more clear to observe. This allows you to better perceive the harmony of voices and instruments together. It makes the music more emotional and intense. The Hurricane creates an even higher degree in diversity of the height of voices and instruments.

It is more than clear that Audioquest have made a big step with the Hurricane power cable. At the price of 1599 euro (for 1 meter) we have never auditioned a power cable of this unique and high quality.

The impact and influence of the Hurricane in an audio system is rather big and decisive. And it makes clear more than ever that power cables should be an essential component in any audio system. The price of 1599 euro (for 1 meter) is more than justified by the large step in quality gained.
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folkfreak
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@jay23 no, while I use Galileo LE for my CD player and pre amp I’ve always leaned to AQ for power amps. I will say that the Galileo LE was only a slight improvement over WEL on my pre amp so I suspect the Dragon would be very nice (based on how much better than the WEL it is), however as that’s an 8’ run I’m not in the market to change it.

Overall I tend not to engage in shoot outs or head to head comparisons tending more to pick a line and stick with it until my needs change or there’s an upgrade in the line. This holds for all my components as well as accessories. My belief is that it is more important to learn how to optimize the system synergy hence I avoid changes that could throw things out of kilter 

jay23
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@geoffkait 
I meant physically in the same room. 😜

@folkfreak 
Thank you for the response!
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geoffkait
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jay23
@geoffkait
I meant physically in the same room. 😜

Yes, I know. That could get rough, too. 😬

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bo1972 OP
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Even the Tornado outperforms the Wel Signature powercables. This is how big the step is Audioquest made with their new powercables. Their conditioners we do not sell. Based on the fact that they are not good enough in our world.
jafant
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TY - bo1972


Happy Listening!

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minimus
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@richardhk. Apologies for taking months to reply! I do not have notifications on and did not realize you had asked me a question. 

I have been in the AV industry for years and have contacts in this industry. One of my friends and colleagues works directly for AQ so I learned this information first hand. AQ has developed proprietary geometries for the positive, negative and ground cables in their new power cords. They do not disclose what the varying geometries are but they have learned that particular designs work better for different poles. This is part of the magic that apparently helps these cables to sound so good! This is ground breaking if you ask me and I am excited to try one in my system. I will hopefully be acquiring my first one in a couple of months and will
of course report back my personal findings!
adi74
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   Hello. I watched talks about Audioquest power cables; I understand that between Dragon and Hurrican would be a difference, but that difference was not very detailed ...! I'm not referring to the price difference. I would like to buy an Audioquest power cable for my Hegel H 300 amplifier and would like to know which of the two cables offers deeper sound and stronger bass sound?    
   Has the Dragon Power Cable (which is a combination of copper and silver) a bass and lower frequent sound better than Hurricane that is only copper?  Has anyone tested the two cables and can give a correct answer because I'm interested in this feature?
   Thank you
jafant
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minimus

recently, I have spent time with these incredible PC from AQ. I wanted to inquire about sourcing since you are in the know. Are any of the Storm Series made in china? Feel free to send a PM if you do not want to post the information here. Thank You.
jafant
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adi74
the Hurricane and Tornado are outstanding to my ears.  Happy Listening!
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