Audiomica - NESS Excellence M1
HI-END power cord
Audiomica cables are known for well insulated and shielded conductors. NESS Excellence is made of 6N monocrystalline copper using a slow wire drawing technique in the OCC process. The wires are insulated with Teflon FEP insulation, which has a dense copper braid that protects the cable against electromagnetic interference.
The Excellence series is equipped with anti-static Acoustic Points connectors to provide protection against static electricity changes. The cable is made of 5 wires, each of which has 85 copper microconductors terminated with an AML-RC10-Rh plug in the EU / US / IEC version.
The thing with power cords is that you can't always hear their noticeable effect on the sound. The undeniable proof of the conducted research based on blind tests is the fact that in order to hear the difference of what a power cord can bring, we must have a sufficiently good system. Connecting a good power cord to a bad stereo system, let alone a home theater system, will not always show what is beeping in a given wire. It is true that the most important determinant of sound perception is our hearing, in order to get the best sound results, let's take care of well-recorded (high-resolution) music material that will show larger or smaller (sometimes subtle, but very important) changes.
NESS Excellence is a power cord designed for demanding systems that need a clean dose of a good uninterrupted power source. Plugging the NESS into a system to power a good digital CD / SACD / DAC player or the increasingly popular streamer will bring much more noticeable changes than using it with a mid-range integrated amplifier or even a power amplifier. NESS, like most good power cables, will spread its wings with the most sensitive audio component.
Sound
Providing energy for the DAC Denafrips-Ares II connected with the NESS, which was sensitive in the system, brought many positive changes. NESS Excellence introduced purity with a large dose of air that brought fresh energy to the music. The sound got a bigger kick and detached from the speakers faster. The music received more differentiated colors, which showed the influence of the cable on the sound faster and more tangibly. The drum snare briskly underlined the rhythm with multi-colored spring decays, and the kick received a boost of dynamic power with good timing. The tin plates shone more clearly on the stage with the instruments well separated from each other. The vocal texture introduced by NESS showed the magical "THAT SOMETHING" in the artist's voice. The cable showed a number of harmonic component tones more clearly with better separation of instruments, introducing more order on the stage. The changes introduced by NESS were so noticeable that one might think that the vocalist changed the microphone, and the whole band hooked up to larger loudspeakers with a wider frequency response. The Excellence series of the Audiomica power cord introduced into the tested system a greater transparency of the second and third planes with more clearly outlined instruments.
Test system:
Pre-amp: Naim - NAC 282
power amp: Naim - NAP 250 DR
PSU: Naim - HI-CAP DR
PSU: Naim - PSC-2
DAC: Denafrips - Ares II
Speakers: KEF LS 50 (without Meta)
Speaker Cables: Audiomica - Miamen Consequence M3
Stands: Dynami Duo Gloss White Stand with lead filling Atacama Atabiter SMD
Marble slabs for stands: thickness 1.5 cm
Interconnect DAC & Pre-amp: Audiomica - Pearl Consequence
Interconnect Pre-amp & Power-amp: Naim DIN cables
Power cord Power-amp: Audiomica - Allbit Consequence
Power cord DAC: Audiomica - NESS Excellence M1
Power cord PSU - PSC-2: Russ Andrews McRu - Asylum
Power cord PSU Hi-Cap DR: WireWorld - Stratus 7
Power protection: APC P1-UK Essential SurgeArrest 1
Power Conditioner: Tacoma IFI-23 Mains Conditioner
USB HUB: Startech ST-7200 USBM 2.0
USB DAC cable: HP Monster - High Speed USB-700
PSU USB HUB: Harman Kardon 18V / 3.33A
DIY Diffusers : front
DIY absorber: back
Technical specification
Series: Excellence
Wires: 5
Conductor material: copper 6N, OCC
Screen: copper braid 90% coverage
Wire diameter / section: 5x 2.30mm / 5x 4.17mm2
Cable diameter: 14mm
Antistatic connector: Acoustics Points
Filter: (option) Double TFCT
Connectors: AC/IEC (AML-RC10-Rh)
Color: black / white, (option - red / white)
Elaborated by: Łabędź Przemysław