Audioquest Storm Hurricane Source C13 power cable

The AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source power cable is optimized for analog and digital components requiring constant current delivery, such as phono preamplifiers, DACs, network streamers, CD players and similar source components.

AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source – Design & Conductors

This power cable features solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) conductors, ensuring extremely low distortion and excellent signal integrity.
The ground conductor is made of Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS), AudioQuest’s highest-grade conductor material, providing superior noise dissipation.

While many power cables focus solely on low resistance to support high current demands, characteristic impedance is equally critical to achieve optimal performance.
Unlike conventional cables that compress or smear current transients, AudioQuest power cables combine low DC resistance with ZERO characteristic impedance, allowing instantaneous, uncompressed current delivery.

The Storm Hurricane Source is fitted with high-end Storm Series connectors, made from silver-plated copper layered over red copper and beryllium. These premium connectors ensure ultra-low distortion and highly effective dissipation of high-frequency noise.

AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source – Shielding & Noise Dissipation

The cable incorporates AudioQuest’s proprietary 72V Dielectric-Bias System (DBS).
A dedicated DBS module continuously polarizes the insulation, creating a stable electrostatic field that minimizes dielectric noise and prevents RF interference from entering sensitive audio electronics.

The DBS batteries have an estimated lifespan of approximately 10 years, and an integrated test button allows easy battery status verification.

The Storm Hurricane Source also benefits from AudioQuest’s RF/ND (Radio Frequency Noise Dissipation) Technology.
While ground wires protect against electrical faults, they can also act as antennas for RF interference. This unwanted noise can be directly coupled into sensitive audio and video circuits.

AudioQuest’s RF/ND technology significantly reduces this distortion across a wide bandwidth of radio frequencies. Its patented circuit topology uses a common-mode phase-cancellation network combined with proprietary dielectric materials, ensuring linear noise filtering and dramatically lower noise levels.

AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source – Listening Impressions

From the very first listening moments, the soundstage expands noticeably, offering an unusually open and three-dimensional presentation.

Instrument placement becomes more precise, with a striking separation of sound layers. Voices and instruments feel more tangible and physically present.

The AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source delivers beautifully natural tonal balance, adding a subtle analog warmth without ever altering the character of the instruments. Harmonic richness and micro-dynamic nuance are outstanding, making the music feel more organic and fluid while maintaining exceptional transparency and resolution.

Bass performance is powerful, articulate and dynamically expressive, supported by an exceptionally low noise floor. The result is outstanding signal-to-noise ratio, impressive dynamic contrast and perfect intelligibility, even at high listening levels.

The AudioQuest Storm Hurricane Source stands as a reference power cable in its price category, capable of elevating high-end source components to their full musical potential.

Highly recommended.