{"product_id":"audioquest-thunderbird-ground-goody-ground-cable-1-0-meter","title":"AudioQuest Thunderbird Ground Goody Ground Cable - 1.0 Meter","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe High-Tech Cable Solution to Turntable Grounding Issues\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWhether draining a shield or preventing hum, a ground wire, like all wire, is an RF antenna. AudioQuest GroundGoodys are the only solutions that don’t add RF noise while grounding turntables, ground-boxes, subwoofers, powered speakers, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe often abused “New and Improved” accolade was never truer than with AudioQuest's totally revised GroundGoodys, and so new names were required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eLike Saturn and Jupiter GroundGoodys before them, the ThunderBird GroundGoody uses premium conductor materials, which are controlled for direction and cold-welded to Direct-Silver Plated #10 size spade lugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eWhile Saturn used Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductor metal, ThunderBird steps up to Solid 6% silver, significantly enhancing its ability to efficiently dissipate RF noise. Dragon continues with Jupiter’s best-there-is Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe most important news is that AudioQuest's strongest Noise-Dissipation technology, the patented RF\/ND-Tech that distinguishes AQ’s Level 8 Noise-Dissipation, dissipates and cancels most induced RF Noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe ThunderBird GroundGoody can be combined with nearly any analog interconnect cable to create a low-distortion phono cable. The exceptions are AQ’s ZERO-Tech interconnects – the Mythical Horses (Black Beauty, Pegasus) and Mythical Creatures (ThunderBird, FireBird, Dragon) are not compatible with phono cartridges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSolid 6% Silver Conductors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eSolid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. To approach the ultimate Noise-Dissipation performance of AudioQuest's best conductor metal – Solid 100% Perfect-Surface Silver – increasingly thick layers of silver plating are applied to our Long-Grain Copper (LGC) conductors. Placing the superior metal on the outside of the conductor produces the greatest benefit on overall performance – a superbly cost-effective way to maximize a cable design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMinimizes Circuit Misbehavior by Cancelling Induced RF Noise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThough a cable’s ground leads are integral to a component’s signal transmission, they also act as an antenna. Thus, they are subject to induced Radio-Frequency (RF) noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eRF noise is a parasitic signal that is typically coupled directly into a system’s most sensitive audio\/video circuits. AudioQuest’s RF-on-ground Noise-Dissipation (RF\/ND-Tech) greatly reduces resulting distortion and signal masking, yielding unprecedented levels of Noise-Dissipation across the widest bandwidth (range) of radio frequencies possible. The unique circuit topology uses a common-mode phase-cancelling array, providing linear noise dissipation across the entire length of the cable (US Patent # 8,988,168).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDirection-Controlled Conductors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eA fundamental aspect of AudioQuest's multifaceted Noise-Dissipation technology, Direction-Controlled Conductors ensure induced noise is dissipated and drained properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDirect-Silver Plated 3\/16\" (4.8mm) Spades\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eDirect-Silver Plating is optimized for sound. It looks dull because there is no underlying layer of shiny, distortion-causing nickel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AudioQuest","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45983446728877,"sku":"NEW-AQTHUGG-1.0","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/3708\/1773\/files\/AQTHUGG_01_2023__65305.1697744879.1280.1280_98c7c4a9-21ae-48c1-ab55-1f99a739c5a8.jpg?v=1778132300","url":"https:\/\/www.audioadvisor.com\/products\/audioquest-thunderbird-ground-goody-ground-cable-1-0-meter","provider":"Audio Advisor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}