Locus Design | Power Cables

Locus Design Power Cables

First, a few words about our power cables and our beliefs. While our power cables could be considered "affordable" in the grand scheme of things, we urge you not to judge them according to how much they cost. As you read through the descriptions below, you will notice that we have gone to great lengths to design a cable that can take on all comers--no matter their cost. We invite you to compare any of our cables to your current favorite, and prepare to be pleasantly surprised!

What you will give up with our cables is ultra fancy packaging , bound and laminated owners manuals (you will get a users manual, albeit a simple one), or any other peripheral "frills". We have chosen to forgo any of the "frills", usually designed by marketing to enhance "pride of ownership" and let the performance of the cables speak for themselves. Besides, who ultimately pays for all of these "frills"? We don't believe you should pay for anything but a top-performing cable.

Locus Design Keynote Power Cable

We are proud to introduce our new ultra high performance Locus Design "Keynote" power cable.

We start by utilizing the finest CF-DCT-UPOCC mono crystal conductors that are insulated in a material that has very desirable preperties, both electrically and in terms of self damping characteristics. The conductors are then precisely twisted with a material that exhibits the desired (ie., correct for our puposes) damping, electrical, and tribolectrical properties to ensure that any mechanical or electrical noise generated inside the cable arrangement is addressed. Over this twisted core assembly various materials are then wrapped, woven, and extruded to ensure that the overall cable is resistant to any outside electrical and mechanical influences.

Over the last few years, we have been developing and refining a unique and proprietary method of shielding/damping a power cable, learning many new things along the way. This cable is the embodiment of everything we have learned, coupled to the finest AC ends we have ever used, the Furutech carbon fiber 50 series. As in many of our cables before, we employ multiple materials (carbon fiber, ERS paper, braid, foil, etc.) in this unique design to damp, surround, isolate, reflect, and absorb spurious electrical and mechanical noise, however, this latest cable has a gestalt unlike anything we have produced before. Indeed, the sum is greater than the parts.

This cable is the quietest, cleanest sounding, and best power cable we have ever produced. And, due to the econmomies of scale, it is $600 less expensive than our previous flagship power cable, to boot!

Details:

Large gauge, high purity CFDCT-UPOCC mono crystal conductors
Unique multi-layered shielding technique for rejection/mitigation of internal and external RF/EMI, exclusive to Locus Design
Very low DC insulation/dielectric used on conductors, all materials carefully chosen for their electrical and triboelectric properties
Unique damping technique used to mitigate mechanical noise, both those generated internally and also from external influences
Fantastic FI-50 carbon fiber AC ends
Proprietary conditioning process including cryogenic treatment with our custom CryoFreeze™ profile of all critical parts and conditioning on our "burn in bench"
Hand assembled and tested

$1199 for up to 3FT. $60/FT thereafter. See return policy below.

Locus Design Centriole Power Cable

The New Locus Design Centriole power cable is our high performance, high value, custom power cable.

This cable employs many of the shielding and damping techiques of its larger brother above, but does not take it quite as far, using less of the most costly materials, and switching to the Oyaide P/C 004 AC and IEC ends. While not having *quite* the gestalt of its more expensive brother above, it is still a great sounding cable, and we invite you to compare it to your current favorite, no matter the cost, and prepare to be surprised.

Details:

Large gauge, high purity CFDCT-UPOCC mono crystal conductors
Unique multi-layered shielding technique for rejection/mitigation of internal and external RF/EMI, exclusive to Locus Design
Very low DC insulation/dielectric used on conductors, all materials carefully chosen for their electrical and triboelectric properties
Unique damping technique used to mitigate mechanical noise, both those generated internally and also from external influences
Fantastic Oyaide P/C 004 AC ends
Proprietary conditioning process including cryogenic treatment with our custom CryoFreeze™ profile of all critical parts and conditioning on our "burn in bench"
Hand assembled and tested

$799 for up to 3FT. $60/FT thereafter. See return policy below.

Locus Design/Whiplash Audio Power Cable

We are also currently offering the "Raven" a power cable that is a co-branded effort between ourselves and Whiplash Audio. Please visit Whiplash Audiio--The Raven to order.

*New! Return policy on cables. For the past few years we have been making all of our cables to order (bespoke) and have not offered a trial period on these cables. Frankly, demand is so high that I am kept so busy building cables that are paid for and sold, and don't have time to build cables for thse who wish to compare them or "try them out". However, in order to help those out that require a trial period and allay that last little bit of purchase anxiety, I am instituting the new policy effective 5/15/09:

Any custom Locus Design cable may be returned within 30 days for a refund, if for some odd reason it does not perform as expected in your system. A 20% restocking fee (of the the total price) will be charged and any shipping charges incurred will be the responsibilty of the buyer. In order to be eligible for return, the cable must be in 'new' condition (this condition will be evaluated by myself, ie., I will be the judge), returned within 30 days and have a valid RMA attached to the packaging.

Please contact us for further details and/or clarification.