<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The PerfectWave AC12 is the best sounding power cable in the PerfectWave line. Use it to power any product you wish to help maximize its full performance benefits."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":897,"3":{"1":0},"10":1,"11":1,"12":0}">The PerfectWave AC12 is the best sounding power cable in the PerfectWave line. Use it to power any product you wish to help maximize its full performance benefits.</span>
Getting the power from the wall receptacle to your equipment without added noise and flow restriction is crucial when building a high-performance system. Stock power cables constrict or compress the audio transient as their characteristic impedance restricts the transient current. To get the most out of your system's performance, you must rely upon specially constructed power cables that focus on peak energy delivery and superior shielding. The AC12 is our finest AC power cable providing an ultra low noise, ultra low impedance path for the AC power to connect your equipment to either a Power Plant AC Regenerator or the wall outlet in your home. Improvements to both audio and video performance are dramatic and immediate.
$999.00
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There’s no better way to know if new gear truly belongs in your system than to hear it at home — in your room, with your music.
With the PS Audio Home Experience, you can audition any new product for a full 30 days in the comfort of your home.
Let it burn in, settle into your system, and decide at your own pace.
If it’s not the perfect match, simply return it — no questions asked.
Trading up? No worries. Keep your current gear until you decide, then send back whichever you’re not keeping.
Experience music the way it was meant to be heard — right where you live.
Save up to $239 on your AC12
Your old gear is worth more than you think. We'll give you full original retail value for your trade-in equipment, applied directly to this purchase—up to $239 maximum trade credit. Try it risk-free for 30 days—love it or return it.
On the product page, simply press the Trade Up and Save button on selected products and complete the Trade Up information as requested on the Trade Up form. PS Audio offers full, original retail manufacturer price value back as an immediate credit towards your new purchase.
Adjusted Retail Price:
Upon check-out, we will only charge you the Adjusted Retail Price.
The PS Audio Sales Team will review all Trade Up claims within 48-hours. We will authenticate the original retail manufacturer price value of your Trade Up, and we will call or email you if we see any discrepancies. Once you receive an order confirmation from us via email, your Trade Up proposal has been accepted.
We will also email you an RMA with an RMA Number, which you can write on the box or shipping label, which you can use to return your unit. You will have 30-Days to return the Trade Up.
What we accept in trade:
We will accept nearly any HiFi make and model. We ask for component-level product in trade. What's component-level mean? Component-level refers to any high-quality stereo product such as a preamplifier, power amplifier, DAC, phono stage, loudspeaker pair, turntable, headphones, or CD transport. We require that all Trade Up gear is functioning. Additionally, all Trade Up gear must have respectable cosmetic condition.
What we do not accept in trade:
We do not accept broken or non-functioning product. We do not accept most accessories, phono cartridges, power cables, or interconnects. Exceptions can be made based on the value of the accessory or cable. Go ahead and enter your Trade Up for quote, and the PS Audio Sales Team will review your proposal. We work hard to accept every trade we can.
Can I Trade Up multiple items?
Heck yeah! You can trade multiple items for value back up to but not exceeding the credit-cap. Just click "Add Another…" at the bottom of the Trade Up form.
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Trade In Your Equipment
We'll purchase your trade-up equipment and apply that credit towards your PS Audio product. Add up to 5 items from any manufacturer.
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Original: $799
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Design
Application
Overview
PS Audio's PerfectWave AC-12 power cable is our finest. It represents the pinnacle of PS Audio power cable construction, geometry, and materials. A massive 8-gauge cable featuring PCOCC, single-crystal copper, the purest form of the metal in the world, for optimal performance. The AC-12 has 4 shields, multiple gauge geometry, and gold plated custom machined connectors. The AC-12 is the finest, most advanced power cable we have ever delivered to our customers. Its low-noise, high-speed design stems from five patents and years of listening tests. You'll instantly hear a new level of refined beauty, tonal correctness, the sense of unlimited power, breathtaking openness, quick transients, greater slam, and a wider and deeper soundstage.
Reducing Noise
The design philosophy of the PerfectWave AC Series is based on two goals: Reduce noise without magnetic restriction and channel the fundamentals through the conductor's core. Both goals are achieved by leveraging the technology found in five patents that use cable geometry as well as conductor shapes and sizes to achieve remarkable results. AC noise, generated by every electrical appliance in your home, audibly degrades your system's performance. The AC Series takes advantage of a patent involving the increased surface area of the conductor, in close proximity to a specific dielectric, to maximize capacitance and lower noise.
Construction
All conductors in the PerfectWave AC Series are spool tested at the factory for directionality and wound into the power cables in the same direction. This attention to detail provides a remarkable coherence and special accuracy to the sound of connected equipment. Connectors are equally important. PerfectWave AC Series connectors are built out of a solid block of high copper content brass, and then polished to remove any surface irregularities. Attaching the conductors to the connectors employs two forms of welding to fuse the conductor to the machined prong, creating a perfect bond.
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