THETA XC
OMEGA-X QR - OMEGA-X XC - SIGMA-X QR - SIGMA-X NR - SIGMA-X XC - ALPHA-X NR - ALPHA-X XC - THETA NR - THETA XC - GAMMA NR - GAMMA XC
THETA XC
Theta XC 1.75m C15 (THT/XC-UK/C15): £1100
Theta XC 1.75m C19 (THT/XC-UK/C19): £1100
Extra Length (THT-LEN): £45/0.25m
Shunyata Research Theta XC: Power Delivery for High-Current Components
The Shunyata Research Theta XC power cable is purpose-built to meet the unique demands of high-current components, such as amplifiers, power conditioners, and subwoofers. As part of Shunyata’s prestigious Theta Series, the Theta XC combines advanced materials, proprietary technologies, and meticulous engineering to optimise dynamic performance and ensure unrestricted power delivery. Positioned as a high-value upgrade, the Theta XC delivers remarkable improvements in soundstage, detail, and dynamics for demanding systems.
Key Features and Innovations
VTX™ and VTX-Ag™ Conductors: Utilises hollow-core and silver-core conductors encased in ultra-pure OFE copper, delivering a balanced combination of warmth, precision, and clarity.
High-Current Design: Specifically engineered for components requiring robust power delivery, ensuring instantaneous current flow without restriction or noise-induced compression.
KPIP v2™ Conditioning Process: Shunyata’s proprietary four-day refinement process enhances the cable’s dynamic range, transient response, and coherence at a molecular level.
Precision Build Quality: Features custom-designed connectors, fluorocarbon dielectrics, and slow-extruded materials to guarantee performance consistency and reliability.
Two distinct models to choose from:
The Shunyata Theta NR delivers clean, noise-reduced power to upstream components like power conditioners and generators. Using NR (Noise Reduction) Technology with multi-stage filters, it minimises power-line and component noise, enhancing clarity, dynamics, and soundstage. By eliminating noise, it boosts the performance of connected devices, ensuring optimal system-wide audio quality.
THETA XC
The Shunyata Theta XC power cable is designed for high-current components, delivering continuous, unrestricted power without noise reduction. Featuring XC (eXtra Current) Technology, it ensures amplifiers and demanding equipment receive the energy needed for optimal performance, enhancing timing, dynamics, and control. Ideal for downstream use, it pairs perfectly with the Theta NR for upstream conditioning to maximise system performance.
Performance Highlights
The Theta XC excels in high-current applications, enabling amplifiers and power conditioners to perform with greater authority, precision, and clarity. By ensuring unrestricted power flow, it eliminates the bottlenecks that often limit dynamic performance, delivering explosive transients and enhanced tonal richness.
Its ability to reduce power-line interference and maintain a noise-free background creates a platform for audio systems to express music with lifelike immediacy and dimensionality. The Theta XC’s performance enhances every facet of the listening experience, from deep, resonant bass to intricate micro-dynamic details.
The Theta Series Legacy
As part of Shunyata’s Theta Series, the Theta XC reflects the company’s dedication to innovation and precision. The series leverages proprietary technologies and meticulous craftsmanship to redefine performance standards in its class.
PMZ (Precision Matched Impedance) Process: Ensures exact conductor surface tolerances and shield placement, optimising signal integrity.
Continuous-Cast Ohno Copper Conductors: Provides a single-crystal structure for ultra-pure signal transmission.
Custom Connectors and Cold-Soldered Terminals: Guarantee reliable, low-resistance connections for consistent, high-performance power delivery.
The Theta XC Sound
The Theta XC seamlessly integrates into high-current systems, unlocking their full potential by removing noise-induced limitations and delivering power with unparalleled precision. Its larger-gauge VTX™ conductors provide added weight, dimensionality, and an expansive soundstage, transforming playback into an immersive experience.
With its ability to handle complex dynamic shifts and create a quiet, distortion-free background, the Theta XC enables your system to perform at its absolute best, making it an essential upgrade for audiophiles seeking uncompromised power delivery.
For high-current applications where precision, power, and clarity are paramount, the Theta XC sets a new benchmark in performance.
THETA XC SPECIFICATIONS
Conductors:
10 gauge OFE & Silver
CONSTRUCTION:
Extruded cable
DIELECTRIC:
Fluorocarbon
TECH:
VTX-Ag™
Connectors:
AC Connector: Audiophile grade, solid brass contacts
IEC Connector: Audiophile grade, gold-plated pure copper contacts
KPIP v2 Processing:
4 Days
COLOUR:
Charcoal carbon
Noise Reduction:
None
Standard Length:
1.75 Meters
warranty:
2 Years
Shunyata Research’s exclusive VTX™ conductors are precision-engineered with a hollow, tube-like structure. This innovative design eliminates the core, minimising skin effects and reducing random eddy currents for superior performance. Crafted from OFE Alloy-101, these conductors ensure exceptional conductivity and signal integrity.
ArNi® is a proprietary wire developed by Shunyata Research, designed to deliver unparalleled performance for audio applications. It begins with the purest copper available—OFE C10100 or Ohno (single crystal)—and is formed into virtual hollow tubes to eliminate skin effects and eddy current distortions. Premium fluorocarbon insulation further enhances performance by minimising dielectric absorption and re-radiation, significantly improving resolution and clarity. To maximise its sonic capabilities, the wire undergoes Shunyata’s proprietary KPIP™ V2 process.
Shunyata Research uses only the highest-purity copper for its wire products. OFE Alloy 101 (C10100) is the pinnacle of copper quality, boasting a minimum purity of 99.99% and a conductivity rating of 101% IACS. OFE stands for oxygen-free electrolytic, a standard that surpasses the older term OFHC (oxygen-free high conductivity). C10100 is the only copper grade accompanied by a written purity certification verified by ASTM F68 standards.
Fluorocarbon dielectrics are usually only found in wire used in the aerospace industry, satellites and only the most expensive audiophile cabling. It has special electrical characteristics; very low dielectric absorption, high dielectric strength and exceptional heat resistance. When used in audio and power cables is reduces the perception of dynamic compression and it improves sonic low-level resolution and clarity.
KPIP™ v2 (Kinetic Phase Inversion Process) is a technology developed by Caelin Gabriel after extensive research into phenomena like burn-in, wire directionality, and the effects of cryogenic treatment. Gabriel identified a core principle that burn-in and cryogenics only partially addressed. This discovery led to the creation of a processing technique and machine that virtually eliminates the need for both burn-in and cryogenic treatment.