High End 2019 • Hot Product

Shunyata Research showed a number of new products in Munich, including new Hydras, the Delta 6 (above, top unit, $2000) and Alpha 12 ($3500) intended to make Triton levels of performance more affordable. Also new were three Ethernet cables, the Venom ($300/1.5-meter length), Alpha ($600/1.5-meter length) with a single proprietary CFM, and Sigma ($900/1.5-meter length) with two of the CFM modules.

But for many the most interesting new products will be the Venom V12NR (above left, $350 per six-foot length) and V10NR ($460 per six-foot length), serious power cords at something approaching real-world prices. Those prices preclude Shunyata using their impressive, proprietary CopperConn connectors, but both the IEC (which contains the company’s demonstrably effective NR AC noise-reduction technology) and the AC connectors have been exactingly selected, especially the Schuko, which is so often a weak link in power-cord ranges. Both leads are treated to Shunyata's full KPIP burn-in/preconditioning process, guaranteeing full performance from the start.