Shunyata Research: Discontinued Products



		PRODUCT HISTORY Used Market Desk Reference ORIGINAL HYDRA Retail Price: $2495 Dates of manufacture: 2000 -- 2002 Description: All Corian chassis. Polished granite side panels. In-laid South American Amaranth Wood and logo on front panel. Features: • Six outlets • All passive design • No surge or filtering • FeSi-1000 noise reduction compound Comments: Completely redefined and popularized the power conditioner market. Universally well received/reviewed. Won an unprecedented array of Review awards. Set never-before-seen build quality and performance standards still referred to today. Delivered natural, analog like refinement to sound with no dynamic restrictions or compression. The ultimate purists power conditioner. The original Hydra is still very popular on the used market. Its success cemented Shunyata Research’s reputation as the top reference-quality power-distribution product company. GUARDIAN QUADPLEX Retail Price: $395 Dates of manufacture: 2002 -- 2003 Description: AC quadplex with four duplex outlets and a captive DiamondBack power cord. Grey mottled metal chassis, blue outlet bank. Features: • Four duplex outlets • Hard wired high performance power cord • Massive surge and spike protection • Noise filtering capability • Solid steel chassis construction Comments: Even by today’s standards, the Guardian Quadplex represents unprecedented value given its performance, low cost and on-board system protection and filtering. Extreme value for its price. A steal when available on the used market. Rarely seen on the secondhand market. DIAMONDBACK Retail Price: $175 Dates of manufacture: 2002 -- 2004 Description: Custom-made clear AC connector molds, stunning clear jacket showcasing brilliant foil shield. Gold plated contacts, see-through construction. Features: • Tinned copper Foil Shield • Gold plated AC contacts • First ever custom molded clear connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 12 gauge OFHC copper Comments: Still the only product to have its own proprietary connector molds. Set an impossibly high standard for artisan level construction, as well as parts and materials quality at its price point. Incredibly popular product sold by the thousands and further popularized the entire product category because of its material innovations and stunning physical attributes. The DiamondBack will deliver exceptional performance with all line and source components, video, analog and can act as a good stock power cord replacement with integrated amps and receivers. SIDEWINDER Retail Price: $300 Dates of manufacture: 2000 -- 2002 Description: Violet color extruded cable power cord. Shielded. Brass connectors. Features: • Foil Shield • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge OFHC copper Comments: Excellent for amps and pre-amps, especially with tube electronics that needed help with rhythmic elements in sound. SIDEWINDER GOLD Retail Price: $340 Dates of manufacture: 2003 -- 2003 Features: • Foil Shield • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge OFHC copper • Gold plated IEC Comments: Warmer, richer sounding than original model. Excellent for use with tube amps and pre-amps, analog products, video. MAMBA Retail Price: $400 Dates of manufacture: 1999 -- 2000 Description: Translucent white flex sleeve. Tech-flex shielded. Brass connectors. Features: • Foil Shield • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Good performer with amps and analog components. Pre-cursor to the SideWinder models. MOJAVE Retail Price: $495 Dates of manufacture: 2003 Description: Brown extruded sleeve. Custom made brass male connector. Gold plated IEC. Features: • Foil Shield • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge OFHC copper Comments: Good performer with amps and analog components. Noticeably warm, rich and full bodied sound. Best with solid-state amps, lean, forward or bright sounding systems. BLACK MAMBA Retail Price: $700 Dates of manufacture: 2000 -- 2002 Description: Violet shrink wrap at ends over black mesh tube. Brass connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Good performer with digital electronics. Very popular model in 2002. BLACK MAMBA V2 Retail Price: $750 Dates of manufacture: 2002 -- 2004 Description: Violet shrink wrap at ends over black mesh tube. Brass connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • Single ferrite bead at IEC • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Good performer with digital electronics. Excellent value purchase in 2003. VIPER V2 Retail Price: $995 Dates of manufacture: 1999 -- 2002 Description: Black/gold shrink wrap at ends over black mesh tube. Silver/rhodium connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made silver contact connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Excellent performer with digital electronics. Very dynamic sounding, more lean, fast and extended in the treble range compared to less expensive and previous Shunyata power cord designs. PYTHON Retail Price: $995 Dates of manufacture: 2002 -- 2004 Description: Green shrink-wrap at ends over black mesh tube. Silver contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Special 2 OFHC copper, 1 silver conductor set • Custom made silver contact connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Excellent performer with older digital electronics. Very popular model in 2003. Had a very robust, warm and slightly euphonic sound. Good match for Theta, Krell and DCS Digital of that era. PYTHON MATRIX ALPHA V/X Retail Price: $995 Dates of manufacture: 2004 -- 2005 Description: Red shrink-wrap/silver lettering at ends over black mesh tube. Silver contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds (vX only) • Special matrix braided conductors • Custom made silver contact connectors • Cryogenic treatments • CDA 101 copper Comments: More dynamic, time and phase accurate than the original Python model. Pre-cursor to current Helix generation power cords. Excellent used market value. Available with FeSi compounds for digital sources and without for all analog and amplification components. COBRA Retail Price: $1200 Dates of manufacture: 2001 -- 2002 Description: Red shrink-wrap at ends over large black mesh covered tube. Brass contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made brass connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 10 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Great all around performer, smooth, quiet and natural sound. Excellent value on the used market. Best for digital output electronics and CD players. KING COBRA Retail Price: $1995 Dates of manufacture: 1999 -- 2001 Description: Black shrink-wrap. Gold lettering at ends over large black mesh covered center tube which narrowed nearing AC connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made gold plated connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 8 gauge silver plated copper Comments: Standard bearer for all high-end power cords. Set extremely high marks for performance and paved the way for the entire after-market power cord category. Many review accolades and awards. Smooth, liquid and refined sound, full bass, analog-like top frequencies. Still a legend, collectors item and favored by many for Digital sources. An excellent power cord, painstakingly made even by today’s standards. KING COBRA V2 Retail Price: $2195 Dates of manufacture: 2001 -- 2002 Description: Red shrink-wrap at ends over large black mesh covered tube. Silver contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made silver contact connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 8 gauge silver plated copper Comments: More neutral, less analog-like sounding version of the original KCv1. Had more dynamic sound but less smooth and forgiving than original. Used mainly for digital electronics. Not as popular as the original, looking back. ANACONDA VX Retail Price: $1995 Dates of manufacture: 2002 -- 2003 Description: Grey shrink-wrap at ends/black lettering over large black mesh covered tube. Silver contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made silver over brass connectors • Cryogenic treatments • 8 gauge CDA 101 copper conductors Comments: Upgraded to CDA 101conductor quality along with other metal and connector refinements. FeSi 1000 compounds. Silver/rhodium plated connectors. Superior in every performance category to King Cobra v2. Exceptional used market value. ANACONDA MATRIX MODEL ALPHA AND VX Retail Price: $1995 Dates of manufacture: 2003 -- 2005 Description: Grey shrink-wrap at ends/black lettering over large black mesh covered tube. Silver contact connectors. Features: • Tech-flex shielded • FeSi 1000 compounds • Custom made silver over brass connectors • Multi-conductor design • Cryogenic treatments • 8 gauge CDA 101 copper conductors Comments: New Alpha model is the first Shunyata reference model power cord with no FeSi 1000 compounds. Intended to be for analog and amplifier use only. Pre-cursor to the current Helix Series Anaconda models. VX model Anaconda with FeSi 1000 remains for digital electronics.