Yes, apparently in CX series Shunyata has enhanced its connectors. However, it is my understanding there is alot more to the Shunyata design than connectors alone. Just from memory. . .
* Shunyata utilizes extremely pure Copper. Of course, I am not sure if this is purer than other Copper formulations, like the ones utilized by Acrolink and others.
The Copper is extruded in house in a semi-molten state, and the semi-molten mass is subjected to a very intense EM field, whose purpose is to align Copper 'molecules' along field geodesics. Note that as Copper is micro-crystaline, what is meant is either that the crystal grains get aligned, or that atoms are align prior to recrystalization.
* The wire strands (or perhaps the finished product, I am not sure), is subjected to an in house very low temperature cryogenic process.
The Cord is machine braided using something like 750 separate wires for the King Cobra wires, resulting in a 5-gage counter-rotating helycoidal aggregate or so woven (I believe at a 90 degrees normalized pattern) around the central tube(s).
If the audible results of this technology and process were bizarre, or were otherwise dull or unmusical, my ever-snarky and ready comment would be the usual Stravinskian warning that we should judge a tree by its fruits, not by its roots. Fortunately, KC CX's sonic 'fruits' are most delectable, hence I shall leave Igor Stravinsky alone for the duration, but try to seek a plausible explanation of the delivered Nirvana instead. G.
* Shunyata utilizes extremely pure Copper. Of course, I am not sure if this is purer than other Copper formulations, like the ones utilized by Acrolink and others.
The Copper is extruded in house in a semi-molten state, and the semi-molten mass is subjected to a very intense EM field, whose purpose is to align Copper 'molecules' along field geodesics. Note that as Copper is micro-crystaline, what is meant is either that the crystal grains get aligned, or that atoms are align prior to recrystalization.
* The wire strands (or perhaps the finished product, I am not sure), is subjected to an in house very low temperature cryogenic process.
The Cord is machine braided using something like 750 separate wires for the King Cobra wires, resulting in a 5-gage counter-rotating helycoidal aggregate or so woven (I believe at a 90 degrees normalized pattern) around the central tube(s).
If the audible results of this technology and process were bizarre, or were otherwise dull or unmusical, my ever-snarky and ready comment would be the usual Stravinskian warning that we should judge a tree by its fruits, not by its roots. Fortunately, KC CX's sonic 'fruits' are most delectable, hence I shall leave Igor Stravinsky alone for the duration, but try to seek a plausible explanation of the delivered Nirvana instead. G.