• Patent US6,242,689
• Multiple counter rotating conductors with an offset helix geometry
• Minimizes inductive and capacitive reactance

Shunyata Research’s Helix Series signal and power cables have earned their enormous technical credibility, critical awards and professional endorsements through verifiable investments in material science and an unprecedented, patented advance in conductor Geometry called the Helix.

The Helix Series power cords and signal cables utilize an extremely complex, hand wound helix braid that has been granted a patent for its ability to minimize the effects of electromagnetic interference, capacitance and self-induced inductance. The dual helix, longitudinally offset counter-rotating braid brings individual conductors together at ninety-degree angles, eliminating the resistance that normally occurs when electromagnetic fields propagate along the lateral length of heavy gauge, bulk wire.


A VERIFIED ADVANCE IN CONDUCTOR SCIENCE
Connecting a power or speaker cable to an amplifier would seem to be a simple matter. Get the largest wire available and make the connection as short as practical. What appears to be simple becomes complex as the physics of the problem are examined.

All wires have an inherent resistance, inductance and capacitance. This means that a cable is actually a type of simple filter. The ideal cable would have zero resistance, zero inductance and zero capacitance. A simplistic design approach would be to make the conductors larger or use multiple conductors to decrease the resistance of the cable. Unfortunately this approach increases the inductance and capacitance of the cable, which our research shows is actually more deleterious to linear signal propagation than increased resistance.

Resistance is a linear function while inductive and capacitive reactance is a non-linear function that is frequency dependent. This means that high-frequency information is skewed while phase-shift anomalies are inter-modulated with the signal.

The patented Helix geometry solves the reactance problem. The Helix maintains wide separation and 90-degree crossing angles to the conductors, which minimizes capacitance. The unique counter-rotating helices that are longitudinally offset create disparate EFF (electromagnetic flux fields) that minimize and virtually eliminate inductive reactance.


WHAT THIS MEANS
By virtually eliminating the inter-modulation distortion inherent in all other cable designs, and by minimizing capacitance, inductance and resistance, the hand-braided Helix signal and power cord designs have brought about universally documented endorsements from the world’s foremost recording engineers, studios and sound professionals, as well as the industry’s toughest critics and most renowned electronics manufacturers.

These design elements render sound with and an incredible coherence -- nothing is pushed forward, recessed or out of phase. The lack of reactance in the Helix designs insures that the phase accuracy and incendiary dynamic contrasts in sound will be delivered along with the delicate structure, natural tones and fine detail that are critical to listening involvement. These attributes will be readily apparent within any system, whether recording or playback. When Helix power and signal cables are applied as a complete system, their performance will shock even the staunchest of power cord or signal cable critics. The Helix's unlimited bandwidth, tonal finesse and top-to-bottom coherence will embarrass cost-no-object designs and re-introduce the concept of value to a market accustomed to ever-escalating prices for the same tired old technologies wrapped in a new skin.