'The 5'

(a.k.a. "GODZILLA")

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4N OFC Conductors w/Teflon Dielectric

4.1 AWG/23mm² "Hot" & "Neutral", 7 AWG/12mm² Ground

All terminations treated with Stabilant 22A

High-Coverage Grounded Copper Sleeve

Vibration Reduction Sleeve

Gold-Plated 98% Copper content plugs* in Aluminum housings

*US, UK, & AUS/NZ available

(other types require supplied audio-grade adapters)

Choice of 8 finishing sleeve colours

1.2m/4' Standard length
(available up to 50')
 

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The birth of "GODZILLA"
 

While ‘The Point One' has been called “simply fantastic”, “a beauty”, and to paraphrase one of my personal favourites "my weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse" (thanks for that, B.H.), I like to continually challenge myself, and what's possible.
While I am proud of 'The Point One', and happy with its performance being “Impressive”, I continually strive for “Holy Sh_t!"

So, with that said, allow me to introduce you to 'The 5' [a.k.a. “GODZILLA”].

It features the same 4N Oxygen-Free Copper used in ‘The Point One’, and said wire is also wrapped in a Teflon dielectric, and encased in an EPDM Rubber jacket.
Also, similarly to 'The Point One', there is additional insulation/dielectric material placed between the conductors, and everything is run a spiral pattern for flexibility.

However, ‘The 5’ utilizes 36 individually insulated 16 AWG/1.3mm² conductors, with each conductor made with 26 x 30 AWG stranded 4N Oxygen-Free Copper, and the conductors are run/bundled in a spiral pattern for flexibility.  I use 14 conductors each for the Hot and Neutral (28 total), and 8 conductors for the Ground, which run through the middle of the bundle to isolate/separate the Hot and Neutral conductors.
Some quick math tells you the Hot and Neutral lines contain 364 30 AWG 4N Copper wires, making them 4.1 AWG each, while another 208 wires make up the 7 AWG Ground... yeah, I may be a little nuts.

But wait, there's more!... Copper, that is.

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In an effort to keep the starting price under $400, the original version of 'The 5' featured a Grounded Copper Sleeve only as an option.

However, that went against my goal of providing the best possible shielding at all times, so I eventually made it a standard feature.

This created a bit of an issue though, because the Copper Sleeve is/was over 8 AWG on its own, and if you add up just the conductors in 'The 5', their total size (how many manufacturers represent cable size, by the way) is greater than 1 AWG.

That's a whack-load (apologies for the technical jargon) of Copper to terminate, so I had to put my thinking hat on.

In the original version of 'The 5', I used Rhodium-plated Furutech Fi50 NCF copies for plugs, which were absolutely fantastic quality, and had a sticker price to match (more on that in a moment).  However, they proved to be very difficult to work with/modify to accommodate the size of 'The 5' with the copper sleeve option, and those plugs had a long burn-in period.

To solve these issues, I decided to invest in some new toys... uh, I mean tools – yes dear, they were definitely tools! ...to modify the Aluminum housings and Gold plugs I was using (more on that below) for 'The Point One'.

The Gold plugs made for a much shorter burn-in period and more laid-back sound (easier on your system, and on your ears), and the grounded copper sleeve resulted in a much blacker background than the original version.

As a nice bonus, most of the added cost from the Copper sleeve was offset by using my existing plugs (versus the pricier Fi50 copies), which allowed me to keep the overall price where I wanted.

 

As time went on, "GODZILLA" grew quite a bit in popularity and I was spending more and more time modifying all those plugs and housings, so it came time to invest in something else - my own line of plugs and housings.  I'm a pretty particular guy so the process of designing my own line of plugs was a long one, but I'm quite happy with the results, and I think you will be, too.  You will be especially happy with this fact - all of the time, effort, and cost that went in to designing these new plugs is offset by the time I now save when building (IE. I no longer have to modify any materials).  This means that once again, the overall price has remained around $400 CAD.  

Speaking of the price, don't let it fool you - ‘The 5’ is the real deal, and it's designed and built to take on ALL challengers (including zombies).

 

This cable is, in a word, "GODZILLA"! And when you hear it…

Holy sh_t!

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*This was technically the fifth model of power cable I dreamed [dreamt?] up, and it was originally intended to be a 5 AWG cable, so clearly my household is not very creative when it comes to naming things.  For further evidence, you can refer to our pet bunny, whose name was... Mr. Bunny (R.I.P. M.B.)