Audience frontRow PowerChord

Every component draws its power through a cord, and the frontRow powerChord is built to deliver that power cleanly, straight to the component. Positive Feedback's John Acton wrote that the frontRow powerChords changed his perception of what a power cord could do for his enjoyment of music.

Uncompressed, ultra-quiet power for every component.

The Design

frontRow is where Audience introduced MORRE (Musically Optimized Reduction of Resistive Energy), the umbrella for its most advanced technologies, and where it reserves its Proprietary Metallurgy Technology (PMT). Audience likens PMT to the rifling in a barrel: it treats the 99.9999% pure OCC copper conductors so the signal travels a freer, more direct path. Every frontRow cable then goes through Audience's Extreme High Voltage Process (EHVP) and deep cryogenic treatment, and each is handmade in San Marcos, California.

How It Sounds

Audience voices frontRow to bring you closer to the performance: a remarkably low noise floor, lifelike tone and texture, and a holographic sense of space. Reviewers have heard the same, with Positive Feedback describing unbridled transparency and The Absolute Sound placing frontRow among the very best.

Where It Fits

Start with the component that matters most, often the DAC, preamp, or power amplifier. Choose the full 10 AWG frontRow powerChord for amplifiers and power-hungry components; the 14 AWG frontRow MP is the choice for source components.

Press Recognition

• Positive Feedback, Issue 134 (June 2024), John Acton. Before reviewing the frontRow cables, Acton lived with the frontRow powerChords and wrote that they changed his perception of what a power cord could do for his enjoyment of music. Read the review at Positive Feedback

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Specifications

• Type: Power cord, 10 AWG
• Conductors: 6 x 38-strand 99.9999% pure OCC copper (OHNO Continuous Cast)
• Dielectric: Virgin cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE)
• Geometry: frontRow, with spacing set to minimize magnetic interaction between hot, neutral, and ground
• Shielding: OFC copper, hot shunt to ground
• Connectors: Audience rhodium-plated copper US wall plug; 15A or 20A IEC
• Current capacity: 34.7A
• Lengths: 1m to 2m in 0.25m steps
• Post-production: MORRE Deep Cryo II and EHVP
• Burn-in: 3 to 4 days
• Country of origin: USA (handmade in San Marcos, California)