AudioQuest Niagara 7000 Quick Start Manual

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Low-Z Power

Noise-Dissipation System

Quick-Start Guide

The Niagara 7000 owner's manual contains considerable information to ensure optimal performance, troubleshoot both

common and rare system interactions, and is a great primer to the technology that makes this unit so unique. However, we

appreciate and respect your valuable time. At the very least, we humbly ask that you follow this quick-start guide.

¡ If the Niagara 7000 has been exposed to excessive rain, flooding, fire, or has sustained considerable physical damage,

we ask that the unit be returned. Do not attempt to energize the unit or connect equipment to it!

¡ The power source to which the Niagara 7000 is connected should be 120-127VAC single phase nominal voltage, 20

amps (current capacity RMS). However, the Niagara 7000 will operate very well with a 15-amp service outlet. For

proper operation, the Niagara 7000 requires a safety ground (supplied via the power utility AC wall outlet).

¡ The Niagara 7000 may be placed on any table, cabinet, shelf, or floor. When rack-mounting is required, the four

threaded feet may be removed with a standard Phillips screwdriver.

¡ Placement or proximity to other components is not critical, and, under standard use, the Niagara 7000 does not

produce any appreciable heat.

¡ Once the Niagara 7000 is placed, an appropriate 20-amp-rated AC cord must be connected to the rear-panel AC inlet

(IEC-C20) connector. The AC cord must have an IEC-C19 female-end connector and a grounded male 120VAC Edison/

NEMA plug for use in North America or Taiwan. For the best performance and proper Ground-Noise Dissipation, we

recommend AudioQuest AC cords.

¡ Connecting AC cables to the Niagara 7000's NRG Edison AC outlets – WARNING! The AudioQuest NRG-Edison

AC outlets feature the strongest grip of any commercially available AC outlet in history. They will require slow

and careful "wiggling." When either inserting a plug into these receptacles or removing an AC cord's male plug

from the receptacles, gently move the male AC cord's plug from side to side while providing an even forward or

backwards pressure.

¡ High-Current/Low-Z Power Banks: There are two High-Current/Low-Z Power Banks (labeled "1" and "2") with

two AC outlets each. The outlets feature our Transient Power Correction Technology and are designed to enhance

the performance of power amplifiers via our circuit's low-impedance transient current reservoir. Power amplifiers,

monoblock amplifiers, integrated amplifiers, powered receivers, or powered subwoofers should only be connected

to these four outlets.

¡ Power Correction Switch: This rear-panel-mounted switch MUST be set in the ENGAGE position, regardless of the

equipment (line-level, digital, video components, or power amplification) that is connected to the Niagara 7000. It

may not function properly otherwise. If necessary, see user manual set-up for more detailed information. (Otherwise,

please place this switch in the ENGAGE position.)

¡ Level-X Ultra-Linear Noise-Dissipation System Power Banks: Typically, these are for all line-level, digital, and

video products. There are four Banks (labeled "3," "4," "5," and "6") that utilize this technology within the Niagara

7000. Further, each bank employs ground-noise isolation that is independent from the others.

¡ I hear a slight buzzing sound coming from the Niagara 7000. Is it damaged? No, it's not damaged (or, at least,

damage is very unlikely). If you're in an extraordinarily quiet room and you hear this buzzing sound only when

in relatively close proximity to the Niagara 7000, or only when you place your ear next to the unit, the buzzing is

normal and cannot be entirely eliminated (though easily detectable levels are rare). See the Niagara 7000 manual for

detailed information about high-level harmonic AC line distortion and its ability to make some of the circuits suffer

from mechanical ringing, or magnetostriction.

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