Stealth Śakra V17 Limited Edition Analog Interconnect

The Śakra V17 Limited Edition is the most exclusive analog interconnect Stealth Audio Cables has made, and the company's first Limited Edition. It takes everything in the Śakra V16, Stealth's flagship interconnect, and doubles it: twin runs of vari-cross amorphous wire suspended in helium, with the conductors given Stealth's C-37 treatment.

As with the V16, the cable is conical inside and out, so it is directional and must be installed source-to-load as marked. It shares the V16's connectors, feel and taper, and is distinguished visually by a black dielectric in place of the V16's white. Only a small number were built.

Construction

• Double runs of vari-cross amorphous wire-in-helium; twice the number of amorphous conductors used in the Śakra V16
• C-37 treatment of the conductors
• Conductor: amorphous metal wire with no crystal structure, so it is homogeneous and grain-free in every direction
• Wire gauge: ultra-thin, 0.001 in (one-thousandth of an inch), to minimise skin effect and time-domain errors
• Geometry: Stealth vari-cross distributed LITZ with non-inductive bifilar winding; the cross-section changes along the length to improve impedance matching between source and load
• Dielectric: Stealth para-vacuum (helium gas) combined with porous, foam-like Teflon
• Stealth custom RCA and XLR connectors with solid silver contacts and ultra-modified PTFE dielectric, as on the Śakra V16

Specifications

• Type: line-level analog interconnect, directional (conical vari-cross geometry)
• Terminations: Stealth custom RCA or XLR
• Conductor: amorphous wire, 0.001 in
• Dielectric: helium para-vacuum plus porous Teflon; black outer dielectric
• Production: limited edition

Ordering

Lengths: 1.0 m, 1.5 m, 2.0 m; connector/type options: RCA, XLR. Priced per stereo pair. Other lengths on request.