AudioQuest Coax Carbon

When Perfect Surface Technology is applied to extremely pure silver, the result is unprecedented clarity and dynamism. Solid conductors prevent interaction between individual strands – a major cause of cable distortion. Extremely high purity Perfect Surface Silver minimizes the distortion caused by the grain boundaries existing in each metal conductor, almost completely eliminating harshness in the sound and greatly improving clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and others.

Achieving 100 percent shielding is easy. To prevent “trapped” RF interference from affecting the device’s ground reference, the AQ noise dissipation system is required. Metal and carbon-containing plastics prevent most RF interference from reaching the device’s ground plane.

Shielding plays an important role in every cable structure; With coaxial cables, this role is special in that it not only serves as shielding, but also as feedback. For this reason, AudioQuest pays special attention to the metal quality of the shielding and the manufacturing technology, as both influence both sound and image.

Hard-cell foam (HCF) maintains the critical conductor geometry. Any solid material adjacent to a conductor becomes part of an incomplete electrical network. Cable insulation and circuit board material absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. Hard cell foam insulation behaves similarly to the PE foam used in cheaper Bridges & Falls cables and contains nitrogen injections that create air pockets. Because nitrogen (like air) does not absorb energy and therefore does not release energy from or into the conductor, distortion is reduced. Additionally, the rigidity of the material ensures that the cable conductors do not change position relative to each other over the entire cable length, creating a stable impedance character and further reducing distortion.