Audioquest Yukon RCA 1m

Copper Conductors (PSC+)

Solid conductors prevent strand-to-strand interaction of electrical and magnetic energy, major sources of distortion. Surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered a waveguide for both energy fields within a conductor, and for magnetic fields that extend outside the conductor. The astonishingly smooth and pure surface of all AudioQuest Perfect-Surface metals nearly eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to lesser materials. Extremely high-purity Perfect-Surface Copper minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries that exist within any metal conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatly increasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers.

Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation

Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. AudioQuest, however, uses Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation on both conductors for increased geometry stabilization and improved clarity. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

3-Layer Noise-Dissipation System (NDS)

100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing captured radio-frequency interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment’s ground reference requires AQ’s Noise-Dissipation System (NDS). Traditional shield systems typically absorb and then drain noise/RF energy to component ground, modulating and distorting the critical “reference” ground plane, which in turn causes a distortion of the signal. NDS’s alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetic materials “shield the shield,” absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Technical Specifications

Construction

• Metal: Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
• Geometry: triple-balanced (separate ground conductor)
• Dielectric: polyethylene air tubes

Protection

• Noise dissipation system with triple-layer carbon
• Sheath: black, dark gray braiding

Connectors

• Connectors: cold-welded, silver-plated
• Length: 1 m