Audioquest Water XLR 1m

Copper Conductors (PSC+)

Solid conductors prevent strand-to-strand interaction and electrical and magnetic interaction, the main sources of distortion. Surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered a rail-guide for both 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 copperproducts.

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 smearing common to other materials.

• Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
• Geometry: Triple balanced (separate reference ground conductor)
• Dielectric: Polyethylene air tubes
• 6-layer carbon-based noise dissipation system
• Sheath: Black/blue braid
• Terminations: Cold-crimped, silver-plated
• Length: 1m