Audioquest Cougar JIS/RCA 1.5m

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC+) Conductors

Solid conductors prevent interaction between strand and strand interaction both electrically and magnetically, major sources of distortion. The surface quality is critical because the conductor can be considered as a rail-guide for both magnetic fields within a conductor, and for magnetic fields that extend outside the conductor. The astonishingly smooth and pure surface of all AudioQuest’s 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.

Dielectric-Bias System with Radio-Frequency Trap

Any insulation between two or more conductors is also a dielectric whose properties will affect the integrity of the signal. When the dielectric is unbiased, dielectric involvement (absorption and non-linear release of energy) causes different amounts of time delay (phase shift) for different frequencies and energy levels, which is a real problem for multi-octave audio which is extremely time sensitive. The inclusion of an RF Trap (developed for AudioQuest’s Niagara Series products) ensures that radio-frequency noise will not be induced into the signal conductors from the DBS field elements.

3-Layer Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) with Carbon-Based Layer

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.

• Metal: Solid PSC+
• Geometry: Foamed-Polyethylene
• Dielectric: Expanded Polyethylene
• Noise Dissipation System: Three-layer carbon-based NDS
• Sheath: Black braid
• Capacitance: Less than 65 pF/1.5 m
• Terminations:
  • Cold-crimped
  • Straight 5-pin JIS plug to RCA + ground
• Length: 1.5m