Audioquest Mackenzie XLR 0.5m

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors

Solid conductors prevent interaction between strand interaction both electrically and magnetically, 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.

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 synthetics “shield the shield,” absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Technical Specifications

Materials

• Metal: PSC+ (Perfect-Surface Copper+)
• Dielectric: Hard-cell foam insulation
• Sheath: Quadruple braid in black and brown

Construction

• Geometry: Triple-balanced with dedicated ground conductor
• Noise dissipation system: Triple-layer carbon-based

Finishes

• Terminations: Cold-welded, silver-plated
• Length: 0.5 m