AUDIOQUEST YUKON XLR

Pair of PSC+ solid copper analogue audio interconnect cables factory terminated with XLR. 3-layer carbon noise dissipation system

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SOLID PERFECT-SURFACE COPPER + (PSC +) CONDUCTORS: Perfect-Surface Copper + has a surprisingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metalworking technology protects the wire surface at every stage of design and manufacture. When low-oxide copper of high purity is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion PSC+ conductor. PSC+ is produced by applying the same exceptional technology to ultra-pure copper. The resulting sound quality is even more focused. For over 30 years AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals; yet we were surprised by the great leap in performance made possible by Perfect-Surface technology. PSC+ simply outperforms all copper metals previously available at any price. All Yukon conductors are solid. The electrical and magnetic interaction between strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often resulting in a rather dirty and harsh sound. Solid conductors are essential for achieving a very clean Yukon sound.

POLYETHYLENE AIR HOSE INSULATION: Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. The insulation materials of the wire and circuit board all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. All Yukon conductors use PE air tube insulation because air absorbs almost no energy and polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. PE air tube insulation causes much less out-of-focus effect than other materials.

3-LAYER CARBON NOISE DISSIPATION SYSTEM (NDS): 100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing RF interference captured by the equipment's ground reference modulation requires the QA noise dissipation system. Metal and carbon-based synthetics prevent most RFI from reaching the equipment ground plane.

TRIPLE BALANCED GEOMETRY: The three conductors in the Yukon 'Triple-Balanced' cables ensure that, when prepared with RCA or XLR connectors, the positive and negative signals have equally low-distortion conducting paths. The 100% coverage shield is never used as a lower conductor

COLD-SOLDER WELDING DIRECTLY ON PUR COPPER CONNECTORS: This design allows for a solder-free connection, which is a common source of distortion. Since the ground shells are moulded rather than machined, the metal can be chosen for low distortion rather than machinability. Violet Copper offers a cleaner, clearer sound than the nickel-plated or OFHC metals commonly found in the sockets of competing manufacturers.