AUDIOQUEST COUGAR TONEARM with DBS 72V - SPECIAL OFFER

Turntable cable with DBS 72V Copper PSC+ System. Terminated with Pentapolar DIN connector and 2 RCAs. New in box

Available length: 1.5 metres.

With the addition of AudioQuest's patented Dielectric-Bias System (DBS), the Cougar brings a level of bass clarity and resolution rarely seen at this price point. Perfect Surface Copper+ is the icing on the cake that significantly boosts the Cougar's performance above the Wildcat.

Connectors: DIN Pentapolar to RCA Stereo

SOLID COPPER CONDUCTOR WITH MORE THAN PERFECT SURFACE (PSC +): 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 and simply less in the way. 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 of Cougar's conductors are solid. The electrical and magnetic interaction between strands in a conventional cable is the biggest source of distortion, often resulting in a rather dirty and harsh sound. Solid conductors are essential to achieve Cougar's very clean 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 the circuit board all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. All Cougar 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.

DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Patent 7,126,055 and 7,872,195 B1): all insulation slows down the signal on the inner conductor. When the insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a big problem for time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest's DBS creates a strong and stable electrostatic field that saturates and polarises (organises) the molecules of the insulation. This minimises both the energy build-up in the insulation and the multiple non-linear delays that occur. The sound appears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamic contrast. DBS batteries last for years. A test button and LED allow for occasional battery checks.

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

TERMINATION: Cougar's gold-plated RCA connectors use a proprietary design that eliminates distortion caused by extra contact inside most sockets. Because the ground shells are moulded rather than machined, the metal can be chosen for low distortion rather than machinability. A combination of these main ingredients and many other subtle details add up to explain how Cougar can sound so clean, clear and dynamic