Interconnect Cables

From Eletech

Forged with Eletech bespoke components using the shortest signal path to ensure minimal to nil degradation of SQ! Best paired with IEM cables of the same material to ensure the Sound Signature synergy.

• Socrates is 7N purity monocrystal copper
• Iliad is monocrystal silver, palladium plated silver, and gold
• Ode to Laura is a triple bespoke, flagship level, premium OCC copper blend

In the Box

• Eletech ProAdapt Interconnect Cable
• Eletech IC Case

**Special Orders: We can special order any cable in any length or termination that you need from the AudioQuest Retail Catalog. You can email or message us to place a special order.

Upgrade your XLR analog interconnects with our AudioQuest PREMIUM Level Red River Cables

• Pair (x2) audio interconnects with XLR terminations (Female to Male)
• Solid 'Perfect Surface Copper' (PSC) for improved Analog performance
• Separate Ground-Reference conductor in addition to signal conductors
• Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation design for RFI prevention
• Gold-plated, Cold-welded plugs (no solder) for low distortion
• Hard-Cell Foam Polyethylene reduces distortion and maintains consistent impedance

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors

Since the beginning, AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals, surprising even themselves by the huge leap in performance attained through the astonishingly smooth and pure surface of Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC). Proprietary metal-processing technology protects the wire's surface at every stage of drawing and fabrication. When high-purity low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure, and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion conductor. In a conventional cable, electrical and magnetic interaction between strands is one of the greatest sources of distortion, often causing a somewhat harsh, dirty sound. Solid conductors are fundamental toward achieving a very clean, natural sound.

Metal-Layer Noise Dissipation

It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. Preventing captured radio-frequency interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's noise dissipation. 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. Noise dissipation "shields the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise / RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Triple-balanced Geometry (Separate Ground-reference Conductor)

AQ's Triple-Balanced Geometry uses a separate ground-reference conductor, so the cable's shield is never used as an inferior conductor. Whether prepared with RCA or XLR plugs, the cable's 3 conductors ensure that the positive and negative signals have equally superior, low-distortion conducting paths.

Cold-welded, Gold-plated Terminations

This plug design allows for a connection devoid of solder, a common source of distortion. Instead of solder, the process employs a high-pressure technique. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal used can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.

Specifications

• Metal: Solid Perfect Surface Copper (PSC)
• Ground Reference: Separate ground-reference conductor (x2) individual XLR signal conductors
• Dielectric: Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Polyethylene
• Noise-Dissipation: Metal-Layer
• Jacket: Red/Black Braid
• Terminations: Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated

AudioQuest Limited Lifetime Warranty

**Special Orders: We can special order any cable in any length or termination that you need from the AudioQuest Retail Catalog. You can email or message us to place a special order.

Upgrade your XLR analog interconnects with our AudioQuest ELITE Level Mackenzie Cables

• Pair (x2) audio interconnects with XLR terminations (Female to Male)
• Solid 'Perfect Surface Copper PLUS' (PSC+) for ultimate Analog performance
• Separate Ground-Reference conductor in addition to signal conductors
• Carbon Mesh-Network Noise-Dissipation design for RFI prevention
• Hanging-Silver over Purple Copper, Cold-welded plugs (no solder) to minimize distortion
• Hard-Cell Foam Polyethylene reduces distortion and maintains consistent impedance

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors

Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSC+ Solid-Copper minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximizes linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

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

It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. 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.

Triple-Balanced Geometry (Separate Ground-Reference Conductor)

AQ's Triple-Balanced Geometry uses a separate ground-reference conductor, so the cable's shield is never used as an inferior conductor. Whether prepared with RCA or XLR plugs, the cable's three conductors ensure that the positive and negative signals have equally superior, low-distortion conducting paths.

Cold-Welded, Hanging-Silver Directly over Pure Purple Copper Terminations

This plug design, improving upon the Red River line with silver over pure purple copper which has improved conductivity, allows for a connection devoid of solder, a common source of distortion. Instead of solder, the process employs a high-pressure technique. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal used can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.

Hard-Cell Foam Insulation

Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry. 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. Hard-Cell Foam Insulation is similar to the Foamed-PE used in our more affordable Bridges & Falls cables, and is nitrogen-injected to create air pockets. Because nitrogen (like air) does not absorb energy and therefore does not release any energy from or into the conductor, distortion is reduced. In addition, the stiffness of the material allows the cable's conductors to maintain a stable relationship along the cable's full length, producing a stable impedance character and further minimizing distortion.

Specifications

• Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
• Ground Reference: Separate ground-reference conductor (x2) individual XLR signal conductors
• Dielectric: Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Polyethylene
• Noise-Dissipation: Carbon Mesh-Network
• Jacket: Brown/Black Braid
• Terminations: Cold-Welded, Hanging-Silver over Purple Copper

AudioQuest Limited Lifetime Warranty

Upgrade your analog interconnects with our AudioQuest ELITE Level Golden Gate Cables

• Premium Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) vs. OFHC or long grain copper for next-level performance
• Double-Balanced Geometry offers lower ground impedance for richer, more-dynamic experience
• Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation design for RFI prevention
• Gold-plated, Cold-welded plugs (no solder) for low distortion
• Foam Polyethylene reduces distortion and yields less "out-of-focus" effect

From AudioQuest

AudioQuest's Golden Gate line is named after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, once the longest suspension bridge in the world.

In AQ's Bridges & Falls series cables, you’ll find better metals and more sophisticated technologies including Air-Tube insulation, Dielectric-Bias System, and the Noise-Dissipation System at reasonable prices.

Note: All cables in the Bridges & Falls Series place their left and right channels in a single jacket, and feature an Asymmetrical Double-Balanced geometry with separate high-quality positive and negative conductors. This design allows for a thin, flexible, and uniquely versatile high-performance cable that can be terminated with a variety of today’s connections, including 3.5mm (male or female), DIN, and RCA. Keep in mind, however, that by necessity, the plugs on Bridges & Falls cables are fairly close together.

Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry
Purpose designed for single-ended applications, Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry offers a relatively lower impedance on the ground for a richer, and more dynamic experience. While many single-ended cable designs use a single path for both the ground and the shield, Double-Balanced designs separate the two for cleaner, quieter performance.

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
Since the beginning, AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals, yet even they were surprised by the huge leap in performance attained through the astonishingly smooth and pure surface of Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC). Proprietary metal-processing technology protects the wire's surface at every stage of drawing and fabrication. When high-purity low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure, and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion conductor. In a conventional cable, electrical and magnetic interaction between strands is one of the greatest sources of distortion, often causing a somewhat harsh, dirty sound. Solid conductors are fundamental toward achieving a very clean, natural sound.

Foamed-Polyethylene 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. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Foamed-PE, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. 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 "shields the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated Terminations
This plug design allows for a connection devoid of solder, which is a common source of distortion. Instead of solder, the process employs a high-pressure technique. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal used can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.

Specifications

• Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC)
• Geometry: Asymmetrical Double-Balanced (Lower Impedance on Ground, Same Quality + and – Conductors)
• Dielectric: Foamed Polyethylene
• Noise-Dissipation: Metal-Layer
• Jacket: Red/Black Braid
• Terminations: Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated

AudioQuest Limited Lifetime Warranty

Upgrade Your Analog Interconnects with our AudioQuest PREMIUM Level Evergreen Cables

• Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC) used instead of more commonly used OFHC for superior performance
• Double-Balanced Geometry offers lower ground impedance for richer, more-dynamic experience
• Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation design for RFI prevention
• Gold-plated, Cold-welded plugs (no solder) for low distortion
• Foam Polyethylene reduces distortion and yields less "out-of-focus" effect

From AudioQuest

AudioQuest's analog audio interconnect cables are named after the Evergreen Bridge that connects Seattle, Washington (USA) to the Bellevue area across Lake Washington. In AQ's Bridges & Falls series cables, you’ll find better metals and more sophisticated technologies including Air-Tube insulation, Dielectric-Bias System, and the Noise-Dissipation System at reasonable prices.

Note: All cables in the Bridges & Falls Series place their left and right channels in a single jacket, and feature an Asymmetrical Double-Balanced geometry with separate high-quality positive and negative conductors. This design allows for a thin, flexible, and uniquely versatile high-performance cable that can be terminated with a variety of today’s connections, including 3.5mm (male or female), DIN, and RCA. Keep in mind, however, that by necessity, the plugs on Bridges & Falls cables are fairly close together.

Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry
Purpose designed for single-ended applications, Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry offers a relatively lower impedance on the ground for a richer, and more dynamic experience. While many single-ended cable designs use a single path for both the ground and the shield, Double-Balanced designs separate the two for cleaner, quieter performance.

Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC) Conductors
Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC) allows a smoother and clearer sound than cables using regular OFHC (Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity) copper. Solid conductors prevent strand interaction, a major source of distortion. The surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered as a rail-guide for both the electric fields within a conductor, and for the magnetic fields outside the conductor. LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material, less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance.

Foamed-Polyethylene 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. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Foamed-PE, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. 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 "shields the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated Terminations
This plug design allows for a connection devoid of solder, which is a common source of distortion. Instead of solder, the process employs a high-pressure technique. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal used can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.

Specifications

• Metal: Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
• Geometry: Asymmetrical Double-Balanced (Lower Impedance on Ground, Same Quality + and – Conductors
• Dielectric: Foamed Polyethylene
• Noise-Dissipation: Metal-Layer
• Jacket: Green/Black Braid
• Terminations: Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated

AudioQuest Limited Lifetime Warranty