The AES / EBU, jointly developed by the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcasting Union, established a two-channel digital standard for interconnecting digital devices in the professional world. But, AES / EBU also has its application in the home environment. While AES / EBU can be single channel, balanced or optical, here we are referring to balanced digital interconnection.

Features:

Solid 100% Silver Perfect Surface Conductors (PSS)

Hard Cell Foam Insulation

100% Shield Coverage (Foil + Silver

Coil) 72V Dielectric System (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1)

System Carbon-based 7-layer Noise Dissipation (NDS), 2 x EMI Absorption

Silver Finishes

100% Perfect Surface Silver Solid (PSS) Conductors:

Perfect Surface technology applied to extreme purity silver provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors prevent filament interaction, a major source of cable distortion. Extremely pure Perfect-Surface Silver minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries that exist within any metallic conductor, nearly eliminating hardness and greatly increasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N, and other coppers.

Hard Cell Foam Insulation:

Hard foam insulation is used exclusively on most AudioQuest digital audio and video cables. Similar to PE foamed, it is nitrogen injected to create pockets of air. The "hard" foam is used because the stiffness of the material allows the cable conductors to maintain the same relationship to each other throughout the entire length of the cable, thus ensuring that the characteristic impedance of the cable is consistent.

100% Shield Coverage (Foil + Silver Coil):

Shielding always plays an important role in any cable design, but shielding in the coaxial interconnect plays an especially important role because it functions not only as a shield but also as a path. return. For this reason, AudioQuest pays special attention to the quality of the shielding metal and the manufacturing techniques, both of which affect the sound and the picture.

72V Dielectric System (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1):

All insulation slows down the signal in the inner conductor. When isolation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently - a big problem for highly time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest DBS creates a strong and stable electrostatic field that saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules in the insulation. This minimizes both the energy storage in the insulation and the multiple non-linear time delays that occur. Sound appears from a strikingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamic contrast. ECP battery packs will last for years. A test button and LED allow for occasional battery testing.

Carbon-based 7-layer Noise Dissipation System (NDS), 2 x EMI Absorption:

100% shield coverage is easy. To prevent captured RF interference from modulating the equipment ground reference, AQ's Noise Dissipation System is required. Carbon-laden metals and synthetics prevent most RFIs from reaching the equipment ground plane.

Specifications:

Metal: Solid 100% Perfect Surface Silver (PSS).

Geometry: 110Ohm Triple Balanced.

Gauge: 21 AWG.

Dielectric: Hard cell foam.

Noise Dissipation System: Carbon-based 7-layer NDS.

Shield: Foil + Silver Spiral.

Termination: Cold welded, pendant silver directly over machined pure red copper.

Jacket Color: Navy Blue Braid.