Audioquest Fire RCA
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The Audioquest Fire contains massive Perfect Surface Silver conductors and has a triple balanced geometry (separate ground conductor). An eight-layer carbon-based noise dissipation system is used.
Features
massive perfect surface silver conductor
Triple balanced geometry
Larger air tubes made of fluorine ethylene polymer with 23% more air inclusion than in the other elements
Eight-layer noise dissipation system based on carbon
72 V dielectric bias system
Black / red braid
Cold-welded reusable double-contact plugs, directly coated with hanging silver on solidly turned, high-purity red copper
Overall, the Fire is 1.8 mm thicker than the Sky, which, as with the other Elements, enables much more stable air tubes. In addition, space was created for an eight-layer NDS that works even more effectively than the six-layer NDS used in later Sky batches. (Early Sky cables had a three-layer NDS, and the connectors were resistance welded instead of cold welded as in later designs.)
And to push it even further with the improvements, the same new high-performance RCA and XLR plugs are used on the Fire as on the Wild and WEL cables. As with the other Elements, these plugs also have a hanging silver coating on high-purity red copper; However, these are uncompromisingly machined, cold-welded versions with cold-welded multiple contacts and hollow pins. These plugs are even a little better than the amazing, gun-like giants that made the Wild and WEL so unique - and so bulky.
As with the Rivers models, the Elements cables use triple-balanced geometry, an asymmetrical signal impedance and an asymmetrical ground impedance. When used unbalanced with RCA plugs, the single larger conductor is used for positive, and the two smaller, single wire conductors are combined to provide a ground reference that is 59% less impedance than the signal conductor.
When used symmetrically with XLR plugs, the two smaller conductors are used for the two hot conductors (inverted and non-inverted), while the single larger conductor is used for the advantageously lower impedance reference ground. If almost all 'symmetrical' cables use their shielding as reference ground, AQ triple balanced cables use a separate, specially designed shield that is only connected at one end. Incidentally, if your own music system evolves, AQ triple balanced cables can be converted from RCA to XLR or vice versa at any time (for a fee).
As with Columbia, Colorado and Niagara, AudioQuest's DBS (Dielectric Bias System) is a very important factor in the lack of any tonal coloration inherent in the cable and allows for a quieter, 'blacker' background and greater dynamics.
Water, Earth and Wind are 10% larger than their predecessors. The space gained in this way is used sensibly: The air tubes have 60% greater wall thickness and are significantly more stable. This ensures that the structural quality of the air tubes is retained, even if the cables are bent or 'mistreated' in any way. Maintaining the original round shape of the trachea also minimizes distortion caused when the conductor and insulation get too close.
Depending on how you look at it, these three new elements are 'only' significantly improved versions of the Columbia, Colorado and Niagara - or these three new cables open a new chapter of very neutral and honest, low-distortion and low-cost cables that deliver the best sound to date.
The colors of the Elements cables are deliberately chosen to be different from those of their predecessors. They almost completely adopt the color scheme that was first introduced with the Indulgence HDMI cable series and is gradually being applied to all digital cables. This black-green-red-brown-gray-blue-brown-silver evolution was only changed in one point when it was applied to the Bridges & Falls series coaxial cables: Yosemite, the Coffee of the Falls series, is green instead of brown.
| Condition: | new goods |
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| Lengths in meters: | 0.5 |
| Product type: | Cable |
Manufacturer
The Quest Group (AudioQuest)
2621 White Road
Irvine 92614
United States of America
info@audioquest.com
EU Representative
The Quest Group BV
Hoge Bergen 10
4704 RH Roosendaal
The Netherlands
info@audioquest.nl
Safety Information
Product-specific safety instructions can be found in the operating manual.