AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E (Ethernet) CAT7 Cable

AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E (Ethernet) CAT7 Cable

Over the past few years, there has been a revolution in the way people store, distribute, and access their digital media, such as photos, movies, and of course music. No longer dependent on physical media, our media today is mostly data that can be moved across multiple devices and locations. For audio applications and protocols, Ethernet offers the advantage of high speed, low latency, the ability to travel over long distances (300 meters without an active booster or repeater), extremely low jitter, and bit-perfect communication. Who wouldn’t want all these advantages!

SOLID 100% PERFECT-SURFACE SILVER (PSS) CONDUCTORS: Perfect-Surface Technology applied to extreme-purity silver provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion, a major source of cable distortion. Extremely pure Perfect-Surface Silver minimizes distortion caused by the grain boundaries that exist within any metal conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatly increasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers.

SOLID HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE INSULATION: Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and printed circuit board materials absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then later released as distortion. Solid High-Density Polyethylene Insulation ensures critical cable geometry while minimizing insulation-induced phase distortion.

DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1): All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a big problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest's DBS creates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy storage in the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that occur. Sound appears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamic contrast. The DBS battery packs will last for years. A test button and LED allow for the occasional battery check.

CARBON-BASED, 3-LAYER NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM (NDS): 100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing captured RF Interference from modulating the equipment’s ground reference requires AQ’s Noise-Dissipation System. Metal and Carbon-Loaded synthetics prevent most RFI from reaching the equipment’s ground plane.

CONNECTIONS: Low-loss connectors manufactured to tight tolerances with wide bandwidth and 100% shielding with strain relief.

HIGH SPEED DATA CAPACITY: The CAT 7 specification was developed to enable 10 Gigabit Ethernet over 100 m of copper cable.

DIRECTIONALITY: All audio cables are directional. The correct direction is determined by listening to each batch of metal conductors used in all AudioQuest cables. Arrows on the plugs clearly indicate the correct direction to ensure optimum sound quality. For best results, the arrows should point in the direction of the signal flow. For example, from a NAS to a Router, or from a Router to a Network Player.