AudioQuest Sydney (Jack-Jack)

AudioQuest Sydney (Jack-Jack)

Like the Big Sur PSC+, the AudioQuest Sydney uses copper but has "Air Tubes" instead of foam for better insulation. In addition, the plugs are silver-plated instead of gold-plated for better conductivity.

MASSIVE PERFECT-SURFACE COPPER + conductors (PSC+): Perfect-Surface Copper+ has an amazingly smooth and clean surface. Patented metal-processing technologies protect the surface of the conductor at every stage of the manufacturing process, from drawing to production. When high-purity copper with few oxides is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, you get a fantastic PSC+ conductor with low distortion. The result is a sound quality that is even more focused and simply even less in the way. For more than 30 years, AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals, but even we were surprised by this huge jump in performance made possible by Perfect-Surface technology. PSC+ clearly outperforms previously available copper metals, regardless of price. All Sydney conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between the wires in a conventional cable is the main source of distortion, often resulting in a somewhat ragged and harsh sound. Solid conductors are fundamental to the very clean sound of the Sydney.

POLYETHYLENE AIR-TUBE ISOLATION: Any solid adjacent to a conductor is in fact part of a non-perfect circuit. Cable insulation and circuit board materials absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and released again as distortion. Sydney uses Air-Tube insulation for all conductors because air absorbs virtually no energy and Polyethylene has little loss and also has a favorable deformation profile. PE Air-Tube insulation causes far fewer out-of-focus effects than other materials.

COOL STONE-BASED 3-LAY NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM (NDS): 100% shielding is easy. Preventing captured RF disturbances from modulating equipment ground potential requires AQ's Noise-Dissipation System. Metal- and carbon-enriched plastics prevent much of the captured RFI from reaching the equipment ground.

DOUBLEBALANCED A-SYMMETRIC GEOMETRY: Designed specifically for single-ended applications, it provides a relatively lower impedance to ground and a richer and more dynamic experience. While most single-ended cable designs use the same conductor for both ground and shield, the Double-Balanced design pulls them apart for cleaner and quieter performance.

COLD WELDEDDIRECT SILVERED PUUR 'PAIR-COPER' RCA PLUGS: This plug design allows for a connection without solder, a common source of distortion. Because the plugs are not machined but pressed, a metal with low distortion can be chosen without regard to machinability. Purple-copper offers a cleaner, brighter sound than the nickel-plated or OFHC metals typically used in competing manufacturers' plugs. Direct silver plating indicates even greater purity, and protection of the original signal.