AudioQuest Flat Series speaker cables are based on a semi-solid concentric design. While this does not offer the same transparency as AudioQuest's solid conductors, the semi-solid conductors have significantly better resolution than conventional multi-strand cables.
SEMI-SOLID CONCENTRICAL PACKED CONDUCTORS: Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors are used in some AudioQuest power and speaker cables as a cost-effective, flexible alternative to stranded cable. Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors use fewer, larger strands that do not change position along the length of the cable. While solid conductors are the complete solution to strand distortion, Semi-Solid Concentric Packed Conductors avoid many of the distortion mechanisms of stranded conductors.
LONG-GRAIN COPPER (LGC): Cables using LGC will allow a smoother and clearer sound than cables using regular OFHC (Oxygen-Free High Conductivity) copper. OFHC is a general metal industry specification regarding "loss" without any concern for distortion. LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material, less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance. X2 cables use LGC conductors in a semi-solid concentric pattern.
SPREAD-SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY (SST): Each size or shape of conductor has a specific distortion profile. Even though radially symmetrical conductors (solid or tubular) have the fewest discontinuities, each conductor does have a sonic signature. SST is a method for significantly reducing the awareness of these character flaws by using a carefully controlled combination of different size conductors.
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