Audioquest Copperhead

1 meter stereoset interconnects. Tot 20 meter lang leverbaar.

At first glance, Copperhead's design looks like a traditional coaxial cable. However, PSC copper and many

other very important difference seach contribute to Copperhead having such unprecedented ease and clarity

in an affordable cable.

DESIGN BASICS: Copperhead has identical conductors for the positive and ground connections. Underneath

the 100% coverage foil shield is a bare conductor, exactly the same as the insulated center conductor. The

conductor under the shield does double duty as a low distortion audio connection, and as the drain wire connecting

the shield to ground.

CONDUCTORS: Both of Copperhead's conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between

strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often causing a somewhat dirty harsh

sound. Solid conductors are fundamental toward achieving Copperhead's very clean sound.

METAL: PSC (Perfect-Surface Copper) has an astonishingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metal

processing technology protects the wire's surface at every stage of drawing and fabrication. When highpurity

low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low distortion

conductor. For fifteen years AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals; yet even we were

surprised by this huge leap in performance. PSC clearly out performs previous AQ metals that cost over ten

times as much.

INSULATION: Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation,

circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as

distortion. Copperhead uses air filled FPE (Foamed Polyethylene) insulation on both conductors because

air absorbs next to no energy, and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to

all the air in FPE, it causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

TERMINATIONS: Precision gold plated plugs are carefully attached with the very best solder. Through choice

of flux and metallurgy, AQ solder has been optimized to make a low distortion connection. All solder, including

"silver solder," is a lousy conductor. The difference you hear between solders is a result of connection quality.

AQ Solder does not have a high silver content because the more silver there is in solder, the more difficult it

is to make a good connection.