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

HARD-CELL FOAM 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. High-density Polyethylene insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry while minimizing insulation induced phase distortion.

SHIELD COVERAGE (FOIL and SILVER-PLATED BRAID):  Shielding always plays an important role in any cable design, but the shield on coax interconnect plays an especially important role because it functions not only as a shield but return path as well. Because of this, AudioQuest pays special attention to the shield’s metal quality and the fabrication technique as this will affect both the sound and the picture.

CARBON-BASED 2-LAYER NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM: 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.

TERMINATIONS:  YIQ-5 is available with RCA or BNC connectors.

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