Style: PairSolid LongGrain Copper (LGC) ConductorsSolid conductors eliminate strandinteraction distortion. Black Lab's solid LongGrain Copper allows a smoother and clearer sound than cables using regular OFHC (OxygenFree HighConductivity) 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. FoamedPolythene InsulationAny solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. Black Lab uses airfilled FoamedPolyethylene Insulation on both conductors because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is lowloss and has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to all the air in FoamedPE, it causes much less of the outoffocus effect common to other materials. MetalLayer NoiseDissipation System (NDS) 100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing captured RF Interference from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's NoiseDissipation System. NoiseDissipation System prevents a significant amount of RFI from reaching the equipment's ground plane. Symmetrical Coax GeometryIdentical + and conductors prevent the shield being used as an inferior audio conductor.
ColdWelded GoldPlated PlugsThis plug design allows for a connection devoid of solder, which is a common source of distortion. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.