audioquest Mackenzie XLR Audio Cable - balanced

audioquest Mackenzie balanced XLR Audio Cable

MASSIVE PERFECT-SURFACE-COPPER+-LEITER (PSC+):
Perfect-Surface-Copper+ has a surprisingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metalworking technology protects the surface of the wire at every step of the drawing and manufacturing process. When high-purity, low-oxygen copper is preserved as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion PSC+ conductor. PSC+ is manufactured using the same exceptional technology as ultra-pure copper. The resulting sound quality is even more focused and unobtrusive. For more than 30 years, AudioQuest has pioneered the use of high quality metals; but even we were surprised at the huge leap in performance made possible with Perfect Surface technology. PSC+ outperforms all previously available copper metals at every price point. All conductors in the Mackenzie are solid. The mutual electrical and magnetic interference of the strands in conventional cable assemblies is the greatest source of interference and often causes an "impure", "harsh" sound. Solid conductors are the fundamental basis for the pure sound of the Mackenzie.

HARD-CELL-FOAM INSULATION:
Hard-Cell foam is used exclusively in most of AudioQuest's video and digital audio cables. Similar to PE foam, it contains nitrogen injections that create air pockets. "Hard" foam is used because the stiffness of the material ensures that the conductors within the cable do not change position relative to each other along the length of the cable, which maintains the characteristic impedance uniformly.

CARBON-BASED 3-LAYER NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM (NDS)
Achieving 100 per cent shielding is easy. To prevent "trapped" RF interference from affecting the ground reference of the unit, the AQ noise dissipation system is required. Metal and carbon-containing plastics prevent the majority of RF interference from reaching the ground plane of the unit.

TRIPLE-BALANCED GEOMETRY:
The three conductors in Mackenzie "triple-balanced" cables, whether assembled with RCA or XLR connectors, ensure that equally low-distortion conductor paths are available to the positive and negative signals. The 100% shielding is never used as an inferior conductor.

COLD-WELDED DIRECTLY SILVERED PURPLE-COPPER CONNECTORS:
This connector design allows connection without solder - as this is a common source of interference. Because the end sleeves are stamped rather than machined, the metal can be selected for low distortion rather than machinability. Purple copper offers a purer, clearer sound than nickel-plated or OFHC metals often found in competitors' connectors. Direct silver plating represents another important step towards greater clarity without compromising the signal.