AudioQuest Big Sur RCA to RCA Cable - 1.0 metre

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About The AudioQuest Big Sur RCA to RCA Cable

The AudioQuest Big Sur RCA to RCA cable sets a new benchmark for affordable audio component interconnects with high-level performance. Yes you can spend a lot more, but if you're the sort of consumer who wants a lot better than cheap but without the ridiculous price to match, then we believe AudioQuest Big Sur meets the brief.

Back in 2018, AudioQuest introduced a new range of audio interconnects which deliver a performance level and price that just a few years earlier would have been just a dream. Forget all the advertising hype. This is a product that needs your close attention if you are a serious CD fanatic...or have other components that you cherish and want to get best or close to it. The AudioQuest Big Sur stereo RCA cable is terminated by a gold-plated male stereo RCA connector on each end.

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper Conductors (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 high-purity low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion PSC+ conductor. PSC+ is manufactured by applying the same exceptional technology to an ultra-pure copper. The resulting sound quality is even more focused and simply less in the way.

For over 30 years AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals; yet even they were surprised by the huge leap in performance made possible with Perfect-Surface Technology. PSC+ simply outperforms all previously available copper metals at any price. All of Big Sur'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 Big Sur’s very clean sound.

Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation: Any 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. AudioQuest Big Sur uses air-filled 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 Foamed-PE, it causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System (NDS): 100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing captured RF Interference from modulating the equipment’s ground reference requires AQ’s Noise-Dissipation System. Noise-Dissipation System prevents a significant amount of RFI from reaching the equipment’s ground plane.

Double-Balanced Asymmetrical Geometry: Purpose designed for single-ended applications, Double-Balanced Asymmetrical Geometry offers a relatively lower impedance on the ground for a richer, and more dynamic experience. While many single-ended cable designs use a single path for both the ground and the shield, Double-Balanced designs separate the two for cleaner, quieter performance.

Cold-Welded Gold-Plated Pure "Purple-Copper" RCA Plugs: This proprietary, novel 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 machine ability. Purple-Copper offers a cleaner, clearer sound than the nickel-plated or OFHC metals commonly found in competing manufacturers' plugs.

Trivia: Spanning a creek and a formidable travel-impeding canyon, the Bixby Creek Bridge compliments and counterpoints the majestic beauty of California's spectacular coastline just north of Big Sur, 190km (120 miles) south of San Francisco. As an integral part of this stretch of landscape, the bridge has been featured in numerous TV shows and movies, and is seen on travel posters all over the world. Like all products from AudioQuest, the Big Sur range of RCA cables are made to exacting standards and offer many of the design features of the more expensive models in the range.

About AudioQuest

AudioQuest has been the largest cable supplier to the high-end specialist market for several decades and is sold in over sixty countries. Founder Bill Lowe is especially pleased that this success has been possible despite his insistence that the foundation of the company, and the foundation of AudioQuest marketing, must be the performance of the product and when he visited Audio Trends a couple of years back we were convinced of this by his genuine sincerity. In the audio world, many professionals have learned that it is not always convenient to listen to the products they sell … they might learn something they don’t want to know! Bill has always understood the challenge of basing the existence of AudioQuest on the performance of the product. However, to Bill, this is the only reasonable way to do business and the only acceptable way to combine his passion for music (and all things high performance), with his need to make a living.

Main Features & Specifications

• Product Description: AudioQuest Big Sur stereo cable with dual RCA connectors at each end
• Conductors: Solid Perfect Surface Copper (PSC) conductors for excellent performance
• Insulation: Foamed polyethylene insulation for low distortion
• Shield: Metal-layer NDS (Noise Dissipation System) shields against RF interference
• Geometry: Double-balanced asymmetrical cable geometry separates the ground and shield for quieter performance
• Jacket: Black/brown braid
• Connectors: Cold-welded, gold-plated RCA plugs feature a solder-less design for lower distortion
• Available Lengths: 600mm; 1 metre; 1.5 metre; 3 metre and 5 metre
• AudioQuest Product Code: AQ-BISSRR/.6
• Manufacturers Warranty: 5 years - Does not cover misuse or abuse