AudioQuest SKY 1.5m XLR Interconnects

Transcending 'Ordinary' Hi-Fi - Get Straight to the Soul of Your Music Organic and rich, Sky reveals the true power and emotion of any recording. Delivering an exceptional balance of power, texture and life, Sky brings breathtaking performance to any system. Larger air tubes and better shielding allow cavernous bass, soulful midrange and seemingly endless air. Design and Technical Construction The Sky interconnects uses solid silver conductors. Audioquest calls these "Perfect Surface Silver" or PSS for short. There are three PSS 20-gauge solid core wires in the Sky interconnect. If the interconnect is used in the XLR balanced configuration, the three conductors correlate to the three pins of the XLR plug. In the RCA/single-ended format, the third conductor is connected to ground at both ends of the cable. Therefore, you have a single 20-gauge solid silver wire for the positive, and two 20-gauge solid core wires for the negative. This is what Audioquest calls "triple balanced". The Teflon™ insulation is larger in internal diamteter than the 20 gauge wires, meaning that most of the "insulation" around the silver wires is air—this significantly minimizes the time-smearing characteristics of the dielectric. A Patented Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) is used in the Sky interconnect, as well as in all the upper models in Audioquest's interconnect and speaker line. This system statically connects a 72-volt battery pack to the cable to bias the dielectric within the interconnect. There are two small wires inside the interconnect: a centre wire connects to the positive side of the battery and a second wire, located right next to the shield, is connected to the negative terminal of the battery. The two wires are not connected to each other, so therefore no current flows within the DBS circuit. The battery lasts as long as a battery normally lasts on the shelf. The cable is also fully shielded with a 22-gauge solid silver-plated drain wire which connects to the negative terminal of the DBS battery and a traditional foil shield which wraps around the interconnect to eliminate RFI and other air-born contaminants found in our modern world. Another impressive feature of the Sky interconnect is the quality of their termination. The plugs are made from Ohno Continuous Cast Copper (OCC). The Ohno Continuous Cast process yields some of the best and highest purity wires and connectors. _____________ Buyer pays 3% Paypal (4% Int'l) + 2% Audigon Fee + Insured FedEx Ground shipping. No exceptions!