For many applications, the speed of digital communication isimportant. Most visibly, speed is about transferring large files as quicklyas possible, or carrying enough data for HD video. For FireWire® audio (and forHDMI audio), speed is critical not because of how-much how-fast, but becausetime relationships within a digital stream are critical to the reconstructionof the analog wave form that brings information, music and joy to ourears.   Time-based damage (jitter) to thisinformation within the data package makes the sound small and flat instead of3D, harsh and foggy instead of smooth and clear. SOLID 1.25% SILVER CONDUCTORS: Solid conductors eliminatestrand-interaction distortion and reduce jitter. Solid silver-plated conductorsare excellent for very high-frequency applications, like USB audio. Thesesignals, being such a high frequency, travel almost exclusively on the surfaceof the conductor. As the surface is made of high-purity silver, the performanceis very close to that of a solid silver cable, but priced much closer to solidcopper cable. This is an incredibly cost effective way of manufacturing veryhigh-quality USB cables. SOLID HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE INSULATION: Any solidmaterial adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wireinsulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of thisenergy is stored and then later released as distortion. Solid High-DensityPolyethylene Insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry while minimizinginsulation-induced phase distortion. TERMINATIONS: Precision gold-plated plugs are carefullyattached with the very best solder. Through choice of flux and metallurgy, AQsolder has been optimized to make a low-distortion connection. The differenceyou hear between solders is a result of connection quality. AQ solder does nothave a high silver content because the more silver there is in solder, the moredifficult it is to make a good connection. ]]>

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