AudioQuest VODKA 48 HDMI Cable

Sound

first. While 8K and other compelling video/gaming features make the

HDMI headlines, AudioQuest’s 48 and eARC-Priority Series HDMI cables are

our best-sounding HDMI cables yet.

The

greater precision and tighter manufacturing tolerances required to

deliver HDMI cables that transfer up to 48Gbps bandwidth mean all of

AudioQuest’s tried-and-true ingredients and techniques matter every bit

as much as ever before.

Vodka

48 features 10% Silver-Plated Copper conductors that have been

direction-controlled for the most efficient dissipation of

radio-frequency noise; a high-loss carbon layer, sandwiched between

layers of metal around the 4 FRL + eARC pairs, further enhances

noise-dissipation.

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“48” HDMI cables can transfer up to professional 10K Ultra-HD video.

The 48Gbps bandwidth is made possible by 4 balanced audio/video pairs

capable of 12Gbps each. The precision and tighter manufacturing

tolerances required to produce HDMI cables that transfer up to 48Gbps

bandwidth mean many of AudioQuest’s tried-and-true ingredients and

techniques are more important than ever before.

8K/10K




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48Gbps HDMI cables have the bandwidth required for video with

resolutions up to 10K and resolutions/refresh rates up to 8K/60 and

4K/120. All AudioQuest HDMI cables are completely backwards compatible

with existing 4K displays.

10% Silver-Plated Copper Conductors (HDMI)

In

AudioQuest HDMI cables, increasingly thick layers of silver plating are

applied to AudioQuest’s Long-Grain Copper (LGC) conductors to improve

Noise-Dissipation. Placing the superior metal on the outside of the

conductor produces the greatest benefit on overall performance—a

superbly cost-effective way to maximize a digital cable. Vodka 48 uses

10% Silver-Plated Copper for its conductors.

Level 3 Noise Dissipation: Carbon + Metal + Directionality







Traditional

“100% shielding” is not enough to guard against the increasingly

prevalent effects of Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite radiation. In

AudioQuest HDMI cables, all 19 conductors are Direction-Controlled to

minimize the RF Noise that damages performance by “directing” or

draining it away from the most vulnerable circuits. Level 3 Noise

Dissipation adds a high-loss carbon layer sandwiched between layers of

metal around the 4 FRL + eARC pairs to further enhance

noise-dissipation. Additional Noise-Dissipation techniques (Levels 4 and

up) are applied as budget permits to further reduce noise.

eARC: 10% Silver + Level-3 Noise Dissipation

Because

sound matters, the eARC conductors in AudioQuest's 48-Series HDMI

cables receive equal love and affection, featuring the same superior

metals, Direction-Controlled Conductors, and Noise-Dissipation

technologies as the main AV data pairs. In AudioQuest eARC-Priority

cables, the main A/V data pairs have Cinnamon-level performance (Forest

48’s solid 0.5% Silver + Carbon & Vodka 48’s Level-3

Noise-Dissipation), while the eARC data pair and Ground-Reference drain

use all the same advanced design ingredients as their “48” counterparts.

HDMI’s Audio Return Channel (ARC) sends audio from a TV to a soundbar

or AV receiver for greater simplicity and flexibility in system setup.

Hardware’s previous ARC capabilities max out at lossy (compressed)

5.1-channel surround sound. Today’s HDMI 2.1 hardware supports enhanced

Audio Return Channel (eARC), which increases the digital bandwidth

dramatically to support uncompressed and lossless high-resolution

multichannel audio, including Dolby TrueHD and Atmos, and DTS-HD Master

Audio and DTS: X.