AudioQuest GoldenGate RCA cable

AudioQuest GoldenGate RCA










The nearly magical confluence of land and sea where the San Francisco

Peninsula reaching up from the south, and Marin County stretching down

from the north, almost touch, was named “Chrysopylea,” meaning “golden

gate,” by Captain John C. Fremont in 1846. The Golden Gate Bridge was

the longest suspension bridge in the world from 1937 to 1964, when New

York City’s Verrazano Narrows surpassed it by a mere 18 meters (60 ft).

The main span is 1,280 meters (4,200 ft) long and 27 meters (90 ft)

wide, the towers rise to 227 meters (746 ft) above the water.




SOLID PERFECT-SURFACE COPPER (PSC) CONDUCTORS: 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 conductor. For over 30 years AudioQuest has pioneered the

use of superior metals; yet even we were surprised by this huge leap in

performance. PSC clearly outperforms previous AQ metals that cost over

ten times as much. 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 Golden Gate’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. Golden Gate 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.




ASYMMETRICAL DOUBLE-BALANCED GEOMETRY: Purpose designed for single-ended

applications, Asymmetrical Double-Balanced 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 RCA PLUGS: This 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 machinability.