AudioQuest - WEL Signature Limited Edition - Tonearm Cable (Single)
AudioQuest - WEL Signature - Tonearm Cable (Single)
The WEL Signature Reference Series Tonearm Cable is the culmination of over 30 years of research, trial, and error, and just plain old-fashioned listening. WEL Signature incorporates all of AudioQuest's best techniques, materials, and practices such as Perfect-Surface Silver conductors, FEP Air-Tubes, Noise-Dissipation System and our most advanced, custom-machined RCA and XLR connectors. WEL Signature will leave you breathless and never wanting for more.
Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSS Solid-Silver minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximizes linear RF Noise-Dissipation.
Positive conductors benefit from almost no contact between metal and its FEP insulation, which is notable for its superior dielectric constant and minimal signal interference. Negative conductors benefit from intentionally “lossy insulation” — no air and no FEP helps maximize the negative connection’s different job.
All insulation between two or more conductors is also a dielectric whose properties will affect the integrity of the signal. When the dielectric is unbiased, dielectric-involvement (absorption and non-linear release of energy) causes different amounts of time delay (phase shift) for different frequencies and energy levels, which is a real problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. The inclusion of an RF Trap (developed for AudioQuest’s Niagara Series of power products), ensures that radio-frequency noise will not be induced into the signal conductors from the DBS field elements.
It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. Preventing captured Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's Noise-Dissipation System (NDS). Traditional shield systems typically absorb and then drain noise/RF energy to component ground, modulating and distorting the critical "reference" ground plane, which in turn causes a distortion of the signal. NDS's alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetics "shield the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.
FEATURES:
- FEP Air-Tube Dielectric
- Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors
- Dielectric-Bias System with Radio Frequency Trap
- Carbon-Based 4-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
- Limited, Lifetime Manufacturer's Warranty
SPECIFICATIONS:
Metal
Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
Dielectric
FEP Air-Tubes (FEP is Fluoro-Polymer)
Noise-Dissipation System
Carbon-Based 4-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
Capacitance
Less than 56pF/1.2m
Jacket
Black/Gray Stripes PVC
Terminations
Right-Angled or Straight Machined-Barrel 5-Pin JIS Plug to 2 x WEL Signature Series RCA Plugs + Ground, RCA or XLR