The ultra precision technology that we use in our interconnect
cables is now incorporated into our latest digital cable design.
This is a digital cable by which all others are judged.
Painstakingly hand crafted by real engineers, engineers who
hold Ph.D degrees in electronic science with 30+ year experience.
Some of which includes engineering technology for Russian
submarines and fighter jets.
This cable will be your ultra link of transporting digital data.
It will preserve the signal to the very last micro bit of information.
Key Considerations During the Design Phase
1. Ultra wide bandwidth coax cable (digital signals operate at
higher frequencies), with Teflon insulated conductor.
Teflon is arguably the best dielectric one can use in a cable,
although Kapton comes pretty close, taking everything into
consideration.
All precision instrumentation or military equipment use Teflon
and Kapton, sometimes both in combination.
This solves a lot of the phase and time distortion, jitter, etc.
Square waves actually look like squares and they are not
shifted (not in phase).
How does this translate into sound? Life like!
Dynamic range increases and transient response becomes
much faster.
2. Precision RCA connectors, extremely close to 75 ohm
impedance. Closest in the industry, as a matter of fact.
75 ohm RCA connector prevent signal reflections, which
would ruin everything covered above.
3. Unique attachment of RCA connectors to coax cable, in two
separate parts. One is a pressure fit and the other is soldered
using a proprietary technique, with specific solder made
especially for precision instrumentation electronics.
Having a good connection between the cable and connector is
critical, otherwise all sorts of impedance accidents and
reflections could occur and ruin everything in steps 1 and 2.
Real engineering makes a difference!
RCA Impedance
This is a phenomena that happens only at higher frequencies.
In consumer products the load is 75 ohm and in military it's 50 ohm.
So, when you have a cable that goes from your transport to DAC,
everything must be 75 ohm, this includes the female RCA connectors,
male RCA connectors and the coax cable itself.
If one of these components is not true 75 ohm part of the signal will
reflect, but only at high frequencies, like the ones digital signals are
transmitted in.
If the cable it 75 ohm and the connector is 70 ohm only a small
fraction will reflect, however if the cable is 75 ohm and the RCA is
40 ohm (which is typical for most expensive/fancy so called audiophile
RCA connectors out there) significant part of the signal will reflect.
First, this reflection makes the signal weaker and second, the
reflection can cause an avalanche effect where it disturbs the signals
behind it.
This is all very bad for an instrumentation type cable.
Most RCA connectors are 40 ohm. At high frequencies, the
shape of the connector and the thickness of dielectric will determine
the impedance. That is why it's so hard to make RCA connectors 75
ohm, their shape and conductor spacing prevent this. BNC connectors
are a different story, they can easily be made to be 75 ohm.
Our digital cables feature braided shields to reject EMI (electro-
magnetic interference).
Cable Specifications:
- Extremely flexible
- True 75 ohm construction
- 18 GHz design
- RG-179 Type
- Silver plated, extremely high purity (multi-strand)
center conductor (laser polished)
- Teflon insulated center conductor (FFEP
Foam Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene dielectric)
- Extruded FEP (Teflon) outer jacket
- Silver plated (extremely high purity) round
copper outer braid shield (against RFI pollution)
- 16.1 pF/ft.
- 0.103 uH/ft.
- Manufactured in a state of the art, multi million dollar facility in
United States, under strict ISO9001 and military MIL-1-45208
specifications
Cable Construction:
- Unique RCA plug connectors, closest to
75 ohm in the industry
- Finished with a premium Techflex sleeve, for
luxurious look and feel
- Techflex is extremely flexible, has high
strength and resistance to abrasion
Manual:
Coax RCA Digital Cable Link