AudioQuest Dragon Interconnect Cable
Not only is Dragon the best interconnect AudioQuest has ever made, it’s quite possibly the best the world has ever seen or heard.
With its ultimate combination of world-class materials and cutting-edge Noise-Dissipation technologies, Dragon comes as close as presently possible to AudioQuest’s sonic ideal — completely invisible cable. It features Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) conductors, ZERO-Tech, FEP Air-Tube insulation, Silver-Plated RF-Draining Barrels, and Level-7 Noise-Dissipation in which even the shield-drains are 100% PSS.
All Mythical Creature interconnects are available with custom-made RCA and XLR terminations.
ZERO-Tech (No Characteristic Impedance) for Linear, Wide-Bandwidth Noise-Dissipation
The only way to avoid characteristic-impedance mismatch-effects between a cable and its attached source and load circuits is to prevent the cable from having a characteristic-impedance. ZERO-Tech succeeds by eliminating the electrostatic field between the cable’s high and low signal conductors, enabling linear (consistent octave to octave) Radio-Frequency (RF) Noise-Dissipation, and uncompressed transients. In order to preserve ZERO-Tech’s complete isolation between signal conductors, a Dual-72v DBS pack is included for XLR cables.
Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors
Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSS Solid-Silver minimises distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximises linear RF Noise-Dissipation.
FEP Air-Tube Dielectric
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 maximise the negative connection’s different job.
72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS)
Insulation is also a dielectric that can act like a shunt-filter. Biasing minimises dielectric-noise and linearises the filter, significantly improving wide-bandwidth dissipation of induced RF noise.
Level 7 Noise-Dissipation: PSS Drains + ZERO-Tech + 72v DBS + Carbon/Graphene Mesh-Network + Direction-Controlled
Radio-Frequency Noise from cellular, WiFi, and satellites is everywhere. AQ’s Level 7 Linear Noise-Dissipation includes a carbon & graphene resistive mesh-network, direction-controlled conductors, 72v DBS, and Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) drain wires, significantly minimising RF Noise masking effects.
Hanging-Silver over Red-Copper Plugs
AudioQuest’s finest plugs feature superior Hanging-Silver (not tumbled) directly over extreme-purity Red Copper.
Silver-Plated RF-Draining Barrels
Grounded Silver-Plated Barrels maximise Noise-Dissipation by preventing a metal barrel from capacitively coupling RF to the conductors.
- Signal-Conducting Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
- RF-Draining Metal: Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)
- Geometry: ZERO-Tech (No Characteristic Impedance)
- Dielectric: FEP Air-Tubes for minimal signal interference
- Dielectric-Bias System: ◉ 72v DBS (RCA); ◉◉ Dual-72v DBS (XLR)
- Level 7 Noise-Dissipation: PSS Drains + ZERO-Tech + 72v DBS + Carbon/Graphene Mesh-Network + Direction-Controlled
- Plug Barrels: Silver-Plated RF-Draining
- Plug Contacts: Hanging-Silver over Red-Copper