AudioQuest GoldenGate 3.5mm to RCA Cable

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.