-Audioquest Cougar Tonearm Cable RCA - RCA 1.5m (Display Model)

Our Price £314.00 RRP £349.00 Save: £35.00
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The Audioquest Cougar Tonearm Cable brings astonishingly low-level clarity and resolution that is rarely seen in a cable in this price bracket. Perfect-Surface Copper+ helps to raise the AQ Cougar's performance above that which can be found in the AQ Wildcat.

-Audioquest Cougar Tonearm Cable RCA - RCA 1.5m (Display Model) - Product Description

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper + conductors are used in the Audioquest Cougar Tonearm Cable. PSC+ boasts an astonishingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metal-processing technology will protect the wire's surface at each and 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 PSC+ conductor. PSC+ is manufactured by applying the same exceptional technology to an ultra-pure copper. The resulting sound quality is even more focused and simply less in the way. PSC+ will outperform all copper metals that were previously available no matter what the price. Every conductor in the Cougar Tonearm Cable is solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, which will often cause a dirty or harsh sound. The solid conductors in the Cougar will ensure this cable achieves its clean and precise sound.

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. Cougar uses air-filled Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation 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.

All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a big problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest's DBS creates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy storage in the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that occur. Sound appears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamic contrast. The DBS battery packs will last for years. A test button and LED allow for the occasional battery check.

100% shield coverage is easy. Preventing captured RF Interference from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's Noise-Dissipation System. Metal and Carbon-Loaded synthetics prevent most RFI from reaching the equipment's ground plane.

Cougar's Cold-Welded Direct-Silver Plated RCA plugs use a proprietary design that eliminates the distortion caused by the extra contact inside most plugs. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability. A combination of these major ingredients, and many more subtle details add up to explain how Cougar can sound so clean, clear and dynamic.

  • Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ conductors
  • Foamed-Polyethylene insulation
  • Dielectric-Bias system
  • Carbon-based 2-layer noise dissipation system
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Audioquest products are designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards. However, if something does go wrong with the product we are here to help. From your date of purchase your product is warranted against faulty materials or workmanship for a period of 24 months.

This guarantee applies to all Audioquest Products including: analogue and digital Cables, Video HDMi Cables, Phono Cables and Speaker Cables. Providing you with peace of mind and the assurance of premium quality.

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