The Audioquest Forest Digital Cable features high-purity Solid 0.5% Silver conductors and a Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation system for the most efficient dissipation of radio-frequency noise.
Solid 0.5% Silver Conductors
Solid conductors minimize the harmful effects of both electrical and magnetic strand-to-strand interaction. For digital cables, whose signals are of such high frequency that they travel almost exclusively on the surface of the conductor, increasingly thick layers of silver plating are applied to AudioQuestโs Long-Grain Copper (LGC) conductors to further improve Noise-Dissipation.
Placing the superior metal on the outside of the conductor produces the greatest benefit on overall performance. This is a superbly cost-effective way to maximize a USB digital cable.
Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation
It’s easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. Preventing captured Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment’s ground reference, the Forest Digital 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.
Hard-Cell Foam Insulation
Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Insulation in the Forest Digital cable ensures critical signal-pair geometry. Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is also part of an imperfect circuit. Both wire insulation and circuit board materials absorb energy. They store some of this energy and then release it as distortion.
Hard-Cell Foam Insulation is similar to the Foamed-PE Audioquest use in the more affordable Bridges & Falls cables, and nitrogen-inject to create air pockets.
Because nitrogen (like air) does not absorb energy and, therefore, does not release any energy from or into the conductor, the cable can reduce distortion. In addition, the stiffness of the material allows the Forest Digital cable’s conductors to maintain a stable relationship along the cable’s full length, producing a stable impedance character and further minimizing distortion.
Technical Specifications
- Metal: Solid 0.5% Silver
- Noise Dissipation: Metal Layer + Directional RF Draining
- Insulation: Hard-Cell Foam
- Terminations: Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated
- Shield: Foil + Tinned Braid
- Signal Type: Digital
- Jacket: Black PVC with Green Stripes
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