Audioquest Forest USB A-B Cable

The Audioquest Forest USB A-B Cable is one of the most reliable connections. Thanks to its advanced engineering, it deepens the immersion of your favourite digital music and improves the clarity of the audio. Designed for audio enthusiasts and professionals. This cable makes it easy to ensure that your equipment has optimal performance, thanks to better signal integrity.

Audioquest Forest USB A-B Cable

The Audioquest Forest USB A-B 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 minimise the harmful effects of electrical and magnetic strand to strand interaction. For digital cables, whose signals are persistent, they travel almost exclusively on the conductor’s surface. Increasingly thick layers of silver plating are applied to AudioQuest’s Long Grain Copper (LGC) conductors to improve noise dissipation further.

Placing the superior metal outside the conductor greatly benefits overall performance. This is a superbly cost effective way to maximise a USB A-B cable.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation

It’s easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. The Forest USB requires AQ’s noise dissipation system (NDS) to prevent captured Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment’s ground reference. Traditional shield systems absorb and then drain noise/RF energy to the component ground. Modulating and distorting the critical “reference” ground plane, which in turn distorts the signal.

Hard-Cell Foam Insulation

Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Insulation in the Forest USB 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 foam-PE Audioquest uses in the more affordable Bridges & Falls cables, and nitrogen is injected 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 material’s stiffness allows the Forest USB cable’s conductors to maintain a stable relationship along the cable’s full length. Producing a stable impedance character and further minimising distortion.

Enhanced Clarity 

To be more precise, the Forest USB A-B Cable employs solid conductors that rapidly and precisely transmit the signal without any distortion. Minimal distortion and data transmission speed are the most cost-effective.

Features and Benefits

• Solid Long-Grain Copper Conductors: These are the best conductors currently available. Ensuring a clean, natural sound and faster data rates.
• Corrosion-Resistant Connectors: The reliable contacts are the meeting point of the other equipment with your loudspeaker. In this way, you do not get any wear .
• Reduced Jitter and Distortion: The organisation of the electrical conduction system makes it possible to have a secure connection that cannot be easily distorted or affected by electromagnetic interference.
• Efficient Noise-Dissipation System: It defends against the signals being interrupted by other electronic devices.

Technical Specifications

• Cable Type: USB A-B digital audio/data cable
• Conductor Material: Solid long-grain copper
• Insulation: A Layered noise dissipation system
• Connectors: Gold-plated USB Type A and B
• Length Availability: Comes in multiple lengths to suit various needs
• Jacket: Flexible, dark green PVC

Summary of the Audioquest Forest USB A-B Cable

The Audioquest Forest USB cable takes performance to a new level by improving your devices’ communication. The solid, long-grain copper conductors create a highly conductive path that enables the transfer of audio signals with utmost ease and maximum fidelity.

Durable Design

With a robust PVC jacket and gold plated connectors, the Forest cable is an excellent example of durability and flexibility. For that reason, it is suitable for mobile environments and static installations where durability is most required.

Universal Compatibility

By owning a home theatre, a professional recording studio, or upgrading your office’s audio system, the Audioquest Forest USB A-B cable is a versatile and first rate audio/video solution. Its construction has been such that it enables the cable to be compatible with a large variety of USB-equipped devices. Effectively broadening the range of its applications to almost any audio related task.