This QED Airloc ABS QE1830 Standard Spade gives great performance for speaker termination
Using the latest Airloc technology, this Airloc ABS Standard Spade is the ideal speaker termination to ensure you get the best from your speaker cables. This spade has a dual opening for connection with speaker terminals up to 6mm and 8mm wide.
24k Gold Plated
Plugs use gold-plating to eliminate oxidization, ensuring a life-long, low-resistance connection.
What Is Airloc
Airloc is a cold weld system that permanently attaches QED Fortรฉ banana plugs or spade terminals to our overall range of speaker cables.
One of the main reasons for choosing a QED speaker cable is the superior D.C. Resistance characteristics offered by our exclusive use of 99.999% oxygen-free copper conductors. It seems a shame then to ruin all this attention to detail by neglecting the most vulnerable area of the speaker cable chain – that of the physical interface between cable and amplifier or speaker terminals.
The surface of a typical copper strand is very rough when seen under a microscope. Using normal screw-type terminalsโas found on binding posts or cheap banana plugsโonly a relatively small number of places make electrical contact.
In addition, a layer of oxidation – which is inevitable if copper is exposed to the air for even a short time – and the combined resistance of the cable and its termination can creep back up to levels present in a more inferior cable.
Using a cold weld crimp type termination, Airloc QE1830 spades, squash the conductors and plug together to improve the contact area and reduce resistance.
Because all the air has been removed from the joint, the contact surfaces will not oxidise, so the low resistance will remain for the cable’s lifetime. During the cold weld process, the cable and plug become one solid piece of metal.
Technical Specifications
- 24k Gold plated
- High copper brass body
- Airloc cold weld system
- Fits 6 mm and 8 mm binding posts
- Minimum cable size: 0.75 mm2
- Maximum cable size: 5.5 mm2
- Accepts entire QED cable range
- Colour-coded metal barrels
- Available in red, black, yellow and blue
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