AQ Wild Series Analog RCA interconnect cable with 72V DBS new pair

Wild 
"Frankly, I had never contemplated the notion of a 'signature series' of products; it

remains a rather alien notion to me. When one of my good friends (and AQ aesthetic steward),

Joe Harley, suggested this, I was taken a bit off guard. However, as we sat back and

discussed the quest, the many years of analyzing the quality of materials and construction,

the hours upon hours of listening, the proving of theories and yes, the bit of luck that is

required, it finally made perfect sense to me. For me, when a designer puts their name on a

product, it feels like a kind of final chapter. Rest assured, this is the beginning of a new

book." - William E. Low, AQ Founder and Chief Designer

SOLID 100% PERFECT-SURFACE SILVER CONDUCTORS (PSS): Perfect-Surface Technology applied to

extreme-purity silver provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors

prevent strand interaction, a major source of cable distortion. Extremely high-purity

Perfect-Surface Silver minimizes distortion caused by the grain boundaries that exist within

any metal conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatly increasing clarity compared to

OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers.

FEP AIR-TUBE INSULATION (FEP is a Fluoro-Polymer): 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 later released as

distortion. All of WEL Signature’s conductors use Air-Tube insulation because air absorbs

next to no energy, and FEP is the best extrudable solid insulation and absorbs less energy

than other materials. The FEP Air-Tubes used in WEL Signature have almost nothing but air

around the solid PSS conductors.

DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1): 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. AQ’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.

CARBON-BASED 7-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. Metal and Carbon-Loaded synthetics prevent most RFI

from reaching the equipment’s ground plane.

TRIPLE-BALANCED GEOMETRY: The three conductors in “Triple-Balanced” WEL Signature cables

ensure that whether prepared with RCA or XLR plugs, the positive and negative signals have

equally low-distortion conducting paths. The 100% coverage shield is never used as an

inferior conductor.

COLD-WELD SYSTEM: This plug design enables a perfect heat-free connection between cable and

plug. The connection between the plug and conductors is made using AQ's Cold-Weld System,

which provides a superior connection that ensures that the structural integrity of the

conductor is kept completely intact.  The Cold-Weld System refers to a combination of high

pressure at the point of contact and the use of copper- or silver-impregnated paste. (WEL

Signature’s silver conductors get silver paste.) XLR plugs are also available.

TERMINATIONS: The WEL Signature interconnect RCA and XLR connectors' striking visual

appearance is the result of many years of intense research into every aspect of plug design.

These plugs are precision-engineered components far surpassing the performance of any

previous design. The sole guiding mandate for the WEL Signature plug designs was maximizing

sonic performance. WEL Signature connectors must be as sonically “invisible” as WEL

Signature cable! WEL Signature RCA connectors are precision machined from a High-

Conductivity Oxygen-Free Pure-Copper Billet (99.94% +Cu) for all conductive parts. FEP is

used as the main insulation material. A thick (100 micron) layer of silver is then directly

plated over the copper. Similarly, WEL Signature XLR wire bays and contact pins are also

machined from HC-OFC Billet, silver plated and secured into a Delrin? bushing.