QED Silver Anniversary XT Pre-Terminated Speaker Cable (pair)

Description

QED Reference Silver Anniversary XT Speaker Cable (pair) - Pre-Terminated With 4mm Banana Plugs

Silver Anniversary-XT has been specifically designed as the natural replacement for the multi-award winning Silver Anniversary speaker cable. Combining the features of Silver Anniversary with the added enhancement of X-Tube(TM) technology to combat the skin effect and deliver stunning detail

A high performance low density polyethylene dielectric helps to cut down on the amount of audio signal energy lost due to cable capacitance.

X-Tube™ Technology

At low frequencies both X-Tube and conventional stranded/solid core speaker cables convey signals in a linear way. However, at high frequencies, X-Tube retains a near-linear signal transfer, whereas the conventional cable fails to conduct uniformly across the entire conductor area. The result is that X-Tube delivers greater fidelity across the audio spectrum which would other wise be lost in ordinary cables.

In standard speaker cables at high frequencies current flow is highest at the periphery with rapidly deteriorating current density towards the centre of the conductor.

The effect of this is to reduce the actual cross-sectional area of the cable at 15kHz to less than 75% of that at low frequencies. This results in higher distortion and compromises the performance of the cable.

X-Tube with polycore technology exhibits much lower self-inductance and is therefore less affected by this problem. The polycore technology reduces loop inductance to levels only achievable using more costly and difficult to terminate cables.

The result is more high frequency detail, less distortion and greater performance.

Airloc plugs for the best quality termination

QED’s Airloc cold weld system ensures a high contact, long-lasting join between the plugs and cable. This not only gives the best sound possible but also excellent durability, with no chance of a dry solder break or lose connection screw. The Forte plugs use a spring loaded connection pin for a tight connection with all 4mm speaker terminals.

Ideal for use in all installations

Specifications:

Wire gauge - 16 AWG

Unique SPOFC triple braid 5 x 16 x 0.1 mm

X-Tube™ technology

Jacket OD - 3.90 mm

Cross-sectional area - 1.50 mm²

Loop resistance - 0.021 Ω/m

Capacitance - 50 pF/m

Inductance - 0.47 µH/m

Dissipation factor - 0.0006

Price includes termination with Airloc banana plugs