AudioQuest Diamond USB A to B

MASSIVE 100% PERFECT-SURFACE SILVER CONDUCTORS (PSS)

Perfect-Surface technology applied to silver with an extreme level of purity provides unprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors prevent mutual interference between the wires in twisted cables, which is a significant source of distortion in cables. Perfect-Surface Silver with an extreme level of purity minimizes distortion caused by the boundaries between atoms in a metal conductor, eliminating hardness and increasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N, and other copper types.

CARBON-BASED 3-LAYER NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM (NDS)

Achieving 100% shielding is simple. To prevent radio frequency interference (RFI) from modulating the ground reference of the equipment, AQ's Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) is required. Traditional shielding systems typically absorb noise/RF energy and then dissipate it to the component's ground, modulating and distorting the critical "reference" ground plane, which in turn causes signal distortion. The alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded plastics in NDS "shield the shield" and absorb and reflect most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the ground layer.

DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM WITH RADIOFREQUENCY TRAP

All insulation between two or more conductors is also a dielectric that affects the integrity of the signal. When the dielectric has no bias, dielectric involvement (absorption and nonlinear release of energy) causes different amounts of time delay (phase shift) for different frequencies and energy levels, which is a serious problem for highly time-sensitive audio with multiple octaves. The inclusion of an RF Trap (developed for AudioQuest's Niagara series power products) ensures that radio frequency noise is not induced into the signal conductors of the DBS field elements. (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1)

FOAMED-POLYETHYLENE INSULATION

Any solid material adjacent to a conductor actually becomes part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and printed circuit board materials all absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. Because air absorbs virtually no energy and polyethylene has low loss and a good distortion profile, Foamed-PE with its high air content causes much less of the out-of-focus effect that occurs with other materials.

All conductors checked for RF (radio frequency) noise directionality

Available lengths: 0.75m-5m