ONE SERIES FEATURES
• 99.999% Pure Oxygen Free Copper Conductors
to minimise any cable losses
• Rugged high quality metal plugs with 24K
gold plated contacts for excellent long term
performance
• 100% Sheilding to reduce any unwanted interference
WHY USE OXYGEN FREE COPPER?
The QED One series cables uses oxygen free
copper in all its interconnects and speaker
cables. Oxygen free copper is produced in
a way that virtually eliminates the oxygen
content. Because there are fewer impurities
in this type of copper it improves its conductivity.
WHY USE GOLD CONNECTORS?
In conditions under which most other metals
either tarnish or corrode away, gold remains
inert and extremely durable. So where resistance
to tarnish or corrosion is essential, such
as in plugs where tarnish can obscure a signal.
It is import to either use gold, a gold alloy,
or to plate gold onto a less noble metal.
All this means is that the performance of
gold electroplating remain essentially unaltered
with time.
WHAT DOES SHIELDING DO?
The reason coaxial cable is used for carrying
a wide variety of signals is its excellent
shielding. In coaxial cable there are four
components
1) The centre conductor which caries the
signal
2) The dielectric which insulates the center
conductor
3) The Shield, providing a ground connection
to both ends of the cable
4) The outer jacket with insulates the shield.
The Shield in the cable acts by intercepting
electromagnetic energy, generate by equipment
and other cables, and conducting it to ground.
This has the effect of preventing the energy
from reaching the centre conductor where
it can cause interference in the signal being
sent.
