AudioQuest

Sydney 3.5mm Mini M > M

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$160.77 $1819.95 In stock

Category: 3.5mm Mini Cables

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) Conductors
Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSC+ Solid-Copper minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximizes linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

Carbon-Based 3-Layer Noise-Dissipation
It's easy to accomplish 100% shield coverage. Preventing captured Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) from modulating the equipment's ground reference requires AQ's Noise-Dissipation System (NDS). Traditional shield systems typically absorb and then drain noise/RF energy to component ground, modulating and distorting the critical "reference" ground plane, which in turn causes a distortion of the signal. NDS's alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetics "shield the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

POLYETHYLENE AIR-TUBE INSULATION

Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. AudioQuest, however, uses Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation on both conductors, for increased geometry stabilization and improved clarity. Because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile, Polyethylene Air-Tube Insulation, with its high air content, causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

ASYMMETRICAL DOUBLE-BALANCED GEOMETRY
Purpose designed for single-ended applications, Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry offers a relatively lower impedance on the ground for a richer, and more dynamic experience. While many single-ended cable designs use a single path for both the ground and the shield, Double-Balanced designs separate the two for cleaner, quieter performance.

COLD-WELDED, DIRECT-SILVER PLATED PURE PURPLE COPPER TERMINATIONS
Direct-Silver Plating is optimized for sound, using no underlying layer of distortion-causing nickel, while the highly effective cold-weld process avoids sound-degrading solder.



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    Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

    Samuel S. ★★★★★

    I've had this mini cable in my portable setup for a few days, and the signal stays clean even at low volume. The PSC+ copper seems to keep harshness out of the mids—pretty impressive for such a short 3.5mm run.

    Sebastian D. ★★★★★

    The solid copper conductors in this mini cable made an audible difference on my portable DAC setup, cleaner separation between instruments than the stranded cable I had before. Bass feels tighter too. Didn't expect this much from such a short run.

    Joseph C. ★★★★★

    Swapped out the stock cable on my desktop amp and the hiss I'd gotten used to just vanished. The solid copper conductors seem to actually do something, because cymbals decay cleaner now instead of smearing together.