AudioQuestColumbia XLR 1.5M 72V DBSusedAudioQuest Columbia XLR 1.5M 72V DBS Stunning Smoothness!Moving soon and changing system. Comes with original black case (not the retail cardboard box). I am the original owner, purchased brand new from an authorized dealer in 2014. Shipping includ...235.00

AudioQuest Columbia XLR 1.5M 72V DBS Stunning Smoothness!

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Ships fromKIHEI, HI, 96753
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions10.0" × 10.0" × 5.0" (2.0 lbs.)
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Shipping cost$15.75
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Moving soon and changing system.

Comes with original black case (not the retail cardboard box). I am the original owner, purchased brand new from an authorized dealer in 2014.

Shipping includes insurance, tracking, and confirmation.

From the AQ site:

Columbia improves upon one technology and introduces another. AudioQuest’s Noise-Dissipation System receives an additional layer, which further reduces the modulation of noise on the ground plane. Next, we integrate Dielectric-Bias System (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1). DBS reduces the loss and distortion of the audio signal, preserving the subtle nuances and textures. Your music will appear from a “blacker” background with greater dimensional space.

SOLID PERFECT-SURFACE COPPER+ CONDUCTORS (PSC+): Perfect-Surface Copper+ has an astonishingly smooth and pure surface. Proprietary metal-processing technology protects the wire’s surface at every stage of drawing and fabrication. When high-purity low-oxide copper is kept as soft, pure and smooth as possible, it becomes a wonderfully low-distortion PSC+ conductor. PSC+ is manufactured by applying the same exceptional technology to an ultra-pure copper. The resulting sound quality is even more focused and simply less in the way. For over 30 years AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals; yet even we were surprised by the huge leap in performance made possible with Perfect-Surface Technology. PSC+ simply outperforms all previously available copper metals at any price. All of Columbia’s conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often causing a somewhat dirty, harsh sound. Solid conductors are fundamental toward achieving Columbia’s very clean sound.

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 (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as distortion. All of Columbia’s conductors use PE Air-Tube Insulation because air absorbs next to no energy, and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. PE Air-Tube Insulation causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

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. AudioQuest’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 3-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” Columbia 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-WELDED DIRECT-SILVER PLATED PURE OCC COPPER 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-Welded System, which provides a superior connection that ensures that the structural integrity of the conductor is kept completely intact. The Cold-Welded System refers to a combination of high pressure at the point of contact and the use of copper- or silver-impregnated paste. (Columbia’s copper conductors get copper paste.) XLR plugs are also available.

Many great reviews of this cable available online, too. Thanks for looking.

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