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AudioQuest Carbon USB

AudioQuest Carbon USB

USB cables are a critical interconnection between computers, servers and DACs. We've chosen the AQ Carbon to bring the best sound and highest value to PS Audio Stellar owners.
The AudioQuest Carbon USB cable is Paul's curated pick to run between our Stellar products and your computer when you're looking for the best price/value performance level. Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion and reduce jitter. Solid silver-plated conductors are excellent for very high-frequency applications, like USB audio. These signals, being such a high frequency, travel almost exclusively on the surface of the conductor. As the surface is made of high-purity 5% silver, the performance is close to that of a solid silver cable, but priced much closer to solid copper cable. This is an incredibly cost effective way of manufacturing very high-quality USB cables. AQ's conductors are controlled for RF directionality. Also featured is AQ's 3-Layer Noise-Dissipation System (NDS), incorporating alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetics that "shield the shield," absorbing and reflecting most of this noise/RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.
$180.00 USD
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  • Design

    In the AQ Carbon, Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion and reduce jitter. Solid silver-plated conductors are excellent for very high-frequency applications, like USB audio, while Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry. Noise reduction is critical to a cable's performance. In Carbon, all conductors are directionally-controlled for superior noise reduction. Keeping the noise and jitter in digital audio out of the DAC and isolated from the computer is critical to audio performance.

  • Application

    Connecting computers to DACs is one of the more tricky applications in high-end audio. Here, it all matters. Great care must be taken to ensure the perfect interface between the noisy computer environment and that of a Digital to Analog Converter. The AQ Carbon is Paul's choice for high value, high performance in connecting digital audio sources to DACs

    Technology

    Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion and reduce jitter. Solid silver-plated conductors are excellent for very high-frequency applications, like USB audio. These signals, being such a high frequency, travel almost exclusively on the surface of the conductor. As the surface is made of high-purity silver, the performance is very close to that of a solid silver cable, but priced much closer to solid copper cable. This is an incredibly cost effective way of manufacturing very high-quality USB cables.

    Features

    • HARD CELL FOAM INSULATION
    • 3-LAYER NOISE DISSIPATION SYSTEM
    • SOLID 5% SILVER-PLATED CONDUCTORS
    • DIRECTIONALLY CONTROLLED CONDUCTORS
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