The catalog of the American Audioquest is so comprehensive (68 pages), that it is almost impossible not to find a cable to suit your needs and requirements. For this file, our choice fell on an elaborate combination without being extravagant. The RCA Pegasus modulation cable like the HP William Tell Zero cable implements a dielectric polarization system (DBS 72V) limiting multi-frequency phase shift, a source of distortion. Impossible to unravel all the techniques included in these cables.
Let us cite the use of single-strand conductors of large section with insulation Air-Tube made of polypropylene, copper screens with silver wire and carbon/graphene mesh network for RF noise drainage, from which both the Pegasus and the William Tell Zero benefit. The single-stranded conductors are made from solid Perfect Surface Copper (PSC+), a quality that designers Garth Powell and Bill Low say outperforms all copper metals, at any price. Another contribution, that of tending towards a neutral impedance (Zero-Tech), in order to allow a linear current transfer without restricting the dynamics of the musical signal. The plugs: RCA in silvered red copper, bananas in red copper and cold solder. All this results in a sound – it’s not just an image – totally liberated, at the same time firmly anchored to the ground with a rare energy, at the same time perfectly aerial, an addictive cocktail to say the least. Another strong sensation, the feeling for the listener that all the sounds leave and arrive at the same time, without confusion, like a jitter perfectly mastered. It’s simple, we had never heard the chorus of Mermaids by Lili Boulanger (Orpheus Vokalensemble, Michael Alber. Carus. Recording live (2018), complex to decipher: choir blended into the acoustics of the place with a pianoforte emerging at a distance. Available on CD and on Qobuz in 16 Bits/44.1 kHz) exposed in such a readable way, in suspension, rendered to its carnal truth, with a unique sensation of geolocation in a three-dimensional space. Energy, timbres and space, the three components of music aligned… and in phase!
PPI : Pegasus RCA 1 m : 1699 €.
William Tell Zero 3 m : 3899 €.
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