AudioQuest WEL Signature Digital XLR (AES/EBU) Cable

WEL Signature AES/EBU

XLR Balanced Digital Cable

WEL Signature AES/EBU features extreme-purity Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) conductors and a 7-Layer Carbon-Based Noise-Dissipation for ultimate dissipation of radio-frequency noise.

Key Features & Technology Explained

Solid Conductors

Solid conductors prevent strand-interaction, a major source of dynamic distortion in cables.

Perfect-Surface Silver Metal

AudioQuest's highest-quality metal. Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) minimises distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximises linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

Carbon-Based 7-Layer Noise-Dissipation

Alternating layers of metal and carbon-loaded synthetics "shield the shield," absorbing and reflecting most RF energy before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

Hard-Cell Foam Insulation

Hard-Cell Foam's high air content minimises energy absorption for clearer sound.

Direction Controlled

All conductors controlled for RF-noise directionality.

Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors

Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSS Solid-Silver minimises distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximises linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

Carbon-Based 7-Layer Noise-Dissipation, 3X EMI Absorption

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.

72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS)

Insulation is also a dielectric that can act like a shunt-filter. Biasing minimises dielectric-noise and linearises the filter, significantly improving wide-bandwidth dissipation of induced RF noise.

Hard-Cell Foam Insulation

Hard-Cell Foam (HCF) Insulation ensures critical signal-pair geometry. 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. Hard-Cell Foam Insulation is similar to the Foamed-PE used in our more affordable Bridges & Falls cables, and is nitrogen-injected to create air pockets. Because nitrogen (like air) does not absorb energy and therefore does not release any energy from or into the conductor, distortion is reduced. In addition, the stiffness of the material allows the cable's conductors to maintain a stable relationship along the cable's full length, producing a stable impedance character and further minimising distortion.