$299.95 when purchased online
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About this item
Highlights
- This package contains the AudioQuest Q2-10FT Speaker Cable
- This product is sold as a pair and will ship in multiple boxes
- This product is new and comes in the original manufacturer packaging
- This product comes with a manufacturer warranty, please check item specifications for details
- Please check the product box for the AudioQuest provided manual with instructions
Description
Q2 Prepared Speaker CableCan a speaker cable sound great be practical and easy to use be sexy ... and be easily affordable? Of course you know we wouldnt ask the question if the answer werent yes ... and we wouldnt be asking if the cable which does all this wasnt from AudioQuest.
For decades AudioQuest has been perfecting the application of solid conductors in high-performance audio cables because the distortion caused by the interaction between strands is some of the worst and some of the easiest to avoid.
AudioQuest has also clearly demonstrated that when one is fully aware of the problems with stranded conductors one can design stranded cables which dramatically minimize those problems. Speaker cables such as AQs G2 X2 SLiP and FLX models and AQs NRG-X AC power cables are dramatic proof that stranded cables can be very good indeed. Theres no question that solid conductors are better but they have to be smaller and there has to be more of them which costs more and makes the cable less flexible.
All the excellent cables mentioned above use 19 strands in a concentric arrangement. All have a single strand in the center 6 strands around the 1 (6 circles fit perfectly around 1) and then 12 strands around the inner 7. The strands always stay in their respective smooth clean layer together making a conductor which comes much closer to performing like a solid conductor than a conventional bunch or rope-lay of strands ... a difference most of you have easily heard in our Boombox shared-evaluation which starts with a comparison between a much larger rope-lay stranded cable vs. AQ concentric conductors.
Now imagine that the inner 7 strands are replaced by a single larger strand a Long-Grain Copper (LGC) solid-core conductor actually. This conductor would be a size used in many of AQs higher model speaker cables ... but its too small to all by itself be a good speaker cable so it still needs a layer of smaller strands spiraled around it. In Q2s Solid+ conductors this outer spiral has 11 rather than 12 strands of LGC as that is what fits perfectly around the inner solid conductor. The result is AQs new flexible Solid+ Concentric Conductor with sound quality even closer to that of an ideal solid conductor ... and yet big enough to make a great cable with only 2 simple-to-prepare conductors.
Then the 2 conductors (+ and ) are spiraled for minimum inductance (inductance makes sound seem out of focus) and maximum clarity and dynamics ... and then this ideal cable is given a sexy square outer jacket available in either a semi-gloss bright-white or deep black. No the square jacket doesnt affect the sound but it sure makes the cable look and feel cool!
For decades AudioQuest has been perfecting the application of solid conductors in high-performance audio cables because the distortion caused by the interaction between strands is some of the worst and some of the easiest to avoid.
AudioQuest has also clearly demonstrated that when one is fully aware of the problems with stranded conductors one can design stranded cables which dramatically minimize those problems. Speaker cables such as AQs G2 X2 SLiP and FLX models and AQs NRG-X AC power cables are dramatic proof that stranded cables can be very good indeed. Theres no question that solid conductors are better but they have to be smaller and there has to be more of them which costs more and makes the cable less flexible.
All the excellent cables mentioned above use 19 strands in a concentric arrangement. All have a single strand in the center 6 strands around the 1 (6 circles fit perfectly around 1) and then 12 strands around the inner 7. The strands always stay in their respective smooth clean layer together making a conductor which comes much closer to performing like a solid conductor than a conventional bunch or rope-lay of strands ... a difference most of you have easily heard in our Boombox shared-evaluation which starts with a comparison between a much larger rope-lay stranded cable vs. AQ concentric conductors.
Now imagine that the inner 7 strands are replaced by a single larger strand a Long-Grain Copper (LGC) solid-core conductor actually. This conductor would be a size used in many of AQs higher model speaker cables ... but its too small to all by itself be a good speaker cable so it still needs a layer of smaller strands spiraled around it. In Q2s Solid+ conductors this outer spiral has 11 rather than 12 strands of LGC as that is what fits perfectly around the inner solid conductor. The result is AQs new flexible Solid+ Concentric Conductor with sound quality even closer to that of an ideal solid conductor ... and yet big enough to make a great cable with only 2 simple-to-prepare conductors.
Then the 2 conductors (+ and ) are spiraled for minimum inductance (inductance makes sound seem out of focus) and maximum clarity and dynamics ... and then this ideal cable is given a sexy square outer jacket available in either a semi-gloss bright-white or deep black. No the square jacket doesnt affect the sound but it sure makes the cable look and feel cool!
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Cable/Cord Length: 10 feet
Connection Gender: No Connection Gender
Battery: No Battery Used
Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty. To obtain a copy of the manufacturer's or supplier's warranty for this item prior to purchasing the item, please call Target Guest Services at 1-800-591-3869
TCIN: 78423411
UPC: 092592089143
Origin: made in the USA or imported
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Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 8 inches length x 2 inches width x 12 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.5 pounds
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