PE Insulation
22 AW G Solid PSC Conductor (-)
Foil/Mylar/Foil Shield
Green PVC
Black/Green - Nylon Braid
.252 in. (6.40 mm) O.D.
A
NALOG
A
UDIO
I
NTER CONNECT
At
first glance, Copperhead's design looks like a traditional coaxial cable. However, PSC copper and many
other
very important difference seach contribute to Copperhead having such unprecedented ease and clarity

in an affordable cable.
D
ESIGN

B
ASICS:

Copperhead has identical conductors for the positive and ground connections. Underneath
the
100% coverage foil shield is a bare conductor, exactly the same as the insulated center conductor. The

conductor under the shield does double

duty as a low distortion audio connection, and as the drain wire con-
necting the shield to ground.
C
ONDUCTORS:

Both of Copperhead'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 Copperhead's very clean sound.
M
ETAL:

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
conductor.
For fifteen years AudioQuest has pioneered the use of superior metals; yet even we were
surprised by this huge leap in performance. PSC clearly out performs previous AQ metals that cost over ten
times as much.
I
NSULATION:

Any
solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insula-
tion,
circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released as
distortion.
Copperhead uses air filled FPE (Foamed Polyethylene) insulation on both conductors because
air

absorbs next to no energy, and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to
all the air in FPE, it causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.
T
ERMINATIONS:

Precision
gold plated plugs are carefully attached with the very best solder. Through choice
of
flux and metallurgy, AQ solder has been optimized to make a low distortion connection. All solder, including
"silver

solder,"
is a lousy conductor. The difference you hear between solders is a result of connection quality.

AQ Solder does not have a high silver content because the more silver there is in solder, the more difficult it
is to make a good connection.