Cables and Terminations
In this section HiFi Prestige offers a wide selection of Cables and Terminations needed for different needs: audio cables, cable accessories and terminations, Ethernet cables, video cables, power cables, interconnect cables. These components are essential for the operation of any system, they must be of good quality, in fact, not investing in good material makes the work of amplifiers and devices useless, effectively wasting the investment already made.
Cables and terminations must transfer the electrical signal, power and the analog music signal, made up of harmonics and timing, between the various components and speakers to the speakers. So how to go about making the choice? By taking into account the following factors:
- Type of conductor. The signal conductor affects performance and also the type of sound output. Options range from copper to oxygen-free copper through pure silver and gold.
- Conductorgeometry: the conductor arrangement can be parallel, twisted or spiral. The last two options are preferred.
- Shielding-between the insulator and the conductor lies the shield, often made with an outer layer of copper and an inner layer of aluminum.
- Insulator. To properly insulate the conductor, it is necessary to have at least one layer of PVC. Better solutions also include Teflon, Polyethylene, Polypropylene. In some cases, ceramic insulators are also provided.
- Connectors. The types are particularly numerous; the higher performance connectors are gold-plated.
