AudioQuest Rocket 88 (Paar)

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The audioquest Rocket 88 is equipped with the patented AudioQuest Dielectric Bias System (DBS) and replaces long crystalline copper (LGC) with Perfect Surface Copper+. DBS reduces noise so you can listen deeper to the intricacies of your favorite music. At the same time, adding additional PSC+ ensures smoother, more relaxed and more natural tones and textures.

audioquest Rocket 88

The audioquest Rocket 88 is equipped with the patented AudioQuest Dielectric Bias System (DBS) and replaces long crystalline copper (LGC) with Perfect Surface Copper+. DBS reduces noise so you can listen deeper to the intricacies of your favorite music. At the same time, adding additional PSC+ ensures smoother, more relaxed and more natural tones and textures.

MASSIVE PERFECT-SURFACE-COPPER/PERFECT-SURFACE-COPPER+ CONDUCTORS (PSC/PSC+): The audioquest Rocket 88 uses a carefully coordinated and optimized combination of Perfect-Surface-Copper and extremely high-purity Perfect-Surface-Copper+. The amazingly smooth and pure combination of PSC+ and PSC significantly eliminates roughness and improves clarity. The PSC+ takes up the largest share of the Rocket 88's conductor mix.

CARBON-BASED NOISE DISSIPATION (INSULATION): The four negative conductors in the audioquest Rocket 88 are insulated with partially conductive carbon-containing polyethylene. This remarkable material attenuates high-frequency interference so that it is not fed back into the amplifier. This provides the same sonic benefit as reducing fluctuations and improving spatiality as reducing RF waste in an audio circuit. The Rocket 88 uses polyethylene foam insulation on the positive conductors because air absorbs almost no energy and polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to the air in the PE foam, there are significantly fewer blurring effects than with other materials.

DIELECTRIC BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126,055 & 7,872,195 B1): Any isolation slows the signal on the conductor within it. When there is no voltage across the isolation, it slows down parts of the signal to varying degrees - a big problem in very time-critical wideband audio. AudioQuest DBS creates a strong, stable electrostatic field that saturates and polarizes (organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This reduces both the energy stored in the insulation and the various non-linear time delays to a minimum. The sound is created against a surprisingly black background with unexpected richness of detail and expanded dynamics. The DBS batteries last for several years. A button with LED display allows occasional testing of the battery charge level.

DOUBLE STAR QUAD GEOMETRY: The relationship of the individual conductors to one another defines the basic electrical properties of a cable (capacitance and inductance). However, even if these variables are kept in a sensible balance, the relationship between the conductors can vary in such a way that the sound is greatly affected. The Rocket 88's double-star quad construction allows for significantly better dynamics and information clarity than when the same ladder is run in parallel.

SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY (SST): Each individual conductor and bundle of conductors has its own specific distortion profile. Although radially symmetrical conductors (solid or tubular) have the least amount of unevenness, any conductor of a given size leaves a sonic footprint. SST is a method to significantly reduce these characteristic weaknesses by using a precisely determined combination of conductors of different sizes. The different conductor sizes used in the Rocket 88, determined using SST, enable the exceptionally clear, pure and dynamic sound.

BI-WIRING: The Rocket 88 is an exceptional single bi-wiring cable. When the halves are separated at the speaker end, the double star quad geometry transforms the Rocket 88 into a true double bi-wiring set thanks to the magnetic independence of the individual quad conductor sections. A single Star Quad leader group, taken on its own, would be a bit lightweight in its performance, as it is very upper voice heavy. The other Star Quad Ladder group is bass heavy; their sound is more powerful and less focused on ultimate resolution. Both together create the optimal full-range structure. When the cable ends are used separately, the Rocket 88 becomes a double-bi-wiring cable with maximum performance thanks to the double-star quad construction.

CONNECTION: AudioQuest offers a wide range of high-quality connectors with which the Rocket 88 can be connected to any type of hi-fi equipment. When it comes to quality, the focus is more on low-distortion sound than on eye candy. The gold and silver on these AQ plugs have a “boring” dull look because the metals are applied directly to the plug – there is no shiny-looking but rough-sounding layer of nickel underneath. AQ-PK cable lugs are also relatively soft, as higher quality metals are soft, which is beneficial for the quality of the connection. For devices that require banana or BFA plugs, the AQ-PK BFA/banana plugs offer unprecedented high-quality reproduction compared to conventional brass versions.

USE: The PVC “pants” on the ends of the Rocket 88 are marked “Speaker End” or “Amp End”. Please use the cables in the appropriate direction.