3-Step Process: Air Insulation
Insulation is necessary for audio cables.
However sealing wire conductors in plastic has a detrimental
effect on any cables sonic performance. The plastic absorbs
charge from the signal as it passes through the wire; creating
a dielectric effect.
Realising this hurdle, much industry research
has been channelled into the development of plastic cables
with optimum dielectric qualities. The Slinkylinks team’s
’less is best’ mentality soon dictated that
the best dielectric would be no dielectric. In terms of
dielectric performance air is 100% better than Teflon the
highest performing plastic.
By encapsulating each conductor in an individual
hollow tube, 96% of its surface area is always exposed to
air. Air is much less dense than plastic and holds much
less energy. This keeps the audio signal more linear or
in phase.
The change is not subtle as often found when
A-B testing conventional cables. It is dramatic, and will
be picked instantly. The integrity of the audio signal is
far better with Slinkylinks design, giving a heightened
sense of realism to both instruments and voices.
With only four percent of the conductor ever
touching a tube wall, normal plastic selection criteria
can be avoided. We use PVC as the core extrusion material
as it provides excellent strength to the finished cable,
maintaining conductor spacing. PVC is recyclable and its
extrusion is better for the environment when compared to
more illustrious plastics.
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