What Makes a Good Audio Cable?

  While testing audio cables for several well-known manufacturers, we learned that their criteria for what supposedly made one cable perform better or worse than another was remarkably inconsistent.  One manufacturer's claims countered and negated the claims made by a different manufacturer.  Yet each one purported to be the best!  As we studied the available literature, we quickly realized that the source of the problem was a lack of hard evidence supporting all the hype.  None of the manufacturers offered documented, measurable evidence that it was producing a superior cable.  Instead, we found claims of allegedly superior components or materials used in cable construction. 

For example, a few leading manufacturers claimed that the most important factor for a cable was low capacitance, using the justification that cable capacitance shunts upper frequencies to ground.  In order to lower the capacitance, these companies increased conductor spacing to simultaneously achieve a goal of increased inductance.  This approach had drastic side effects, however.  Merely decreasing capacitance without taking other realities of signal transmission into consideration increased the noise pickup and introduced a blocking filter.  Both of these effects would obviously degrade sonic performance rather than improving it. 

Another cable manufacturer advertised that its cable "employs two polymer shafts to dampen conductor resistance", but offered no evidence to prove it.  Still another audiophile company claimed that because its cable was flat, "with no twist, it has no inductance".  In general, inductance can indeed be reduced by making conductors larger or bringing them closer together.  However, physics shows that, in reality, no cable can be built without some level of inductance, so this claim is without scientific merit. 

To convey musical information effectively, a cable must provide a structured, low impedance path for the desired signal.  This became our goal at Analysis Plus, Inc.  We began by applying our expertise in electromagnetic computer simulation and design to rigorously test and study a broad range of audiophile cables currently on the market.  Based on what we learned,  we then set about designing our own approach to audiophile cables, relying on solid, measurable data rather than subjective claims. 

Yellow Oval Guitar Cable ™

Designed like our Pro Oval stage cable but without the outer aluminum shield to give it a little more flexibility.  It makes beautiful use of our patented hollow oval woven design to give you the performance you are looking for at a great price.

The cable come standard with our own 1/4" mono plug.  Also, The cables can be terminated with a 1/4" slip ring or XLR connector.

 

Model Description	Price $
10 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	99.95 ea.
15 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	129.95 ea.
20 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	159.95 ea.

Pro Oval Stage Guitar Cable ™

This guitar cable was designed using our patented hollow oval geometry to control current density in a form suitable for braiding from pure Oxygen free Copper (OFC).

The signal lines are then wrapped with a shield to provide protection from EMC/EMI.

The cable come standard with our own 1/4" mono plug. 

 

Model Description	Price $
10 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	119.95 ea.
15 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	159.95 ea.
20 ft. - straight 1/4” plugs	199.95 ea.