AudioQuest RCA Chicago Stereo Interlink

Every year on March 17, New York paints one in honor of St. Patricks Day
simple green stripe across the center of the famous Fifth Avenue Parade
Route “- a stunt that is easy to copy for other cities – but by itself
Chicago colors an entire river in a perfect shade of emerald green around the Irish
culture. Why green? Thanks to Ireland’s lush vegetation it becomes
island also affectionately known as the emerald island. The Irish are proud
on their green appearance. It is therefore not something to be taken lightly
to go. In the United States, even those who are not of Irish descent know
that, under penalty of a friendly poke in the side of a friend or colleague,
wear green clothes on St. Patricks Day! Put on one
a green shirt or a green tie is one thing, but a 250 kilometer long river
turning it into a long green ribbon is quite another. Stephen M. Bailey, resident
of Chicago and the man leading this transformation boasted that he was the Chicago
River could transform into the River Shannon (the longest river of
Ireland), which he eventually did.

There was no proven recipe for coloring a river, so it happened
by trial and error. Initially, more than 50 kilos of paint was used
which turned the river green for a full week! The following year
25 kilos of paint colored the river green for three full days. In the third year
determined that 12.5 kilos of paint was needed to make the river green for 1 day
colors. Two years later, one was chosen for environmental reasons
new vegetable paint that perfectly greens the water for four to five hours
colored – 18 kilos was enough. Soon there were large ones throughout the country
canals, small creeks, fountains, and even the presidential fountain near it
White House colored green for St. Patricks Day, all thanks to the good
example from Chicago.

Solid long-grain copper (LGC) conductors: Prevent solid conductors
mutual influence between wires in twisted pair cables. The massive
Long-Grain Copper in the Chicago provides a smoother and brighter tone
than is possible with cables that use ordinary OFHC (Oxygen-Free
High-Conductivity) copper. OFHC is a generic specification in the
metal industry that only looks at “loss” without paying attention
deformation. LGC has fewer oxides in the conductive material, less
impurities, fewer interfaces between copper atoms, and certainly better
audio performance.

Foamed hard-cell isolation: In most AudioQuest video and
digital cables use only foamed hard-cell insulation. Just
As with foamed PE, nitrogen is injected to create air chambers.
Rigid foam is used because the stiffness of the material is the distance between them
keeps the conductors stable along the entire length of the cable, thereby reducing the
characteristic impedance of the cable remains constant.

Metal-low noise dissipation system (NDS): 100% shielding
simple. Preventing RF interference from affecting the ground potential of the
modulating equipment requires AQ’s Noise-Dissipation System. Noise-Dissipation
System prevents much of the captured RFI from grounding the
equipment.

Double-Balanced Geometry: Two optimized audio conductors and
a separate shield. This not only prevents the shielding if
inferior audio signal path, it also improves the
sound quality because the shield is only grounded on one side
connected, reducing modulation of the ground potential.

Cold-Welded Gold-Plated Plugs: This plug design allows for a
connection without making solder, which is a common source of distortion. Because the
plugs cannot be machined but pressed
a metal with low deformation without having to consider machining
processability.

Specifications

Length 0.6 to 20 meters
Cable construction 2x RCA male to 2x RCA male
Geometry Double-Balanced
Alloy Long-Grain Copper (LGC)