Golden Gate , like all Audioquest cables, is made with the utmost attention to the manufacturer's motto: "Do no harm!", which loosely translates to "do no harm". In practice, this means trying to affect as little as possible the passing audio signal. Unfortunately, an audio system is only as strong as its weakest link... and that weakest link is often the cables. The signal is always more or less altered (by passing through wires, splices, connectors, devices), and the goal of Audioquest' s high-end cables is to make this happen as little as possible.

TECHNOLOGY

Audioquest Golden Gate is an excellent 2 x RCA - 2 x RCA audio cable, it features solid copper conductors with a perfect surface finish (PSC) that eliminates "roughness" in the sound and improves its clarity.

Foamed polyethylene insulation: any solid material near the conductor actually becomes part of the imperfect circuit. Cable and circuit board insulation absorb energy and cause losses. Some of this energy is stored and then released in the form of distortion. Golden Gate uses air-filled polyethylene foam insulation to insulate the wires because air absorbs almost no energy and polyethylene is low-loss and distortion-friendly. The result is a noticeably less distorted sound than with conventional materials.

Metal layer for shielding and dispersion of external influences: Or NDS system, perfectly shields interference transmitted to the ground of the instruments and thus prevents the sound from being affected.

Specifically designed for single ended applications, the double-balanced asymmetrical geometry provides relatively lower impedance for richer, more dynamic listening. While many single-ended cables use a single path for both grounding and shielding, the double-balanced design separates the two paths for better performance.

Cold-welded, gold-plated jack connectors: this solution eliminates solder from the connection equation, which is often a source of distortion. Because the jack bodies are molded, not machined, a metal with little tendency to distort the signal can be selected for manufacture instead of a metal that is easily machined.