Description
AudioQuest Evergreen. An interconnect analog audio cable with high-grade copper conductors, gold-plated connectors, and braided black and green insulation. It is named after the Evergreen Bridge, which connects Seattle, Washington (USA) with the Bellevue neighborhood across Lake Washington.
The conductors are monolithic long-crystalline copper (LGC). Unlike stranded conductors, solid (monocore) conductors prevent electrical and magnetic interaction between the conductors. The design is asymmetrical, double-balanced (lower impedance on the ground wire, equal quality of the positive and negative conductors). While many single-ended cable designs use a single path for ground and shield, the double-balanced design separates them for cleaner, quieter operation.
Polyethylene foam insulation: Any solid material adjacent to the conductor becomes part of the imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and PCB materials absorb energy. Some of this energy is stored and then released in the form of distortion. Because air absorbs almost no energy and polyethylene has low loss and a very low distortion profile, it causes much less of the defocusing effect typical of other materials.
