ANALOGUE
With a vast array of technologies and our 40+ years in the specialist cable market, we produce cables to suit every budget to maximise the potential of your beloved system. With a vast array of technologies and our 40+ years in the specialist cable market, we produce cables to suit every budget to maximise the potential of your beloved system.
DIGITAL
Whether you’re connecting your TV to a sound bar or music server to a DAC, QED has a digital cable to meet your requirements. Our cables are tried and tested to ensure you get the best performance from your digital sources.
PHONO TO PHONO
When connecting your analogue sources such as your CD player or turntable to your amplifier, here at QED, we have a cable to suit your system. From our entry level Profile cable through to our flagship Signature Interconnect.
XLR
Using our unique Tri-Conductor technology and Neutrik XX-14 balanced plugs, our XLR cables offer the cleanest possible sound from a specialist XLR cable, whilst also incorporating our Ferrite insulation to eliminate timing errors.
DIGITAL COAXIAL
An alternative to optical, our premium digital coaxial cables use a specially designed cable cordage and unique plug design to achieve the precise signal characteristics required for high resolution and multi-channel audio.
USB A-B
With our high end USB A-B we isolate the power and data conductors preventing any potential cross talk, therefore meaning less jitter and an enhanced audio performance.
USB A-B MICRO
For use with Laptops/Computers and portable headphone amps/dacs, the QED reference USB A-Micro B uses our Ferrite insulation to reduce Jitter, as well as isolating the data and power lanes for a cleaner overall signal.
USB A-MINI B
Triple magnet screening and 24K gold plugs makes our Performance USB A-Mini B the best in its class.
JACK TO PHONO
Connecting your mobile device/tablet to your audio system has never been easier with our 2 step 3.5mm jack for a simpler connection.
HDMI
Using our in house HDMI testing facility, QED have designed premium HDMI cables to suit any budget. From our flexible and slimline profile to our exceptional Reference HDMI with its BandPass filter technology to reduce Jitter to Ultra low levels
OPTICAL
For all of your Optical needs, QED has an optical cable for you. For the more advanced, high bandwidth signals, Reference Optical Quartz uses glass technology to accurately send the information from source to receiver.
ETHERNET
The most common type of cable used for connecting products on a wired network. This cable connects wired devices together to the local network for file sharing and Internet access.
SUBWOOFER CABLE
Using technologies from our analogue cables such as complimentary conductor technology, your subwoofer will always perform to its best capability.
SIGNATURE
Supremus Zr
Supremus Zr
Supremus Zr is our next-generation flagship loudspeaker cable. Developed without compromise, Supremus Zr is the result of more than five decades of technological evolution and refinement.
Supremus Zr is our next-generation flagship loudspeaker cable. Developed without compromise, Supremus Zr is the result of more than five decades of technological evolution and refinement.
Featuring leading-edge QED audio innovations, the new Zr model now boasts high-quality zirconia plugs and barrels. Used in watches and fountain pens and in automotive and aerospace industries, this advanced ceramic material is prized for its durability and high resistance to wear, temperature and eddy currents. Its lustrous surface also adds a luxury finish to the cable.
In conjunction with QED’s Aircore™ and Airloc™ technologies and a host of other cutting-edge designs, Supremus Zr represents the most effective way of preserving the integrity and fidelity of the analogue music signal from beginning to end that QED has ever achieved.
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FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Key features at a glance
- Zirconia Airloc™ design: NEW hard-wearing zirconia barrels and boots offer durability and resistance to performance-affecting eddy currents, in one lustrous-looking material.
- Cold weld system: unifies the conductors and plug components for a lifetime of perfect functionality.
- Rhodium-plated locking design: ensures optimal contact between a speaker binding post and the cable plug for a maintenance-free connection.
- Aircore technology: delivers an even, consistent performance across the entire audible frequency range.
- 6.2 mm² ultra-low resistance conductors: effectively allows your amplifier to exert complete control over your speakers.
- Cryogenic treatment: ensures a perfect cable microstructure for more natural tonality.
Zirconia Airloc™ Design
NEW: Zirconia barrels and boots
The exceptionally high mechanical strength of zirconia, its remarkable resistance to scratches and general wear, and its glossily lustrous finish, make it the ideal material for this cable’s barrels and boots. Not only are the Supremus Zr plugs gleaming and tactile, the electrically inert nature of zirconia also means eddy currents cannot become established and therefore plug-induced distortion remains vanishingly low.
Airloc™ Cold Weld System
Our high-pressure termination process compresses the conductors and plug together, creating a cold-welded area where conductors and plug effectively become one. Because all the air has been removed from the joint, there can be no oxidisation or degradation in conductivity - and that’s true for the entire lifetime of the cable.
Rhodium-plated Locking Design
Aside from its purely decorative properties - which are considerable - rhodium makes the surface of the Supremus Zr connectors very smooth, increasing the contact area and reducing resistance. Designed specifically for Supremus Zr cable, this unique contact expansion system securely clamps the rhodium-plated beryllium copper pins into the speaker terminals, while at the same time increasing the contact area of the plugs, simply by twisting the plug barrel until it is tight. And because it’s so very hard-wearing and resistant to oxidisation, rhodium can cope with the extra load exerted by our locking design - which ensures a perfect, maintenance-free connection.
Aircore™ Technology
Loudspeaker cables with large cross-sectional areas are prone to skin effect, where high-frequency analogue music signals are forced to the outside of the conductor, and proximity effect that disrupts current distribution. QED’s innovative Aircore technology combines hollow tubular conductors - to minimise the skin effect - with polyester insulation and a special spiral construction to reduce the proximity effect. This highly effective combination evens out current density and significantly improves the cable's uniformity throughout the audio band.
6.2 mm² Ultra-low Resistance Conductors
Boasting a large cross-sectional area, the ultra-low resistance, silver-plated, oxygen-free copper conductors effectively bring the amplifier electrically much closer to the loudspeakers, enabling it to exercise better control over them, so the fidelity of the original music signal can be more accurately maintained.
Cryogenic Treatment
Cryogenic treatment improves the microstructure of the copper core by eliminating crystalline dislocations. Numerous brass musical instruments at all points of the frequency range have been found to produce a better, more natural tone after deep cryogenic treatment.
Specifications
- Cross-sectional area: 6.20 mm2
- Wire gauge: 10 AWG
- Outside diameter: 17 mm
- Loop resistance: 0.005 Ω/m
- Parallel capacitance: 48 pF/m
- Loop inductance: 0.49 μH/m
- Dissipation factor: 0.009
- Technology: QED Aircore™; cryogenically treated; QED Airloc™
- Conductors: 32 solid core, silver-plated, 99.999% oxygen-free, polyester coated copper
- Dielectric: Foamed polyethylene, LDPE, and air
- Plugs: Rhodium-plated, locking Airloc plugs with zirconia barrels
WHAT THIS CABLE IS USED FOR
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