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.
Every Great System is Connected
A modern hi-fi system can combine streaming, vinyl, CD, television and high-resolution digital audio, often across multiple devices and connection types. While the equipment tends to get most of the attention, every system ultimately relies on the connections between its components.
Performance is QED's complete family of analogue and digital cables, designed to help modern systems work together reliably and consistently. Built on more than five decades of specialist cable expertise, it combines proven engineering, long-term reliability and broad compatibility across the connections people use every day.
Where Good Systems Begin
Performance sits at the centre of the QED cable range. Above Connect and below Reference and Signature, it brings together specialist cable knowledge, proven engineering and broad system compatibility in one complete connectivity ecosystem. It's the range we'd recommend to most music lovers building, improving or expanding a system, providing a trusted solution for every major connection without making connectivity a hobby in its own right.
Designed for Real Systems
Most systems evolve over time as new sources, devices and ways of listening are added. Performance was created to simplify those connections with a complete ecosystem of speaker, analogue and digital cables designed to work together across modern hi-fi and AV systems.
Proven Engineering
Every cable in the Performance range is built around technologies developed to solve real-world challenges such as interference, signal loss, timing errors and long-term connection reliability. The aim is simple: help every part of your system perform as it should, so you can spend less time thinking about connectivity and more time enjoying music.
Want to know more? Explore the engineering principles, technologies and design decisions behind the range in the Performance White Paper.
Read the Performance White Paper →
Built on Research
QED's approach to cable design is informed by decades of scientific investigation into how cables affect system performance. The Genesis Report remains one of the most influential pieces of research in QED's history, helping establish an evidence-led approach to cable engineering that continues to inform the products we design today.
Read the Genesis Report →
A Complete Connectivity Ecosystem
From loudspeakers and source components to streamers, DACs and televisions, Performance provides a trusted solution for every major connection in your system. It's a range designed to make system building simpler, while delivering the confidence that every connection has been properly considered.
Buy With Confidence
Every cable in the Performance range is backed by a 2-year manufacturer's warranty, extended to 5 years when you register your product. It's one more reason to connect with confidence.
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Perfromance Bi-Wire Links
When a loudspeaker isn't bi-wired, the high and low frequency terminals must still be electrically connected.
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Performance Speaker Cable
A speaker cable has a straightforward job: transfer the signal from amplifier to loudspeaker as accurately as possible.
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Performance XT25 Bi-Wire
XT25 Bi-Wire with X-Tube™ Technology
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Performance XT25 (Pair)
With XT25 we tackle the proximity effect and the skin effect by combining our existing Aircore™ and X-Tube™ Technologies into a new X-Tube™ variation. By forming the conductors into a tube-like shape with a hollow centre, current densities
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Performance Micro
This award winning Performance Micro cable brings you a miniature sized discreet cable that does not compromise on quality
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Performance Silver Micro
This award winning Performance Silver Micro cable brings you a miniature sized discreet cable that does not compromise on quality
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Performance Original Bi-Wire
The internationally acclaimed award winning QED Original builds on the magic of the original 79 strand.
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Performance Original
The internationally acclaimed award winning QED Original builds on the magic of the original 79 strand.
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Performance Subwoofer
A subwoofer does more than add weight to explosions and basslines. Done properly, it adds scale, texture and authority to music and movies alike.
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Performance Y-SW Adaptor
A high quality single phono socket to dual phono plug 'Y' adapter
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Performance Mini Subwoofer
Discreet and easy to hide, Performance Mini Subwoofer provides ultimate flexibility and convenience without sacrificing sound quality.
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Performance 3.5mm Headphone Extension
QED's brilliant Jack to socket Performance Headphone Extension for high quality headphones
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Performance J2J
From smartphones and tablets to portable music players and desktop systems, the humble 3.5mm connection is still everywhere.
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Performance J2P
The 3.5mm connection has become the bridge between personal devices and traditional hi-fi systems
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Performance Audio RCA Interconnect
Performance Audio incorporates QED Ferrite Insulation Technology™ alongside dual electrostatic shielding to help prevent unwanted interference.
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Performance Audio 40i (Pair)
Performance Audio 40i with QED Solid Complementary Conductor™ Technology
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Performance USB C(M)-B(M)
USB has become one of the most popular ways to connect computers, streamers and music servers to DACs. Simple in theory.
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Performance USB C(M)-C(M)
USB has become one of the most popular ways to connect computers, streamers and music servers to DACs. Simple in theory.
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Performance USB A(M)-C(M)
USB has become one of the most popular ways to connect computers, streamers and music servers to DACs. Simple in theory.
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Performance USB A(M)-B(M)
USB has become one of the most popular ways to connect computers, streamers and music servers to DACs. Simple in theory.
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Performance Ethernet
Modern music streamers handle more data than ever before, from lossless streaming services to high-resolution audio files.
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Performance Digital Audio
A digital audio cable has one job: transfer data accurately from source to DAC.
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Performance Optical
One of the advantages of an optical connection is that it transfers information as pulses of light rather than electrical signals
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Performance Optical Graphite
QED's multi-award winning Toslink Optical digital audio cable
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Performance Optical Ultra High Speed HDMI
The new Optical Ultra High Speed HDMI is our most advanced long cable yet.
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Performance Ultra High Speed HDMI
The new Ultra High Speed HDMI cable is our most advanced yet.
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Performance HDMI Active Optical Cable
Cutting-edge technology, cutting-edge performance. Today, tomorrow and far into the future
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Performance Premium HDMI
The new Performance HDMI cables are our most flexible yet.
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Performance Active HDMI
QED is proud to present an update to its Performance Active HDMI cable designed specifically for use with Ultra High Definition (UHD) video over cable runs up to 15m in length.
