Blue Jeans Cable LC-2 Stereo Audio Cables (Black, 3 Foot)

Blue Jeans Cable LC-2 Stereo Audio Cables (Black, 3 Foot)

• UNIQUE DESIGN: LC-2 isn’t a standard stock cable; we designed it specifically to optimize performance in unbalanced (“RCA”) analog audio, with coaxial geometry but with lower capacitance and better shielding than any ordinary coax.
• HEAVY SHIELDING: LC-2 is shielded with two high-coverage bare copper braids, one laid directly over the other. This provides the best possible shield performance at audio frequencies and lowest resistance to help prevent ground loop hum.
• LOW NOISE: Not only does our shield configuration provide effective EMI reduction, but it also avoids the problems with triboelectric noise which “combination” shields can cause – particularly important with low signal levels such as phonograph connections.
• LOW CAPACITANCE: Capacitance in interconnects can cause high-frequency rolloff. The large spacing between shield and center conductor, and the use of a highly foamed dielectric, keep LC-2’s capacitance around 12 pF/foot.
• HIGH FLEX: LC-2 is a thick cable – but is surprisingly flexible, with a soft PVC jacket and foam dielectric.

<b>Blue Jeans Cable LC-1 Stereo Audio Cables, 3 foot</b> <br /> <br /> This pair of stereo audio cables is manufactured by Blue Jeans Cable in our assembly shop in Seattle, Washington. The cable stock, LC-1, is our own proprietary design: a low-capacitance cable with a pair of heavy 95% coverage bare copper shield braids for the maximum in low-frequency noise rejection. The two cables in the pair are separate--not joined to one another--for high flexibility. <br /> <br /> <b>What Makes a Good Audio Cable?</b> <br /> <br />There's a lot of nonsense on the internet about fancy analog audio cables; the reality is that the requirements for unbalanced (or, if you like, "RCA") audio cable are very simple, if seldom properly addressed. As a high-impedance circuit, an analog audio signal is subject to high-frequency rolloff from excess capacitance, which is caused by conductors being too near each other or separated by a low-quality dielectric. And because unbalanced audio is not balanced, there is no common-mode noise rejection; noise rejection depends entirely upon shield effectiveness. <br /> <br /> <b>The LC-1 Design</b> <br /> <br />We designed LC-1 with a small center conductor and a large diameter PE foam (or, if you prefer fancy terms, "nitrogen-injected") dielectric, resulting in extremely low capacitance -- about 12.2 pF/foot. Outside of that dielectric, we put two bare copper shield braids, each with 95% coverage; at audio frequencies, braid is far more effective than foil, and this is as heavy a shield as you'll find on any audio interconnect. <br /> <br /> <b>Designed, Cabled and Assembled in the USA</b> <br /> <br />The bulk cable stock is made to our design by Belden in Richmond, Indiana, and we assemble these cables in our shop in Seattle, Washington.