User Manual

CABLE THEORY

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be two color difference signals, I = blue minus Y (add Y and get blue), Q = red minus Y (add Y and

get red), and once you have blue and red and Y you can derive green. These three signals need

exactly the same care and respect as a composite video signal. Since standard YIQ connections are

either RCA or BNC, you can simply use three identical composite video cables, or for convenience

use a YIQ cable which has the three joined together. Don’t get fooled by some hype about specially

designed for component videoÄeither it’s a proper video cable or it isn’t. When a piece of equipment

sources from a YIQ signal, such as DSS and DVD, using a YIQ cable setup will provide superior per-

formance over composite or “S”.

RGB are the real components of a video signal. This ve conductor cable carries the three unadulter-

ated color signals, red, green and blue. The other two cables carry the synchronization information

which tells the monitor where a picture starts and ends, and a signal called “burst”. The ve together

give you a complete picture. When you have this option, use it. You’ll know who you are.

FLX 16/2 and FLX 16/4 are UL CL-3 rated Round Flexible speaker cables, specially designed to be

very easy to use in a wide variety of applications. The insulation on the conductors is PVC to ensure

maximum exibility and good ame resistance. The outer jacket is a slippery smooth PVC: exible,

easy to pull, installer friendly. FLX cables are printed with sequential feet numbers.

AudioQuest FLX 16/2 is a very effective 16 awg (1.23 sq. mm) cable using Long

Grain Copper (LGC). Each conductor in FLX 16/2 uses 19 strands of 29 awg, ensur-

ing that 63% of the strands will be on the surface all the time, where they do the most

good. The two conductors are spiraled together to provide good RF rejection and

optimum signal carrying capability.

AudioQuest FLX 16/4 uses 4 of the same conductors found in FLX 16/2. The 4 con-

ductors are separately color coded so that they may be used with two conductors tied

together (13 awg, 2.27sq. mm) to carry a single channel signal, or separately so one

cable can carry two signals.

The SR cable series is most unusual because each cable has a 100% coverage shield. Each conductor is

tightly held in high temperature PVC and the overall cable is jacketed in a slippery high temperature PVC

jacket. This outer jacket is abrasion and heat resistant, and can be used in a variety of harsh environ-

ments. The SR-16/2 and SR-16/4 cables sound better than the FLX 16/2 and FLX 16/4, have lower resis-

tance, and are shielded. A tape under the jacket of SR cables is printed with sequential feet numbers.

AudioQuest SR-15/2 uses 2 spiraled conductors, each with 26 strands of 30 awg LGC

copper (16 awg, 1.32 sq. mm).

AudioQuest SR-15/4 uses 4 of the same 26 strand LGC copper conductors coded

with 4 colors. When used with 2 conductors for positive and 2 for negative, the superi-

or 4 conductor geometry greatly improves sound quality. In this conguration SR-1604

is a 13 awg (2.64 sq. mm) cable.