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AudioQuest Products Named TAS Editors’ Choice
A wonderful array of AudioQuest products have received The Absolute Sound’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Award.
Analog Audio Interconnect Cable
Often, the choice between terminating your speaker cables with spade lugs or banana plugs will come down to personal preference. However, the EU-compliant isolated binding posts used on some power amplifiers often makes it difficult if not impossible to tighten spade lugs with high torque or pressure. In these applications, the AudioQuest banana connector is the superior choice, and may be the only choice.
AudioQuest has conducted a fairly extensive survey of contemporary amplifier manufacturers to determine whether spades or bananas will be most appropriate for a given brand and model of amplifier. Please contact us, provide the brand and model of the amplifier, and we’ll respond with the optimal connector type.
Here we typically recommend the U-Spade or banana connector. However, even though there is less weight and pressure on this side of the cable (particularly for BiWire sets), it is nevertheless important to note the binding post’s design. If a banana connector cannot seat all the way into the binding post, we recommend one of our spade connectors.
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Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Green on Black Nylon Braid
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Evergreen RCA > RCA RecertifiedFrom $56.00 View details | Tower RCA > RCAFrom $45.95 View details | Evergreen RCA > RCAFrom $73.95 View details | Golden Gate RCA > RCAFrom $109.95 View details | Big Sur RCA > RCAFrom $157.95 View details | |
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Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Solid Long-Grain Copper (LGC)
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Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC)
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ZERO: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+) / BASS: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper+ (PSC+)
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Geometry |
Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
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Insulation |
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Jacket |
Green on Black Nylon Braid
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Black with White Stripes CL3/FT4 PVC
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Green on Black Nylon Braid
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Red on Black Nylon Braid
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Brown on Black Nylon Braid
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Noise-Dissipation |
Metal-Layer
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Metal-Layer
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Metal-Layer
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