FireBird XLR > XLR

Analog Audio Interconnect Cable

FireBird may sit in the middle of our Mythical Creatures family, but there’s no Middle-Child Syndrome to be found here. This cable is a beautiful destination in its own right, drawing remarkably close to the otherworldly performance of our Dragon flagship but at a much lower cost.

Like ThunderBird, FireBird features ZERO-Tech, FEP Air-Tube insulation, and Level-6 Noise-Dissipation, but ups the ante with our finest conductor metal — Perfect Surface Silver (PSS) — and drop-dead gorgeous Silver-Plated RF-Draining Barrels.

All Mythical Creature interconnects are available with custom-made RCA and XLR terminations.

$5,500.00 USD
SKU: ICFBIRDXLR050  |  UPC: 092592020016

This product is made to order at AudioQuest headquarters in Irvine, CA. Expect moderately delayed fulfillment times. Custom lengths and terminations are available. Contact your Authorized AudioQuest Dealer for more information.

Key Features & Technology Explained

  • Solid conductors prevent strand-interaction, a major source of dynamic distortion in cables.

  • AudioQuest's highest-quality metal. Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximizes linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

  • Alternating layers of graphene, carbon-loaded synthetics, and metal "shield the shield," minimizing RF noise before it reaches the layer attached to ground.

  • ZERO-Tech eliminates the electrostatic field between the cable’s high and low signal conductors, enabling linear Radio Frequency (RF) Noise-Dissipation, and uncompressed transients.

  • 72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS) saturates and polarizes insulation, allowing clear, dynamic sound against a quiet “black” background.

  • Almost no contact between conductors and insulation reduces smearing and preserves dynamics.

  • All conductors controlled for RF-noise directionality.

Specifications

Description

    Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS) Conductors
    Solid conductors prevent electrical and magnetic strand-interaction. PSS Solid-Silver minimizes distortion caused by grain boundaries and maximizes linear RF Noise-Dissipation.

    Level 6 Noise-Dissipation: ZERO-Tech + Carbon/Graphene Mesh-Network + Direction-Controlled 
    Radio-Frequency Noise from cellular, WiFi, and satellites is everywhere. AQ’s Level 6 Linear Noise-Dissipation includes a carbon & graphene resistive mesh-network, direction-controlled conductors, and Silver-Plated drain wires, significantly minimizing RF Noise masking effects.

    ZERO-Tech (No Characteristic Impedance) for Linear, Wide-Bandwidth Noise-Dissipation 
    The only way to avoid characteristic-impedance mismatch-effects between a cable and its attached source and load circuits is to prevent the cable from having a characteristic-impedance. ZERO-Tech succeeds by eliminating the electrostatic field between the cable’s high and low signal conductors, enabling linear (consistent octave to octave) Radio-Frequency (RF) Noise-Dissipation, and uncompressed transients. In order to preserve ZERO-Tech’s complete isolation between signal conductors, a Dual-72v DBS pack is included for Pegasus, ThunderBird, FireBird, and Dragon XLR cables.

    72v Dielectric-Bias System (DBS)
    Insulation is also a dielectric that can act like a shunt-filter. Biasing minimizes dielectric-noise and linearizes the filter, significantly improving wide-bandwidth dissipation of induced RF noise.

    FEP Air-Tube Insulation
    Positive conductors benefit from almost no contact between metal and its FEP insulation, which is notable for its superior dielectric constant and minimal signal interference. Negative conductors benefit from intentionally “lossy insulation” — no air and no FEP helps maximize the negative connection’s different job.

    6% Silver-Plated RF Drain-Wires
    Direction-Controlled Silver-Plated RF Drain-Wires further ensure the proper and efficient dissipation of induced radio-frequency noise for clearer, more natural sound.

    Copper-Plated RF-Draining Barrels
    Grounded Copper-Plated Barrels maximize Noise-Dissipation by preventing a metal barrel from capacitively coupling RF to the conductors.

    Hanging-Silver over Red Copper Plugs
    AudioQuest’s finest plugs feature superior Hanging-Silver (not tumbled) directly over extreme-purity Red Copper to ensure uncompromised signal transfer.

AudioQuest FireBird XLR > XLR - ICFBIRDXLR050 0.5 m = 1 ft 7 in Pair
AudioQuest

FireBird XLR > XLR

$5,500.00 USD

Noise Dissipation

Graphene/Carbon Mesh-Network + 72v DBS

A/V Conductor

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eARC Conductor

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Ground Reference

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Geometry

ZERO-Tech

Gauge

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Metal

Solid Perfect-Surface Silver (PSS)

Pair or Single

2 Single Cables - 1 x Female XLR > 1 x Male XLR

Series

Mythical Creatures

Speaker-End Connector

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Amplifier-End Connector

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Output

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DAC Chip

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Volume Control

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Desktop Compatibility

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Mobile Compatibility

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Application Options

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Included Adaptor

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Dimensions

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Cable Length

  • 0.5 m = 1 ft 7 in
  • 0.75 m = 2 ft 6 in
  • 1 m = 3 ft 3 in
  • 1.5 m = 4 ft 11 in
  • 2 m = 6 ft 6 in
  • 2.5 m = 8 ft 2 in
  • 3 m = 9 ft 10 in
  • 4 m = 13 ft 1 in
  • 5 m = 16 ft 5 in
  • 6 m = 19 ft 8 in

Pair or Single

  • Pair
  • Single
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