关于AudioQuest

自1980年以来,总部位于加利福尼亚州尔湾市的AudioQuest一直是高性能音频/视频产品和定制安装解决方案的领先开发商、制造商和分销商。虽然我们以全面的模拟、数字和交流电源线产品系列而闻名,但我们的产品组合已扩展到各种产品,包括多次获奖的DragonFly DAC、Niagara和PowerQuest电源产品。

我们的最终目标从一开始到今天都是一样的:不造成伤害!我们指的是,所有的电缆和组件,在技术上可行的范围内,应尽量减少噪声和失真,以不妨碍音乐的方式传输。

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演变继续:当今的四个元素

虽然最小化噪声和音频信号的损害仍然是我们的北极星常量,但AudioQuest应对这些挑战的方式总是在演变。虽然仍然有四个元素来描述我们的基础材料和设计理念,但越来越多的技术跨越甚至超越了我们原始的四个元素。许多技术已经变得足够重要以至于需要可见性。噪声消散是一个总括性的元素,许多有意义的技术和技术将位于其下。虽然几何不再被识别为四个元素之一,但它仍然与电缆设计和制造的所有其他元素密不可分。

实心导体

线束相互作用仍然是电缆中失真的最大潜在来源。实心导体是解决这一问题的理想目标和最完整的解决方案。然而,精心安排的多导体几何形状,如同心绕组,用于创建我们的半实心导体技术。这些技术避免了许多线束失真机制,并在越来越多的应用中本身就是理想的解决方案。

方向性

所有拉制金属导体都有非对称的、鱼鳞状的晶粒结构。由于最高的射频(RF)受皮肤效应影响,沿着导体变形的外表层传播,因此在一个方向上的RF阻抗比另一个方向增加。由于感应的RF噪声是寄生的(并且不随主信号电流传播),它会选择阻力最小的路径。在AudioQuest,我们测试每一个导体,使其在排除感应噪声的方向上使用,优化电缆和系统的性能。

噪声消散

不需要的射频(RF)噪声一直以来都被拾取并感应到电缆中。这种污染最终掩盖和扭曲了音频/视频信号的关键部分。由于这种导致失真的(寄生)RF信号在今天比历史上任何时候都更为普遍,我们必须依赖更广泛的噪声消散技术武器库:

  • 零技术(无特性阻抗)在尽可能广泛的频率范围内应用超线性噪声消散。它还能够为交流电源和扬声器/功率放大器应用提供无压缩瞬态电流传输。
  • RF/ND-Tech(专利射频地噪声消散技术)通过消除感应射频噪声来最大限度地减少电路失常。
  • 经过验证的DBS(介电偏置系统)已经发展到包括射频噪声陷阱,进一步减少介电失真和感应噪声。

金属质量

更高纯度的导体金属具有更光滑的表面和内部晶体结构,大大减少了噪声和失真。精心调配的金属和导体尺寸混合物可以有效地用于定义电缆的音效特征——这是一种具有成本效益的高价值、高性能型号技术。

Doing No Harm Since 1980

  • 1980: AudioQuest is Founded

    In 1978 William (Bill) Low began manufacturing custom audio cables for his new one-man hi-fi shop. Two years later, Bill got serious about making cables for the rest of the world, so in 1980, he founded AudioQuest.

  • 1982: AudioQuest Phono Cartridges

    AudioQuest begins selling phono cartridges and achieves almost instant success with the AQ-404 moving coil cartridge. The AQ analog tradition continues to this day!

  • 1985: Advanced Metallurgy

    AudioQuest becomes the first US high-performance wire company to introduce advanced conductor technology in its cables. From the “Linear Crystal” conductor of 1987 to the Perfect-Surface Metals of today, AQ remains at the forefront of conductor technology.

  • 1988: HyperLitz Conductor Construction

    AudioQuest introduces its patented “HyperLitz” construction, significantly altering the standards for audio interconnect and speaker cable.

  • 1989: High-Performance Video Cables

    AudioQuest introduces high-performance video cables, bringing “low-distortion” sensibility to a world previously only concerned with loss.

  • 1990: AudioQuest Music

    AudioQuest Music was founded to record great music by world-class artists, resulting in a flood of great reviews in the music and audio press.

  • 2004: Dielectric-Bias System

    AudioQuest introduces its patented Dielectric-Bias System, changing forever notions of cable “break in” and dramatically reducing insulation-induced distortion.

  • 2005: HDMI Cables

    AudioQuest introduces its first line of HDMI A/V cables, applying AQ's accumulated knowledge of low-distortion metallurgy, insulation and cable construction to this radically new method of transferring high-speed digital A/V signals.

  • 2012: Enter the DragonFly

    AudioQuest revolutionizes the portable DAC market by introducing the DragonFly DAC, bringing true high-performance sound quality to computer audio based music lovers.

  • 2014: NightHawk Headphone

    AudioQuest enters the headphone market by introducing innovative and well-received NightHawk headphones.

  • 2015: The Niagara Series

    AudioQuest introduces the Niagara 7000, redefining the science of power conditioning.

  • 2016: DragonFly Black & DragonFly Red

    AudioQuest releases the next generation of DragonFly DACs, now firmware-upgradeable and compatible with smartphones and tablets.

  • 2016: NightOwl Carbon Headphone

    AudioQuest introduces the closed-back NightOwl Carbon, providing listeners with exceptional isolation from external noise and even deeper sonic immersion.

  • 2017 - Storm Series AC Cables

    AudioQuest causes a revolution in AC cable technology by introducing the incredibly well received Storm Series of AC cables.

  • 2018 - Mythical Creatures Speaker Cables

    AudioQuest redefines the science of speaker cable technology by introducing the Mythical Creature line of speaker cables.