About the WireWorld Ultraviolet 8 Coaxial Digital Cable
The Wireworld Ultraviolet 8 Digital Coaxial cable features Wireworld's patented DNA Helix conductor geometry, ultra-quiet Composilex 3 insulation and silver-plated oxygen-free copper strands, and provides a true upgrade in smoothness and three-dimensional imaging.
Wireworld was founded with the unique mission of perfecting audio cables through objective listening and scientific tests to ensure that each new generation of cables lets you hear more of the original sound than previous cables. After five years of development beyond the highly acclaimed Series 7, Wireworld have released the Series 8 cables, the next step toward musical perfection. For Series 8, the DNA Helix designs have been upgraded by increasing the number of strand groups, which strengthens the electromagnetic field that moves the signal through the cable. Also, the third generation composite insulation, Composilex 3, combines low loss with the lowest triboelectric noise ever for amazing purity and focus. The combination of these technical improvements provides surprising upgrades in recreating the power and delicacy of live music.
Silver Plated Copper: Ultraviolet 8 steps up from Chroma 8 with the use of silver plated copper conductors. Since silver is the most conductive metal, adding a layer of silver over copper can improve performance. Silver also makes the quietest and lowest loss connections, even when mated to terminals made of other metals. Silver conductors improve resolution, which can reveal coloration caused by design faults, but in the best designs they simply reveal more music.
DNA Helix Cable Technology: The foremost Wireworld technology is the patented DNA Helix (Delineated Neutralising Array) conductor geometry. This unique technology uses layered flat conductors with parallel strands to prevent the electromagnetic 'eddy current' losses caused by conventional stranded and solid conductors. The results are audible and measurable improvements in preserving musical detail, natural tone quality and dynamic expression.
Quiet Please!
Insulation materials are considered very important in cable design and designers usually select whatever standard materials they find to work the best. The problem with that approach is that none of those standard materials provide both low loss and low triboelectric noise. To overcome that limitation, Wireworld developed their own composite insulation materials. Now in their third generation, Composilex 3 insulation materials are uniquely blended to minimise both noise and loss, enabling you to hear more musical detail and three-dimensionality than ever before.
Composilex 3 insulation has made great improvements in the performance of Wireworld Series 8 cables. It is totally unique to Wireworld and the incredibly quiet background, tonal purity and expansive soundstaging it provides are a revelation in sonic realism. It works by reducing triboelectric noise, which is caused by static charge/discharge effects generated where conductors touch insulation. The noise is induced by movement, vibration and signal energy. Engineered for the lowest triboelectric noise of any low loss insulation material, including DuPont Teflon, Composilex 3 provides a major advance in preserving tonality, spatiality and dynamic contrast.
Gold-Tube Connectors
The idea behind developing connectors that surpass most others in design and material was based on a simple question. Why bother perfecting cables if the plugs take away from their performance? After all, the cable can't let you hear all of the music if it's losing information at the connection. Bright gold-plated connectors may be beautiful, but they're not a reliable indicator of quality in cables. Most gold-plated plugs are made of brass, which is plated with bright nickel and a thin layer of gold. Brass and nickel are rather poor conductors that introduce significant loss at the points of contact. Furthermore, the thick metal sections of conventional plugs reduce sonic clarity. Wireworld RCA plugs utilise thin-walled tubular contacts made of the best conductors, oxygen-free copper and silver, to provide distinct improvements in clarity, smoothness and dynamic range and are engineered to provide some of the purest and most lifelike sound quality available.
The Ultraviolet 8 coaxial digital audio cable comes supplied with patented Wireworld Gold-Tube RCA plugs. These provides extremely high conductivity and create a smooth firm grip over any RCA socket. Gold-Tube connectors are truly a world class design and built with high-end materials for sound quality far beyond their modest price range. They feature a Dupont Teflon® Insulator; Silver + Gold over an oxygen free copper (OFC) Pin and Copper Alloy Flange all housed in a sturdy aluminium shell. With superior sonic transparency and a perfect fit every time, Wireworld connectors are arguably among the world's best connectors.
About Wireworld
For the seriously music-obsessed, a key gateway to an expanded soundstage, where one comes within grasping distance of the creator's vision, lies in the purest and most sonically invisible of conductors being the medium between their audio setup. In the audio world, few have come close to reaching this flagstone as David Salz, Founder and CEO of Wireworld. For close to four decades, David has led a renaissance in the cabling world, completely reinventing conductor geometries in his quest for high-performance cables that boast even octave to octave tonal balance, while staying bereft of the signature house sounds that colour many a brand creation. We also support Wireworld as a premier provider of leading edge digital and analogue cable technology for home audio and video, from HDMI and USB audio to state of the art high-end interconnects and speaker cables. They have earned their world-class reputation by producing high quality cables based on the use of objective perceptual testing, innovative patented designs, premium materials, and exceptional manufacturing quality.
Main Features & Specifications
- Product Description: Coaxial Digital Audio Cable
- Terminations: Single RCA to Single RCA
- Also available to special order in RCA to BNC, BNC to BNC and BNC to RCA
- Connectors/Plugs: Patented Gold-Tube - one on each end
- Connector/Plug Contacts: Silver & Gold Plated Contacts
- Conductors: 3 groups of 12 Strands
- Conductor Material: Silver-Plated OFC conductors
- Wire Size/Gauge: 25 AWG (0.16 sq. mm)
- Insulation: Composilex 3 Insulation reduces interference and greatly improves performance
- Cable Design: Tri DNA Helix
- Available Lengths: 500mm; 1 Metre; 1.5 Metre; 2 Metre; 3 Metre
- Wireworld Product Code: UVV1.0M-8
- Manufacturer's Warranty: Lifetime - Does not cover misuse or abuse
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE