6% Silver-Plated Cardas Grade One Copper Quad-Layered Shielding (Double-sided Aluminum/Mylar Foil Shield Premium 1.25% Silver-Plated Braided Multi-Layered Nitrogen-Injected Polyethylene Foamed Insulation Cable Jacket: TPR with Braided Nylon Outer Jacket Prime 550 RCA Termination You won't find a better sounding coaxial digital cable at anywhere near the price for streaming hi-res music files, hi-fi listening, home theater soundtracks, and other applications. Pangea Audio's Premier SE coaxial digital cable features precision-wound 18-gauge conductors using a Cardas Grade One Copper signal conductor with a 6% silver coating. It also boasts an exotic form of PE insulation that to our knowledge has never been used in a digital coaxial cable before, the highest quality Prime 550 RCA connectors, and a tough woven nylon braided jacket. The Prime 550 RCA features gold-plated ground contacts, a gold-plated center pin, a non-magnetic metal RCA cover, a polyoxymethylene insulator, and premium hand-soldered connections. Add it up and Premier XL offers three radical cable innovations in a single coaxial digital cable design. George Cardas of Cardas Audio developed Cardas Grade One Copper for his own premium cables. George's copper is mined in Arizona, then shipped to a New England factory where it is very S-L-O-W-L-Y drawn into conductors in a process that includes reduction annealing between steps to further purify and meld the copper. The finishing touch of Pangea Premier SE coaxial digital cable is the beautifully made Prime 550 RCA termination. These premium RCAs feature gold-plated ground contacts, a gold-plated center pin, a non-magnetic metal RCA cover, a polyoxymethylene insulator, and premium hand-soldered connections.
