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The QED Silver Anniversary XT has been specifically designed as the natural replacement for the multi-award winning Silver Anniversary speaker cable.  Designed with performance in mind, the Silver Anniversary-XT speaker cable boasts all of the characteristics associated with Silver Anniversary but with the added enhancement of the Aircore technology found in the prestigious X-Tube series.

“Product of the Year 2005, 2006 & 2007". What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision

The QED Silver Anniversary XT connects your Amplifier to your speakers.  

QED Silver Anniversary XT Speaker Cable
Awarded Speaker Cable of the Year 2005, 2006 &2007 What Hi-Fi Magazine 
Unique SPOFC triple braid 5 x 16 x 0.1mm 
Compressible Teflon Aircore for ease of termination 
Low resistance, low capacitance and low inductance 
Easy strip Polyethylene outer jacket 
2 x 1.88mm2 conductor cross sectional area
Terminal connectors - Optional. Choice of AIRLOC Banana or AIRLOC Spade terminal plugs
Lifetime Warranty.
SAME DAY DISPATCH BY FIRST CLASS POST (If ordered before 4.30pm Mon to Fri)


X-TUBE™ WITH AIRCORE™ TECHNOLOGY – HOW IT WORKS. 


One of the big problems as cable conductor size increases, is how to keep the inductance low. This is vital to reduce cable losses and prevent inaccuracies in the signal transfer process, i.e. distortion. 

The normal way to do this is to use a number of individually insulated conductors within the cable construction. This method is utilised to great effect in the design of our Genesis Silver Spiral loudspeaker cables. However, this results in a product that has a very high quality sound performance, but is expensive to manufacture and can be difficult to terminate. 

To take advantage of this design ethos, but in a more conventional format, X-TUBE forms the conductor in the shape of a tube with an inner aircore. This has the same effect as using multiple insulated conductors and ensures that high frequencies are transmitted cleanly, with the added benefit of ease of termination. This unique tubular conductor geometry also provides lower flux density within the conductors, which gives improved transparency to the sound.

THE SIGNAL

1.) At low frequencies both X-TUBE™ and conventional stranded/solid core speaker cable convey signals in a linear way. This is represented by the uniform green colour of the strands shown in the two diagrams above. 

2.) At higher frequencies X-TUBE retains a near-linear signal transfer, whereas the conventional stranded/solid core cable fails to efficiently conduct higher frequencies uniformly across the entire conductor area. The diagram shows excess current density at the periphery (designated in red) and rapidly deteriorating current density (green through to white) towards the centre of the conductor. 

The effect of this is to reduce the actual cross-sectional area of the cable at 15kHz to less than 75% of that at low frequencies. The result is induced distortion and a compromise in the performance of the cable. 

X-TUBE with Aircore™ technology exhibits much lower self-inductance and is therefore less affected by this problem. The use of an innovative Polyethylene aircore enables a reduction in loop inductance to levels only usually achievable by using more costly and difficult to terminate cables.

TERMINATION 

We can terminate your cable with QED's superb 24 Carat gold plated AIRLOC termination plugs. AIRLOC is QED's specialised loudspeaker termination method and offers the very best termination with QED speaker cables. This is a solder-free, airtight fusion between the cable and plug and offers optimum signal transfer, excellent signal quality and perfect long-term performance. 

HOW TO ORDER

Simply select the length of cable, the type of plug and the termination required (one end or both ends) from the drop-down menus above and click on the 'Buy' button to add the item to your basket. Your cable will be dispatched within 24 hours subject to Future Shop Terms & Conditions.
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QED Silver Anniversary XT Speaker Cable
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FREE DELIVERY: For Orders Over £99

NEXT DAY DELIVERY (If ordered before 4.30pm Mon to Fri)

The QED Silver Anniversary XT has been specifically designed as the natural replacement for the multi-award winning Silver Anniversary speaker cable. Designed with performance in mind, the Silver Anniversary-XT speaker cable boasts all of the characteristics associated with Silver Anniversary but with the added enhancement of the Aircore technology found in the prestigious X-Tube series.

“Product of the Year 2005, 2006 & 2007". What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision

The QED Silver Anniversary XT connects your Amplifier to your speakers.


  • QED Silver Anniversary XT Speaker Cable

  • Awarded Speaker Cable of the Year 2005, 2006 &2007 What Hi-Fi Magazine

  • Unique SPOFC triple braid 5 x 16 x 0.1mm

  • Compressible Teflon Aircore for ease of termination

  • Low resistance, low capacitance and low inductance

  • Easy strip Polyethylene outer jacket

  • 2 x 1.88mm2 conductor cross sectional area

  • Terminal connectors - Optional. Choice of AIRLOC Banana or AIRLOC Spade terminal plugs

  • Lifetime Warranty.

  • SAME DAY DISPATCH BY FIRST CLASS POST (If ordered before 4.30pm Mon to Fri)



X-TUBE™ WITH AIRCORE™ TECHNOLOGY – HOW IT WORKS.


One of the big problems as cable conductor size increases, is how to keep the inductance low. This is vital to reduce cable losses and prevent inaccuracies in the signal transfer process, i.e. distortion.

The normal way to do this is to use a number of individually insulated conductors within the cable construction. This method is utilised to great effect in the design of our Genesis Silver Spiral loudspeaker cables. However, this results in a product that has a very high quality sound performance, but is expensive to manufacture and can be difficult to terminate.

To take advantage of this design ethos, but in a more conventional format, X-TUBE forms the conductor in the shape of a tube with an inner aircore. This has the same effect as using multiple insulated conductors and ensures that high frequencies are transmitted cleanly, with the added benefit of ease of termination. This unique tubular conductor geometry also provides lower flux density within the conductors, which gives improved transparency to the sound.

THE SIGNAL

1.) At low frequencies both X-TUBE™ and conventional stranded/solid core speaker cable convey signals in a linear way. This is represented by the uniform green colour of the strands shown in the two diagrams above.

2.) At higher frequencies X-TUBE retains a near-linear signal transfer, whereas the conventional stranded/solid core cable fails to efficiently conduct higher frequencies uniformly across the entire conductor area. The diagram shows excess current density at the periphery (designated in red) and rapidly deteriorating current density (green through to white) towards the centre of the conductor.

The effect of this is to reduce the actual cross-sectional area of the cable at 15kHz to less than 75% of that at low frequencies. The result is induced distortion and a compromise in the performance of the cable.

X-TUBE with Aircore™ technology exhibits much lower self-inductance and is therefore less affected by this problem. The use of an innovative Polyethylene aircore enables a reduction in loop inductance to levels only usually achievable by using more costly and difficult to terminate cables.

TERMINATION

We can terminate your cable with QED's superb 24 Carat gold plated AIRLOC termination plugs. AIRLOC is QED's specialised loudspeaker termination method and offers the very best termination with QED speaker cables. This is a solder-free, airtight fusion between the cable and plug and offers optimum signal transfer, excellent signal quality and perfect long-term performance.

HOW TO ORDER

Simply select the length of cable, the type of plug and the termination required (one end or both ends) from the drop-down menus above and click on the 'Buy' button to add the item to your basket. Your cable will be dispatched within 24 hours subject to Future Shop Terms & Conditions.


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Submitted By: lewis richards on 16/04/2008
Bought unterminated, I did struggle to get it in to my spring clip speakers but, with a bit of patience they went. What a difference. They immediately changed the tone of my old speakers, bass went from boomy and monotone to tight and musical even general TV has a lovely clarity to it. Without doubt the best £20 I have spent, I can honestly say that it has saved me from buying a new pair of speakers, the difference is that great.

Rating: 5 of 5 Stars!
Submitted By: matthew pilling on 12/03/2007
good cable, best used on banana speakers an terminals, wont fit in many spring terminals, quite a thick lead, but sounds top.

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