Product Description
Special Interconnect Cables
These redesigned cables are suited for various mid-priced Home AV & Car Audio applications, where the immunity to EMI-RFI is most critical. Due to the upgrades undertaken, they are new models despite the family resemblance to previous designs. The major evolution is the revised 2-layer CAFPE (Combined Air-Foamed Polyethylene) conductor insulation. It is overlaid with the use of latest generation high precision tooling, with the uniformity and homogeneity of each insulation layer being improved. The increased thickness of both inner air-foamed PE and outer solid PE layers results in significant reduction of the overall cable capacity and signal energy losses and reaching previously unattainable consistent dielectric properties.
Besides the same conductor geometry and the CAFPE®/SDB insulation/binding assembly, the XS version features X-Shield® - our most advanced Multi-Element Shielding System. X-Shield®with its 3-layer interactive sandwich construction brings exceptional EMI protection across a wide frequency bandwidth - from ELF to SHF, drastically reducing the negative influence of multiple external interferences on the actual audio signal path and further improves the overall mechanical and damping properties. The finely tuned Special XS MkII IC proves to be an advanced interconnect cable that presents amazingly smooth and open midrange, well defined and extended bass register with fast and transient dynamics.
| Type: | analogue symmetrical interconnect cable |
| Wave impedance: | 110 Ohm |
| Conductor: | 2 x 0.35 mm² (7 x 0.265 mm) twisted multi-stranded BRC conductors |
| Insulation: | 2-layer CAFPE® |
| Dielectric binding: | SDB |
| Shield: | X-Shield® |
| Jacket: | antistatic low-loss SPVC |
| Protective cover: | nylon sleeve, for the XLR/XLR variant only |
| Outer diameter: | 8.5 mm |
| Termination: | RCA/RCA with Special V2 plug or XLR/XLR with Classic V2 plug |
| Available: | on spools and in standard terminated lengths |
| Country of origin: | made in Russia |
Due to our policy of continuous product development, all specifications are subject to change without notice.
Tchernov Audio was established in 1997 to represent some of the leading Hi-Fi brands in the Russian and CIS markets - a task we undertake to this day. Just five years later, in 2002, we announced the founding of the very first Russian audio brand - Tchernov Cable and launched a complete range of cables for audio and video that were designed and built in Russia with production beginning later that year. Over the next decade, thanks to a number of ground-breaking proprietary technologies, Tchernov Cable has grown to be one of the most highly regarded audio companies in Russia. Our products marked “Made in Russia” have also met with international acclaim from the audio press and public. We are a company of music lovers and audio enthusiasts and our passion is reflected in every piece of our work.
“We offer our customers an unbeatable combination of uncompromising cutting-edge design and engineering with an unmatched list of the world’s finest ingredients and make them available for a competitive price without inflated costs for ridiculous cosmetics!”
A PHILOSOPHY OF AUTHENTICITY
All Tchernov Cable products are developed to convey the richness and beauty of the music with accurate and native timbre with every nuance and subtle detail intact. Just as important as capturing this information is excluding any kind of distortion or colouration that can have a deeply negative effect on sonic accuracy. Only by successfully accomplishing this can the true Hi-Fi set-up reproduce the musical composition that the composer and artist intended.
Accurate Timbre
Every musical instrument has a unique timbre thanks to the material used in its construction, the philosophy of its manufacturer and the skill and style of the musician playing it. The single most important task of our cables is the perfect reproduction of this unique sonic character. By accurately transferring all the fine detail that makes up this individuality, Tchernov Cable products reveal the elegance and emotion of the greatest musicians both ancient and modern.
Tonal Balance
The precise reproduction of the complete frequency range of any piece of music is vital for a believable and immersive audio sound that is completely convincing. Deep and articulated bass, lush midrange and a refined, smear free treble must be seamlessly matched to create a genuine realism. An engrossing musical performance can be achieved only by the accurate and even presentation of the full audio frequency range.
Soundstage and Timing
The combination of musicians and instruments within a performance is a delicate one and their relationship to one another is often the result of countless hours of practise. By the same token, reproducing this interaction with the correct soundstage and timing is the result of countless experiments and listening tests. By getting the presentation right the performance benefits from a wide and tangibly real sound that lets you enjoy the music as if the musicians were live in front of you.
GOLDEN RATIO
It has been used by mankind for centuries. Mathematicians, architects, artists, historians, philosophers and of course musicians realised that there exists a proportion in nature that is repeated time and again in a bewildering variety of instances. It goes back at least as far as 300 B.C., when the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid first ever described it in his major work, the “Elements” as the solution of equation x² - x = 1 (the irrational number, ≈ 1.618). Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Da Vinci and others devoted endless hours to further understanding the mathematical perfection of the Golden Ratio and many of their most notable works have their basis in it. Man’s use of the Golden Ratio may have begun as early as the ancient Egyptians in the construction of the Pyramids. The Greeks used it for aesthetic perfection in their art and architecture while Renaissance artists saw it as a divine proportion that imparted beauty and balance in the creation of art. It also appears in the physical proportions of the human body and the universe. Given its fundamental role in so many aspects of human existence, it is also the framework for the lengths Tchernov Cable uses. We have applied further tests and analysis to determine the preferable lengths for our terminated cables, which we hereafter call “standard lengths”.
