Like the animal it is named for, LeoPard is agile, strong, and quick on its feet. Solid Perfect-Surface Silver Conductors, FEP Air-Tubes, Noise-Dissipation System (NDS) and the option for XLR terminations give LeoParda significant leap in performance over Cougar. The combination of superiormetals and insulation and the addition of NDS ensure low distortion, lowsignal-loss results. This means more of the music comes through they way it ismeant to be heard. SOLID 100% PERFECT-SURFACE SILVER CONDUCTORS (PSS):Perfect-Surface Technology applied to extreme-purity silver providesunprecedented clarity and dynamic contrast. Solid conductors prevent strandinteraction, a major source of cable distortion. Extremely high-purityPerfect-Surface Silver minimizes distortion caused by the grain boundaries thatexist within any metal conductor, nearly eliminating harshness and greatlyincreasing clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N and other coppers. FEP AIR-TUBE INSULATION (FEP is a Fluoro-Polymer): Any solidmaterial adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wireinsulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of thisenergy is stored and then later released as distortion. All of LeoPard’sconductors use Air-Tube insulation because air absorbs next to no energy, andFEP is the best extrudable solid insulation and absorbs less energy than othermaterials. The FEP Air-Tubes used in LeoPard have almost nothing but air aroundthe solid PSS conductors. DIELECTRIC-BIAS SYSTEM (DBS, US Pat #s 7,126, 055 &7,872, 195 B1): All insulation slows down the signal on the conductor inside. When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, abig problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio. AudioQuest’s DBScreates a strong, stable electrostatic field which saturates and polarizes(organizes) the molecules of the insulation. This minimizes both energy storagein the insulation and the multiple nonlinear time-delays that occur. Soundappears from a surprisingly black background with unexpected detail and dynamiccontrast. The DBS battery packs will last for years. A test button and LEDallow for the occasional battery check. CARBON-BASED 4-LAYER NOISE-DISSIPATION SYSTEM: 100% shieldcoverage is easy. Preventing captured RF Interference from modulating theequipment’s ground reference requires AQ’s Noise-Dissipation System. Metal andCarbon-Loaded synthetics prevent most RFI from reaching the equipment’s groundplane. TERMINATION: This plug design enables a perfect heat-freeconnection between cable and plug. The connection between the plug andconductors is made using AQ’s Cold-Weld System, which provides a superiorconnection that ensures that the structural integrity of the conductor is keptcompletely intact.   The Cold-Weld Systemrefers to a combination of high pressure at the point of contact and the use ofcopper- or silver-impregnated paste. (LeoPard’s silver conductors get silverpaste. ) XLR plugs are also available. ]]>

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