BENCHMARK STUDIO&STAGE™ SPEAKER CABLES
Benchmark Studio&Stage™ Speaker Cables combine the best cable, connectors, and construction techniques in order to offer performance that meets the demands of world-class studios, while providing the strength and reliability required for stage applications.
Top-Quality Connectors
In our lab tests we have found that heavy-duty 40-amp SpeakON™ connectors consistently outperform spade lugs, pins, and banana plugs. When SpeakON™ connectors cannot be used, we have found that locking banana plugs provide the next best connections. In contrast, spade lugs and pins often provide poor connections. Spring-type (non-locking) banana plugs almost always provide poor connections and should be avoided.
The Benchmark AHB2 power amplifier is so clean that poor speaker connections can easily create more distortion than the entire power amplifier. We have seen this many times in the lab. The effects of poor speaker connections can easily be measured when testing the AHB2 power amplifier. We have learned that we cannot accurately measure the AHB2 unless we use SpeakON™ connectors or high-quality locking banana connectors.
Star-Quad Construction
This top-quality Benchmark cable features Canare Star-Quad Speaker Cable. Four heavy-duty 14 AWG stranded conductors are combined into two pairs arranged in a star-quad configuration. The combined conductors are equivalent to 11 AWG, but the star-quad configuration reduces magnetic radiation making this cable superior to 2-conductor cables.
Specifications
11 AWG effective wire gauge (pair of 14 AWG conductors)
4-wire Star-Quad Configuration
Polyethylene Dielectric for low capacitance and improved frequency response
DC Resistance < 2.6 Ohms / 1000 ft.
Capacitance: 45 pF / ft.
Diameter: 0.421 in.
Super flex
Hand assembled in the USA with true silver solder