Technical Specifications
Monocrystal™ Silver Solidcore conductors
Triple Al foil + close-lapped SP-UHP-OFC™ braid + Teflon screen
Superlative low-loss Teflon dielectric +
‘Airspace matrix’ helical construction
Vibrakil™ jacket technology
Virtually zero microphony
Ecosse Mach3 Ultima silver-plated Monocrystal™ copper RCA and XLR plugs – the finest available
11.5mm o/d circular silk braid and LDPVC translucent-black damper and jacket
A more rigorous cleaning cycle ensures contaminant-free surfaces and our pre-heat treatment offers the perfect surfaces to apply our new solder
The join is sealed to protect from the elements and prevent degradation
Plugs are further treated with contact enhancer prior to packing
Supersolder™ is our new ultra high purity lead-free silver and tin alloy solid wire—used in conjunction with our unique, passive organic flux. Together these ensure a joint with ultra low chemical contaminants and very high strength
ECOSSE LEGEND INTERCONNECT CABLE
The Legend SE Mk II’ Ultra-Pure Monocrystal™ Silver Interconnect. ‘The Legend’ is our ‘statement interconnect, yet imposes no statement of its own. It’s a HIFI News Magazine, Best of the Best, Interconnect of the year!
Monocrystal™ Pure Silver is Ecosse's pioneering commitment to conductor material development ensuring, uniquely, a complete lack of 'grain-boundaries' in the signal transmission direction - impurities which would normally impede the delicate audio or video signals and result in attenuation and distortion.
Here, a unique casting process (extrusion and annealing in an inert gas environment) is employed to produce a 'mono' or single crystal ultra-pure wire with significant advantages over other cables currently available. These other cables use ordinary silver, which, no matter how few grains the manufacturer claims, have a grain barrier of oxygen and hydrogen and in some cases, a high level of metallic impurities.
Monocrystal™ patented silver cables are technically unsurpassed for their quality and their ability to transmit audio and video of the highest quality with minimal distortion and attenuation from grain boundaries - because there are virtually no boundaries!
Utilising Monocrystal™ silver solidcore conductors of 7N purity, probably the best conductor available at room temperature, this interconnect undoubtedly defines the ‘state-of-the-art’ at its price.
Superior Performance
The performance of the latest, Mk II version of ‘The Legend Interconnect’ has been even further improved by the use of high grade Teflon™ (PTFE) as the dielectric. This precision extrusion over the pure Monocrystal™ Silver conductors affords even less energy storage/loss compared to our already stunning Mk 1 version.
The really clever bit is the incorporation of the layer of Vibrakill™ Neoprene™ jacket sandwiched between the outer screen and the soft PVC jacket. This is a constrained layer that effectively absorbs vibration rendering any microphonic effects insignificant. This results in a perfectly clean signal transmission devoid of any ‘smearing’
Together with improved internal damping, revised termination methodology and quality control, this cable’s performance sets new standards in analog signal transmission.
This interconnect, due to its construction, is directional and an arrow on the sheath indicates appropriate direction. ‘The Legend’ is equally suited to both single-ended and balanced equipment. When wired ‘pseudo-balanced’ or single-ended, we use Ecosse’s patented Mach 3 Ultima, non-compressing, constant impedance RCA plugs. The screen is connected at source end only to drain unwanted noise (RFI). This state-of-the-art RCA plug has direct silver-plated Monocrystal™ copper contacts, where both the signal centre pin and the return terminals (shells) are, uniquely, deep silver-plated Monocrystal™ Copper. The massive, tarnish-resistant silver-plated copper alloy body, with twin gold-plated high tensile fixing screws, clamps this – now double shielded – assembly uniformly and without stress.
Where there is a requirement for balanced equipment, ‘The Legend’ is fitted with our state-of-the-art Mach3 Ultima Monocrystal™ XLR plugs. These aluminium alloy bodied plugs, with silver-plated Monocrystal™ copper pins and solder pads, are quite simply the finest XLR plugs on the world market and make a significant contribution to sound quality.
Our Manufacturing Process
The rigorous reworking of quality control at assembly, including the exclusive use of tooling to avoid cross contamination plus the use of an obscenely expensive solder has resulted in The Legend SE Mk II.
This is not an inexpensive audio interconnect. However, compare its price to the ££££££ charged by our competitors for their high-end interconnects and you immediately see the cost-effective benefits of Ecosse Reference interconnects – even at the high-end.
Suffice to say ‘The Legend Mk II’ easily exceeds the requirements of ‘super audio’ formats, with their wide dynamic range and extended frequency response. Indeed, conventional descriptions and terminology cannot do justice to the performance of this cable.
With commensurate true reference quality hardware, experience all of the intentions and commitment of the original performance. Be astounded by your presence at the recording studio/venue!
More information at https://ecossecables.co.uk/