Audience AU24 speaker cable, 3.5m, Bi-wired

There is a common misconception that loudspeaker cable must be large in diameter and have a low DC resistance in order to provide good bass response. DC resistance is relatively unimportant according to Audience's design philosophy, and our ears bear this out! They say that what really matters is the characteristic impedance (AC resistance) of the cable. Music is an AC signal after all. Most of these large diameter/low DC resistance cables have excessively high characteristic impedance anywhere from 100 to 600 ohms with some measuring in the 1000’s of ohms. The Au24 Loudspeaker Cable is only 4mm or 1/8" in diameter. Although the DC resistance may be slightly higher than the garden hose variety speaker cables the characteristic impedance is only 16 ohms. Musical signals from the bass to the overtones pass through this cable with less actual impedance than a cable with a lower DC resistance. The Au24 Loudspeaker Cable provides nearly perfect bass timbre and extension. Plus, the low eddy-current resistance means the cable is very quick and linear in the time domain. Voices and instruments sound strikingly real with this loudspeaker cable. We've found in most cases that the AU24 speaker cables we're delivering are replacing speaker cables that are MANY times more expensive, and as big as your forearm!  Wives are thrilled with the less conspicuous cable size, and EVERYONE is thrilled with the sound!

In developing the Au24 line Audience's staff discovered how important simplicity is when highest possible performance is the design goal. Fancier connectors and layers of cosmetic sleeve would have made the cable look more expensive. However every time we made it look better it sounded worse. Bigger, bulkier connectors mean more mass, more inductive reactance, and a loss of soundstaging, dynamics, and extension top and bottom.  The lessons learned with the Au24 cables have now been applied to their lower and mid-priced cables as well.