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  Cable Products > xStream Resolution Speaker Cables xStream Resolution Speaker Cables More Info Starting at just $649.95!  In the world of connectivity there is no more difficult a cable to design than one for a speaker. Speakers offer the greatest range of complex interaction of any single element in the audio video chain and aside from the power cable there is no single cable more important in the chain. Difficulties range from a purely resistive load to a nightmare of impedance dips and inductive challenges that are a cable designer’s worst case scenario. As the most difficult design challenge in the audio chain, the speaker cable is also the most important link to great sound. Speaker cables are not the area to compromise your cable choices. In fact, all the hard work and energy invested in our system’s perfection can be partially wasted if we aren’t careful how we connect the final link between our power amplifier/receiver to our loudspeakers. The xStream Reference Series We are proud to introduce to the world the PS Audio xStream Reference and Transcendent Series of loudspeaker interconnects. Designed to couple the output of your power amplifier, receiver or integrated amp to your loudspeakers, the xStreams will bring you closer to the music than any loudspeaker cable. There are two model groups of xStream loudspeaker cables, Reference and Transcendent. The Reference series is available in both single wire and bi-wire and the Transcendent is available only in single wire with one length (due to the high cost of solid silver). The difference between the two lines is Reference is constructed using single crystal PCOCC copper while the Transcendent is built with solid silver. Construction is everything In a properly wired system for critical listeners, it is equally important to have both the component  interconnects as well as the loudspeaker interconnects of the same high quality. The Reference and Transcendent lines of speaker cables are built of the same materials as the audio interconnects, PCOCC and solid silver, but without shielding.Loudspeaker cables require far more conducting material than do audio interconnects because loudspeaker cables have to deliver high currents from your power amplifier to your loudspeakers. Both the Reference and Transcendent loudspeaker cables have 10 times the diameter of pure PCOCC or solid silver at the heart of their construction, relative to our audio interconnects. Both the Reference and Transcendent line use 8 solid core 1mm strands in the center bundle of conductors, surrounded in a spiral by 8 solid core 0.65mm conductors on the outside of the center bundle, creating a heavy 11 gauge speaker cable that truly has zero-loss under even the most demanding applications. Because of the high cost of solid silver, we are limiting production of the Transcendent loudspeaker cable to a choice of a 3 meter pair only, with no bi-wire options available. Bi-wire models are available only in the Reference solid PCOCC versions. Soldered in place spades In the original xStream loudspeaker cables we designed a screw-on spade or banana connector to make it  convenient for folks to choose whatever they wanted to use on their amplifier end or the loudspeaker side. This was a great idea until we discovered a great many complaints from high-end users who were not happy with a screw-on connection of any type.In the new xStream Reference and Transcendent speaker cables, the spades are soldred in place permanently with high silver content solder. They are not removable. If you want to use a banana type connector instead of the spade, here's what we offer: a spade to banana adaptor. These adaptors will soon be available through your local dealer or through PS Audio. Bi wiring with the References What is a Bi-wire? Essentially it is going the extra mile to achieve 'the best of both worlds. A bi-wire speaker cable combines two completely separate runs of cable to help isolate the high frequencies from the low frequencies. It is well known that a single transmission system for audio power is always somewhat of a compromise. Why? Because perfectly optimized cable construction is different for each frequency group. If we were only concerned with the midrange or top of the woofer and below, we would focus our design  efforts on one style of construction that might be entirely different than the requirements for a tweeter and midrange only.When you build a single-wire cable, you do your level best to combine the finest attributes of both worlds of construction to achieve the least amount of compromise and the highest level of full-range fidelity. However, we can do better if we separate the cable into two. If your speakers have dual sets of binding posts that separate the high and low drivers (and most high-end speakers do), then there’s nothing better than optimizing the cable’s construction for each driver and crossover set. Regardless which model you choose, the xStreams set the standard The xStream Reference and Transcendent loudspeaker cables don't add, subtract or glorify anything. Their job is to provide the cleanest, least intrusive path between your power amplifier and your loudspeakers. And they do this perhaps as well or better than just about anything else on the market. Did we mention they were affordable? Yes indeed, they are some of the most affordable high-end speaker cables in the industry but please don't think their low price is related to their performance. These are simply a great value and we would encourage you to try them out as soon as possible. |
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