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You just bought the best CD player or DVD player on the planet, but are you getting the most out of it?  You will! Just call Fred's Sound Of Music and we'll help!  Whether using single ended (RCA plugs), balanced XLR cables, Digital or Video Cables, HDMI, USB, iPod cables and Optical Digital Cables, AudioQuests' crystal clear and authoritative Sound & Picture is self-evident in every cable they make!  Also, see how to connect ITC connectors here.

AudioQuest HDMI Cables offer the best sound and brightest picture from AQ's advanced design in HDMI technologies. With installations ranging from 3 feet to 65 feet AQ has you covered.  And with HDMI couplers and adapters, you can get around any corner!  See  the full display of AQ products at Fred's Sound Of Music today!

The New AudioQuest RCA and XLR Interconnect Cables!

AudioQuest Sidewinder uses two solid LGC copper conductors in a novel symmetrical Hyperlitz arrangement. One conductor is insulated and used for positive. The other is uninsulated and makes contact with the 100% coverage shield, allowing it to connect (drain) the shield while at the same time being used as a high quality conducting path for the negative signal. This mild red jacketed cable carries a UL CL-3 rating, enabling it to be used inside walls without conduit.

AudioQuest Copperhead uses two solid PSC copper conductors in the symmetrical Hyperlitz arrangement. One conductor is insulated and used for positive. The other is uninsulated and makes contact with the 100% coverage shield, allowing it to connect (drain) the shield while at the same time being used as a high quality conducting path for the negative signal. This black PVC jacketed version of this cable carries a UL CL-3 rating, enabling it to be used inside walls without conduit.

AudioQuest Diamondback uses two solid PSC conductors, and what a difference PSC makes. This extremely long grain copper allows for clarity and dynamics simply not possible with lesser materials. Double Balanced Hyperlitz design welded connectors and superior materials make this blue and black textile braided cable a great value.  Offered in RCA and XLR.

All AudioQuest RCA and XLR plugs are made from solid FPC copper. Most copper, regardless of purity, is too soft to make an effective plug. However, in addition to providing a superior signal path, FPC copper is strong enough to fabricate into truly superior plugs.

Whether it be AudioQuest's single or double bi-wire speaker cable or AudioQuest full range speaker cable, Fred's Sound of Music can help you make the best choice for your system.
We'll help you make your audio and video gear perform its best!

AudioQuest Speaker Cables, We cut and terminate speaker cable.

AudioQuest Type 4 SST Hyperlitz uses two solid 20 awg (0.52 sq.mm) and two 17 awg (1.02 sq mm) LGC conductors. One of each size used together makes 15 awg (1.56 sq.mm). Available in Blue or White (both UL/CL-3), or with a Blue/Black textile outer braid (not UL rated). This finely tuned "4" design maximizes the amount of metal which can be used in a four conductor cable. If the 20 awg conductor we larger, skin-effect would smear the high frequencies, if the 20 awg were smaller, the character flaws of the 21 and 17 awg conductors would be heard as two flaws instead of working together as the 20 and 17 awg conductors do to minimize any such awareness (SST). If the 17 awg conductor were smaller, the cable would lose some "authority." If the 17 awg were larger, the 20 and 16 awg conductors would lose their SST advantage.

AudioQuest CV-4 is "living" proof that metal quality can make a huge difference. CV-4 uses the same exceptionally efficient design as AudioQuest Type 4 speaker cable. While Type 4 takes advantage of LGC (Long Grain Copper) in order to provide high performance at an excellent price. CV-4 uses the astonishing new PSC (Perfect Surface Copper) in order to "get out of the way" far more completely. CV-4 is smooth, pure, clean and dynamic to an extent not previously possible anywhere near this price, even from AudioQuest. While CV-4 is a wonderful full-range cable, it will perform even better when two CV-4 cables are used with biwirable speakers; serious take-no-prisoners performance. With two-way (high crossover) loudspeakers, CV-4 also makes an excellent single-biwire cable. To single-biwire a three-way (low crossover) speaker we suggest considering Slate or especially Bedrock. Available in Sea Green, Navajo White (both UL/CL3) and Green/Black textile braid.

AudioQuest Gibraltar is The Top Rock! The big difference in this dark blue cable is the quality of the metal. In this fine-tuned Hybrid design the character of the overall cable is determined by our proprietary PSC+ copper used for the 21 and 18 awg and 19 conductors. Only the large 16 awg conductors are the remarkable, but in this case inferior, PSC copper. As even the "bass half" of this Flat Rock is a hybrid, even the bass half has mostly the character of PSC+. Leaving only the largest treble impaired 16 awg conductors in PSC saves money and gives up almost nothing in absolute performance. Thanks to the use of these exclusive coppers, the music is sweeter, cleaner and more dynamic. As with all the other Rocks, Gibraltar is also excellent for single-biwire use, or to make a double-biwire set with Bedrock or Granite on the bass.

Just a sample of the Digital & Video Cables By AudioQuest , CinemaQuest at Fred's

CinemaQuest OptiLink 1 provides significantly higher performance than is often thought possible with the Toslink interface system. Even though OptiLink 1 has a very modest price, that first step from normal cable into the CQ OptiLink series, is the biggest step .... the most sonic improvement. Optical cables come in different lengths.

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YouTube Video On How To Install AQ ITC Connectors

All Parts and Cables Available At Fred's Sound Of Music.