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AudioQuest Irish Red Subwoofer cable (2 meters/6.6 feet)

Item # 703IRED2M

AudioQuest's Irish Red cable helps any powered subwoofer sound more realistic by minimizing any loss in the...

AudioQuest's Irish Red cable helps any powered subwoofer sound more realistic by minimizing any loss in the...

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About the AudioQuest Irish Red

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Want bass clarity and impact? Here you go.

AudioQuest's Irish Red cable helps any powered subwoofer sound more realistic by minimizing any loss in the signal as it travels from your receiver to the sub. This cable features two identical solid conductors, and each conductor is a single, unbroken strand of AudioQuest's high-purity Long-Grain Copper, coated with silver. Solid conductors eliminate electrical and magnetic interference that can make multi-strand conductor cables sound brittle.

Want bass clarity and impact? Here you go.

AudioQuest Irish Red

AudioQuest's Irish Red cable helps any powered subwoofer sound more realistic by minimizing any loss in the signal as it travels from your receiver to the sub. This cable features two identical solid conductors, and each conductor is a single, unbroken strand of AudioQuest's high-purity Long-Grain Copper, coated with silver. Solid conductors eliminate electrical and magnetic interference that can make multi-strand conductor cables sound brittle.

High-quality connectors eliminate the weakest link

Irish Red features RCA connectors made of gold-plated copper. The connectors are fastened by cold welding — a solder-less process that uses high pressure and silver paste to minimize signal loss. By contrast, solder tends to impede the signal, and heating the copper conductor can negatively affect its performance.

AudioQuest takes a lot of care and pride in every aspect of their cables, including their appearance. Irish Red cables come with a good-looking black-and-red braided covering for the shorter lengths (5 meters and under). Longer lengths use a smooth PVC jacket that's CL3/FT4-rated for in-wall use.

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Product highlights:

  • two silver-plated solid copper conductors for superior sound quality (silver layer is 0.5% of total conductor)
  • air-filled foamed-polyethylene insulation minimizes energy storage and its associated distortion
  • 100% coverage metal shield with AQ's Noise Dissipation System to resist RFI interference
  • cold-welded gold-plated RCA connectors for reliability and resistance to corrosion
  • built-in ground wire with spade lugs to prevent hum
  • black-and-red braided covering on lengths of 5 meters or less; 8-meter and longer lengths have a smooth PVC jacket
  • warranty: 5 years
  • MFR # IRED02

What's in the box:

  • 6.5625' Mono-RCA subwoofer cable (w/ a male RCA connector and 8" ground wire on each end)

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Features

Solid 0.5% Silver Conductors: Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion and reduce jitter. Solid silver-plated conductors are excellent for very high-frequency applications. These signals, being such a high frequency, travel almost exclusively on the surface of the conductor. As the surface is made of high-purity silver, the performance is very close to that of a solid silver cable, but priced much closer to solid copper cable. This is an incredibly cost effective way of manufacturing very high-quality subwoofer cables.

Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation: Irish Red uses air-filled Foamed-Polyethylene Insulation on both conductors because air absorbs next to no energy and Polyethylene is low-loss and has a benign distortion profile. Thanks to all the air in Foamed-PE, it causes much less of the out-of-focus effect common to other materials.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System (NDS): AudioQuest's Noise-Dissipation System prevents a significant amount of RFI from reaching the equipment's ground plane.

Symmetrical Coax Geometry: Identical positive (+) and negative (-) conductors prevent the shield being used as an inferior audio conductor.

Cold-Welded Gold-Plated Plugs: This plug design allows for a connection without the use of solder, which is a common source of distortion. Because the ground shells are stamped instead of machined, the metal can be chosen for low distortion instead of machinability.

Grounding: If you hear noticeable hum in your system after connecting your subwoofer, please attach the subwoofer cable's ground leads to your audio gear. Some audio equipment have a ground (GND) connection on the back-panel, if not, attach the ground spade lugs to any screw on the equipment chassis of both the source and the subwoofer. Usually, this wire will not need to be connected.

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AudioQuest Irish Red - What gage is the copper wire?
james  Jun 08, 2023
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The gauge thickness of the solid conductor is not listed in the specifications from AudioQuest sadly, James. I would reach out directly to AudioQuest for the exact size.
bo  Jun 08, 2023 (Staff)
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Can you use this cable for an in wall installation? I need a subwoofer cable that can go in the wall.
anthony  Dec 21, 2016
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That's how I used it. It's a pretty durable cable I just woul be careful with the ends.
john  Dec 22, 2016
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Yes, the 8-meter and longer lengths of the Irish Red subwoofer cables are in-wall rated. The 5-meter and shorter lengths are not. I used the 8-meter in-wall and works great.
michael  Dec 22, 2016
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This cable is not rated for in-wall installation.
michael  Dec 22, 2016
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I used mine under the baseboard. If I were to put in wall or hang in ceiling I think the shielding would be sufficient. Can't tell you if it up to your city code. Good luck Dean
dino  Dec 21, 2016
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I don't see the harm in it. The cable is pretty sturdy. I run a few cables underneath my house and haven't had any problems.
jason  Dec 21, 2016

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