Sommer Carbokab Cable. Neutrik Gold Female XLR to Male XLR

This range of balanced leads uses Sommer’s SC Carbokab ‘2 Core & Multi-Screen cable’. The cable utilises ‘Carbon Conductor smoothing’ around the centre core to vastly improve the signal transmission. The smoothing is essentially a carbon wrap that makes the centre core act like a solid core of copper and not individual strands. This gives you the sonic benefits of a single core cable but the flexibility and durability of stranded core.

Advantages:

• Linear audio transmission due to carbon conductor smoothing to emulate the benefits of a solid wire
• Low capacitance due to the use of the HD-PP high-end insulating material
• Excellent shielding with Cu mesh screen (+ drain wire) and AL fleece
• High conductivity due to the use of OFC 6 (oxygen-free class 6) copper

Application:

• Highly professional studio and installation technology
• Demanding OB van technology for radio and broadcasting
• First-class hifi connection (red and white conductors on pin 1, separate shielding)

Carbokab Technical Data:

• Properties: Digital 110 Ω AES / EBU
• Properties: OFC oxygen free copper
• Colour: black
• Jacket material: S-PVC
• Jacket Ø: 7,60 mm
• Inner conductor (audio): 0,25 mm². AWG (audio): 23
• Shielding: Copper braiding tin-plated 95% + AL-fleece + filler strand
• Shielding factor: 100 %
• Copper strands (audio): 65
• UV-resistant: yes
• cond./shield. per 1 m (audio): 90 pF
• Impedance: 110 Ω
• Conductor resistance per 1 km: 78 Ω

Neutrik Connectors Technical Data:

The stylish looking connectors use Neutriks rugged chuck type cable strain relief along with a tough polyurethane boot and die cast metal casing.

The Gold Contacts are made from bronze and plated with gold. They offer superior durability over silver as they do not tarnish easily.

Electrical

• Capacitance between contacts - ≤ 4 pF
• Rated current per contact - 16 A
• Rated voltage - 50 V

Material

• Boot - Polyurethane
• Contact plating - 0.2 µm Au hard alloy over 2 µm Ni
• Contacts - Bronze (CuSn8)
• Locking element - Zinc diecast (ZnAl4Cu1) / Ck 67 (spring)
• Shell - Zinc diecast (ZnAl4Cu1)
• Shell plating - Black chromium