When it comes to AudioQuest in the United States, everyone will definitely think of their exclusive patented technology DBS, which adds a battery dielectric-bias system to the first material system), through direct current to generate a stable magnetic field, so that the molecules of the internal insulation layer of the wire to reach saturation and polarization, so as to orderly sorting, greatly reduce nonlinear time delay and error, of course, not all AudioQuest cables are used in DBS, only high-end models have, and the reason why AudioQuest can succeed, is not just relying on DBS technology, this time we evaluated AudioQuest Rocket 33 This pair of beginner's speaker cables comes to explore the secret of AudioQuest's good sound.
AudioQuest's factory is located in Irvine, California, USA, its production scale is one of the best in the industry, since its inception in 1980 has developed rapidly, the product line is very wide, and including the entry to the most high-end have, in short, as long as it is related to cables, power supplies and peripheral products, only you can't think of it, there is almost nothing that AudioQuest does not have. After years of continuous evolution,At presentAudioQuest's speakers are mainly divided into4 series,From entry to the highest end, they are type、rocket、Folk hero and mythical creature,From about 10,000 yuan to millions,But no matter what grade and price,It adheres to the same four core technologies:Solid conductors (solid conductors)、High-purity conductors (high-purity metal), noise-dissiping and dielectric, through the mastery of these four cores, to achieve the perfect transmission of "do no harm" original and lossless.
A feature of AudioQuest products is the beautiful color box packaging, which clearly indicates the specifications, versions and related features of the cable
The specifications of the cables are clearly marked on the outer box
There are 5 models in the Rocket series: Rocket 11, Rocket 22, Rocket 33, Rocket 44 and Rocket 88. REL or Naim used,The terminal can also choose Y plug or banana plug (you can choose gold or silver plating),It can be said that it is the most flexible series in the audioquest speaker line,Like the **Shang arranged for us is the length of 3m1 pair、Single-Biwire version,The terminals are gold-plated banana plugs。
Rocket 33 uses AudioQuest solid PSC and LGC two conductors, PSC is the abbreviation of Perfect-Surface Copper, its surface has been specially smoothed, greatly reducing the conduction obstacles caused by rough surface, LGC is the abbreviation of Long-grain Copper, which is a long-crystalline pure copper conductor, through the improvement of the purity of the conductor and the reduction of the number of crystals, the conductivity is greatly improved,** In terms of material structure, the Rocket 33 adopts a double star-quad design, and the positive and negative electrodes each have 3 strands of conductors in a spiral manner, which is why the Rocket 3 can essentially be an independent Biwire, Rocket 33. Foamed-polyethylene is used as a dielectric on all positive conductors, which has quite good physical properties and is an excellent dielectric material, and the negative conductor is coated with graphite to absorb RF radio frequency noise (Carbon-based noise and crosstalk-dissipation system), which has lower distortion and a quieter background.
The structure of the rocket 33, treble and bass are independent, respectively, there are 3 different wire diameters and materials of solid conductor combination, this is also one of the philosophies of audioqust cable design, through the combination of different wire diameters and materials to achieve the best combination of sound, if there is only one wire diameter or conductor, there is often a certain personality is too strong shortcomings.
AudioQuest cables are marked with very clear directionality, please be sure to install according to the instructions to have the best results, AudioQuest terminals use cold welding technology to retain the original flavor of the cable.
During the evaluation**, we also specially sent the speaker B&W 607 S2 Anniversary Edition, digital streaming amplifier BlueSound PowerNode Edge to us for the whole set, and the 607 S2 is designed with Bi-Wiring.
The digital streaming amplifier BlueSound PowerNode Edge has everything in its size, with 40W output per channel, and can support up to 24bit 192kHz decoding, WiFi, MQA, Roon Ready, AirPlay 2, Tidal, and Spodify
At the same time, it can be used in the PowerNode Edge 8-head power cable Audioquest NRG-Y2
Famous factory and famous products, amazing development ability (Ted Chen).
AudioQuest is very famous in the field of audio-visual cable accessories, with a wide range of sales scale and product range, from entry to top product lines are extremely complete, from tens of yuan to more than 10,000 US dollars of products, and can provide a variety of special cables and accessories, such as digital signal cables, analog signal cables, subwoofer USB cables, network cables, HDMI cables for images, and even power processors, cable adapters, denoisers, cable racks, cleaners, all kinds of terminal heads, Soldering, wire making tools are provided, almost all-inclusive, from the product catalog you can imagine how complete AudioQuest's product development, manufacturing and quality management capabilities are, by no means most audio manufacturers can achieve, whether the customer is a novice or a long-time audiophile or even a DIY player can find a product suitable for their hunting range.
Signal transmission is easy and simple
This time, the AudioQuest Rocket 33 speaker cable we reviewed is a rather special version of the single-biwire terminal, which means that the amplifier connection terminal only uses one set of speaker cables, but can be applied to the loudspeaker with dual input terminals with separate high and low frequencies. There are many speakers that use two sets of input speaker terminals separated from high and low frequencies, which can be connected by two groups of speaker wires at the same time, providing more options in adjusting the flexibility of the sound, but users may not necessarily use two sets of speaker wires, or the power amplifier does not provide two sets of speaker outputs, and when only one group of speaker wires can be used, it must be connected to the high and low frequency signals at the speaker end through jumpers or jumpers.
Although there are advantages to this connection, there are also disadvantages, such as different jumpers or jumpers will affect the sound timbre and performance, some people think that one more medium will crack the sound, then perhaps the problem is why you want to buy a speaker with dual speaker terminal input, the common situation is that the speaker you like is designed like this, the designer may make the treble and bass less interfere with each other to have a better sound or simplify the purpose of the crossover or even provide more flexibility and playability, in short, there must be his reasons, but it just so happens that you can't use it. At this time, the speaker cable with single-biwire terminal can meet your needs, first of all, you don't have to buy a double group of speaker output amplifiers, you don't have to buy two pairs of speaker cables, and you don't have to be limited by jumpers or jumpers, go back to a simple pair of speaker wires to get the best signal transmission from beginning to end.
The best option to get started
AudioQuest Rocket 33 speaker line in the long product line belongs to the entry model product, it is said that it is also the best selling series of AudioQuest, according to the length of the price is about 700 1000 US dollars, almost the audiophile just started to play with the stage of choice, in the rocket series there are another 4 different classes of models, Rocket 33 is in the first class, the difference between each other is in the conductor wire diameter, the number of strands, insulation coating, Terminal grades. Listening is matched with B&W 607S2 Anniversary Edition bookshelf speaker, which is the dual-input speaker terminal design with separate high frequency and low frequency, in fact, such a design is very common in small bookshelf speakers, and it can be matched with single-biwire terminal speaker cables.
In addition to the speakers, ** also borrowed us a network streaming amplifier BlueSound PowerNode Edge, this compact amplifier only provides a single set of speaker cable connection, there is no room to play Biwire, this setup is exactly the right fit for the AudioQuest Rocket 33 The use scenario of the single-biwire version is also a suitable collocation for many novice audio players, and we also describe the sound of the whole system when actually listening, to see what kind of sparks can be sparked by such a matching.
First taste of high-end
Listen to the reference "Anne-Sophie Muter & Mutter."'S Virtuosi, a live collection of live content from the tour by renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, is also the latest album to be released in November. The repertoire is extensive, including Bach, Vivaldi, John Williams, etc., and most of the tracks are particularly violin playing, which will be quite enjoyable for Mutter lovers. In this set of sound systems constructed by B&W, AudioQuest, and Bluesound**, the first thing I particularly feel is**The tranquility of the background is quite good,**The sense of bump in the space is very good, and I am quite surprised that Bluesound, an affordable device, can provide such a level of noise.
In terms of sound texture, it also exceeds my expectations, I can fully feel that the overall level and quality of the system are quite compatible with the collocation, no wonder B&W and AudioQuest are so popular, in this **band actually provides**playback ability is very solid, the sound quality is delicate and dense enough, even if you are used to listening** Equipment people will not be dissatisfied with the sound quality when they listen to this system, which will be a worthy system choice for audiophiles to get started, and it will be a worthwhile entry brick to enter the Hi-Fi and even high-end world with this high-quality system.
The sound is cohesive and elastic (wacko wang).
This evaluation of the American Audioquest's rocket33 speaker cable,Matched with the British Bowers & Wilkins 607 S2 bookshelf speaker and bluesound all-in-one machine,Listening to it all day long In summary,You will feel that several songs in a row have a good feeling of vocal cohesion and song dynamics。 The first thing to hear is "Some Things I" by Teddy Swims and Maren Morris'll never know" song, the piano sound is quite coherent, the round notes occasionally flash a restrained edge, and the low frequency performance is also quite good, although it is the use of bookshelf speakers to match, you can still feel the diffusion of quite sufficient low frequency, the elasticity of the sound is also good, with the drum slightly relaxed hitting contrast, the vocals show softness and the piano sound has a sense of upward rebound, complementing each other to make the song performance is still quite rich.
The picture is spacious and natural, and the vocals are clear and clean
Then the song "I Do" by **Reneé Rapp for reference, at the beginning of the track with only a single music and a simple rendition of vocals, you can clearly feel that the vocals are quite cohesive, clear and solid and vivid in front of you, before the drums are added, the whole song is smaller, so I feel that the sound is more focused, and I can enjoy the lines of the vocals more. The vocal part feels quite elastic, which adds a bit of a lively jump to the calm song. When the drum is added,The sound of the feeling begins to spread,The picture in front of you is also spacious,This evaluationrocket33Although the speaker cable is matched with a bookshelf speaker,But the sound is full and the volume of the speaker is inversely proportional,Very large will not be a little depressing,It is also very natural。 And even though more music began to be added to the background, the vocals could still be heard without being masked by this, and they were still quite conspicuous, clear and clean centered, which allowed people to enjoy ** without leaving out any of the beauty of the vocals.
The sound curve is sinuous and beautiful
Listening to Calum Scott and Zoe Wees's "At Your Worst" song, the dynamic sense of this song is stronger than the first two songs, and in this song, you can clearly hear a fairly solid hitting pause, but also take into account the sense of air in it, so that the impact sound is natural and comfortable without a dull feeling. When listening, I also feel that even under the strong rhythm of the drums, the vocals are still eye-catching, the male voice is solid and the female voice is clear and clean, especially if you can appreciate it, in the transposition or the pronunciation change of the treble, the curve of the sound is quite beautiful, and the contrast of the sound is also presented well, on top of the low drum or male voice, the female voice is set off more eye-catching, although the sound is lighter, it will not be weightless, but you can enjoy the female voice has a quite natural and beautiful arc, so that the flavor of the song is more sufficient。
The space is easy to put and value-for-money
Finally, James Smith's "Like a Record" The song, the atmosphere presented by the track itself is quite special, in terms of the sound of the piano at the beginning of the song, the sound seems lighter, but the charm is very strong, and the shade is presented in a fairly balanced way, as the track progresses and the vocals are added, the vocals are also full of strong charm make the moment of listening to it feel like being in a thick fog, and the treacherous atmosphere is also filled with a faint sad mood, which is quite in line with the artistic conception close to the lyrics, and only the notes are lingering around. The melody resonates, and people are directly immersed in the magic of the song. In terms of the whole system evaluated in this evaluation, Rocket33 with B&W 607 S2 and BlueSound all-in-one machine, the overall space requirements are not high, and at the same time, it is quite close to the people, and it can still have such a sound performance with this configuration, which can definitely be said to be quite valuable.
AudioQuest Rocket 33 speaker cable
Conductor: Solid PSC LGC
Wire Diameter: 14 AWG (2.)08mm）
Geometry: double star-quad
Dielectric: foamed-polyethylene (for all positive conductors).
Noise-Dissipation System: Cross-Talk-Dissipation System
Outer covering: red and black braid.
Terminals: Y plug Banana plug (gold or silver plated).
Author: Leo Yeh