AudioQuest are highly regarded for their high-end audio visual interconnects, their Pearl HDMI may be at the budget end of HDMI cables but certainly does not disappoint. With excellent build quality and solid long grain OFC conductors under it's smart pinstripe PVC jacket the Pearl pushes sonic performance to new levels.
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"With a full high-speed spec, including 3D capability, audio return channel and Ethernet compatibility, it’s refreshing to say that the AudioQuest Pearl's a deft performer"
Pearl HDMI embodies all of AudioQuest’s core philosophies on cable design. It employs solid Long-Grain Copper conductors, Solid High-Density Polyethylene Insulation, and precise geometry. Specific attention has been paid to maximizing the performance of HDMI, and indeed, AudioQuest’s HDMI cables push sonic performance to new levels.
All AudioQuest HDMI cables up to 10 meters are rated High Speed with Ethernet. From 12 meters to 20 meters AudioQuest HDMI cables are Standard Speed with Ethernet. The most important thing to know and understand is that all AudioQuest HDMI cables up to 10 meters are guaranteed to exceed the requirements for all possible HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 data streams, including 4K UltraHD, HDR, and Blu-ray Ultra HD.
HDMI standards and capabilities have improved significantly since DVI first evolved into HDMI. All generations are backward compatible. However, not all previous HDMI cables can transmit the full 18Gbps of data required to optimize today’s HDMI 2.0 equipment. While there is currently no 4K/60 4:4:4 software requiring the full 18Gbps capability of HDMI 2.0, some sources (UHD Blu-ray players) can be set to upsample, requiring 18Gbps capability.
Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire insulation and circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored then released as distortion. Pearl HDMI uses air filled foamed Polyethylene insulation 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.
The correct direction is determined by listening to every batch of metal conductors used in every AudioQuest audio cable. All signal conductors controlled for digital-audio direction in AudioQuest HDMI cables, and care is even taken to run the conductors used in the Audio Return Channel in the opposite direction to ensure the best performance for that application. Arrows are clearly marked on the connectors to ensure superior sound quality.
Solid conductors eliminate strand-interaction distortion. Pearl’s solid Long-Grain Copper allows a smoother and clearer sound than cables using regular OFHC (Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity) copper. OFHC is a general metal industry specification regarding “loss” without any concern for distortion. LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material, less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance.
Solid LGC - Long grain copper conductors
Foamed Polyethylene insulation
High speed data capacity
Ethernet and audio return channel enabled
CL3 & FT4 rated
Available in lengths up to 20m
HDMI High speed with Ethernet up to and including 10m
HDMI Standard speed with Ethernet from 12m to 20m
| Type | High Speed HDMI with Ethernet |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Solid Long Grain Oxygen Free Copper |
| Dielectric | Hard Cell Foam |
| Jacket | CMG (CL3 & FT4) Rated PVC |
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Screened cable to reduce and eliminate interference
To ensure good conductivity and signal propagation
Designed to carry digital audio and video signals
Works with audio return channel to allow TV audio to be passed back down your HDMI cable.
Enables network connection sharing with devices which support it
Made from materials which meet all UK building fire safety regulations.
Supports the very highest resolution available today 4096 x 2160
