Forest HDMI embodies all of AudioQuest’s core
philosophies on cable design. Forest employs solid Long-Grain
Copper conductors, Solid High-Density Polyethylene Insulation, and
precise signal geometry. Specific attention has been paid to
maximizing the performance of HDMI, and indeed, AudioQuest’s HDMI
cables push sonic performance to new levels.
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, like HDMI audio and video. 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
HDMI cables.
FOAMED-POLYETHYLENE INSULATION: 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 and then released as
distortion. Forest 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.
HIGH SPEED DATA CAPACITY: All AudioQuest
HDMI cables up to 10 meters meet or exceed the 10.2 Gbps maximum
data rate for HDMI and are approved High Speed with Ethernet
cables. This means that all AudioQuest cables up to 10 meters are
capable of transmitting 100% of the data required for all of HDMI’s
current audio/video features including multichannel high-resolution
audio, 1080p and 4k video, and 3D video from Blu-ray. All AQ HDMI
cables will deliver 100% of the data required for 120Hz/240Hz/600Hz
displays.
ETHERNET AND AUDIO RETURN CHANNEL ENABLED:
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.
DIRECTIONALITY: All audio cables are
directional. 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.
