FSC - High Fidelity Signal Cable
The FSC signal cable is designed to match our AMP-150 integrated amplifier and CDD-1 CD player/DAC with an utterly faithful, natural and true-to-life resonance-free delivery of music and emotions.
The FSC cable is constructed from two separate Teflon-insulated wires made of nineteen single pure copper-core strands, each coated with pure silver and a thin but strong Teflon layer holding all the strands tightly together. The two wires are then wrapped inside a silver-plated pure copper screen and finished off by a top layer of tightly applied high-tension Teflon to keep the multi-layer cable assembly tightly fitted together. Lastly, we apply a protective insulation layer which also adds extra dampening mass to the construction. The result is a cable that, thin as it may appear, is tightened so hard together that unwanted sonic phenomena such as resonance and microphonics are virtually non-existent.
By suppressing any possible cause of vibration, microphonics and resonance at the very place they would otherwise emerge, we save the excessive use of plastic materials to control resonance later on.
The magic alloy box on the cable does not control the signal direction, phase corrections, impedance changes, nor does it enable time traveling, remote coffee-making or other voodoo stuff. It has a very simple job and it does it very well: It carries our badge of quality; nothing more, nothing less.
The Gato Audio FSC is a fully bi-directional cable. Our single-ended version with RCA connectors may be "pseudo-balanced", meaning the screen has been connected in the transmitter end and thus needs to be connected the "right" way to perform at its ultimate best. But the cable itself is equally perfect for carrying signals in both directions. By nature, musical signals are alternating, making a true bi-directional cable absolutely necessary and a key point of authentic sound reproduction.
The FSC cables are available in two different variants: a balanced version with professional quality Neutrik XLR gold-plated connectors, and also a "pseudo-balanced" single-ended version with special Neutrik gold-plated RCA connectors equipped with a retraceable ground ring that ensures common ground between the connected products.
Both cables are as standard delivered in two lengths; one and two meters. Other lengths can be made according to your exact specifications and order. Please contact your Gato Audio dealer for further details.