AudioQuest Type 8 Speaker Cable

Get "Totally Blown Away" by Type 8 Bulk Speaker Cable

Hear all the details that lesser speaker cables veil with AudioQuest Type 8. Type 8 boasts exceptionally pure solid copper conductors, sophisticated Circular-Array Geometry, and Spread Spectrum Technology. It's a superb cable for hi-fi, home theater use, multi-room installations, and more.

Our affordable per-foot, bulk-cable pricing allows you to buy exactly the amount of unterminated cable you need for your particular application. No more. No less. Terminate it yourself and save, compared to buying cables that are already terminated. Plus, you can cut this bulk cable to exactly the lengths you need.

"The Best of Their Class"

"The Type 8 speaker wires are in my opinion the best of their class," reports Type 8 owner Mantis, forums.polkaudio.com, April 2011. "You should be very happy with them for many years to come, not to mention you can upgrade speakers without having to upgrade your speaker wires. Type 8's go very nicely with the analog Diamondbacks."

"Man, These Are Amazing Cables"

"Man, these are amazing cables. They totally blew away my z2’s," raves Mike Jedi, forums.stevehoffman.tv, May 20, 2024. "No contest. So much better clarity and focus. I then replaced my monster RCAs between amp and AV pre/pro with AQ Black Mamba IIs and again, night and day diff!!!!"

"I’ve spent much more on speaker cable and not done as well."

Only the Purest Copper Conductors

Type 8 uses a carefully finessed combination of Long-Grain Copper (LGC) and extremely high purity Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) conductors. The gauge of this cable is 2 x 12 AWG with a 10mm outer diameter.

All conductors are solid, which prevents strand interaction, a major source of distortion. Surface quality is critical because a conductor can be considered as a rail-guide for both the electric fields within a conductor, and for the magnetic fields outside the conductor.

LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material, less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance. The astonishingly smooth and pure PSC further eliminates harshness and greatly increases clarity compared to OFHC, OCC, 8N, and other coppers.

Sophisticated Circular-Array Geometry

The relationship between conductors defines some of a cable's basic electrical values (capacitance and inductance). Independent of these values, the relationship between conductors can be varied in ways that greatly effect performance. The circular-spiral construction of Type 8 allows for significantly better dynamic contrast and clarity than if the same conductors were run in parallel or as multiple twisted pairs.

Spread Spectrum Technology (SST)

Any single size or shape of conductor has a characteristic distortion profile. Even though radially symmetrical conductors (solid round or tubular) have the fewest discontinuities, each size still has a sonic signature. Type 8 uses a precise combination of four different size conductors in order to significantly reduce the audibility of these character flaws.

Directionality

Because all drawn metal is directional, all audio cables are directional. AudioQuest analog and digital audio cables are all controlled for RF-noise directionality. Please use the cable with the arrows pointing from the source to the receiver or other component.

Product Features

Overview

Bulk, unterminated speaker cable sold by the foot
Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) and Long Grain Copper (LGC) conductors
Circular Array Geometry
SST Spread Spectrum Technology
Conductive Insulation

Conductor Array

2 x 20 AWG Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
2 x 19 AWG Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) Conductors
2 x 18 AWG Solid LGC Conductors
2 x 16 AWG Solid LGC Conductors

Product Specs

2 x 12 AWG
10mm outer diameter

"The Type 8 speaker wires are in my opinion the best of their class. You should be very happy with them for many years to come, not to mention you can upgrade speakers without having to upgrade your speaker wires. Type 8's go very nicely with the analog Diamondbacks."

- Mantis, forums.polkaudio.com, April 2011

"Man, these are amazing cables. They totally blew away my z2’s. No contest. So much better clarity and focus. I then replaced my monster RCAs between amp and AV pre/pro with AQ Black Mamba IIs and again, night and day diff!!!!"

"I’ve spent much more on speaker cable and not done as well."

- Mike Jedi, forums.stevehoffman.tv, May 20, 2024

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