AudioQuest Golden Gate Interconnect Cable - 2.0 Meter - RCA to RCA

AudioQuest Golden Gate Interconnect Cable - 2.0 Meter - RCA to RCA

What It Does in Your System

The Everyday Length, Built Well Above Its Price

Two meters is the interconnect length most systems actually need — enough to reach between separated shelves, around the side of a rack, or across a short gap between components, without excess to coil up behind the gear.

This is a complete stereo pair connecting a source component — turntable preamp, streamer, DAC, CD player — to your integrated amp, preamp, or receiver. Golden Gate sits in AudioQuest's entry-to-mid analog range and brings the same core engineering found further up the line: solid conductors, low-loss insulation, and serious shielding.

Solid Copper Conductors for a Cleaner, More Natural Sound

Golden Gate uses solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC) conductors rather than stranded wire. Strands interact electrically and magnetically with one another, and that interaction is a well-known source of the hard, slightly gritty quality you hear from ordinary cable.

With solid PSC, you'll hear a smoother top end and better-defined instrumental textures — voices sound like voices, not like voices through a screen.

Noise Dissipation and a Geometry That Frees the Shield

Golden Gate's Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System absorbs and reflects most RFI before it can reach the layer connected to ground, so airborne noise from Wi-Fi, cellular, and nearby power supplies doesn't get dumped into your components' ground reference.

The Asymmetrical Double-Balanced geometry separates ground and shield onto their own paths, which lowers ground impedance for a richer, more dynamic presentation. Foamed-polyethylene insulation rounds it out — its high air content absorbs very little energy, so less of your music gets stored and released back as smear.

Is This Right for You?

A quick check before you add it to your cart:

• Two meters covers most separated-component layouts. It's the practical middle of the range — enough to reach across a rack or around a corner. Measure your actual path with the plugs seated, including the drop behind each chassis.
• Your system sounds hazy or edgy. If you're hearing hash, a flattened soundstage, or noise picked up between components, the shielding and solid-conductor design here directly address that.
• This is not a digital or speaker cable. Golden Gate RCA is an analog line-level interconnect. For coaxial S/PDIF, subwoofer duty, or speaker-level connections, choose a cable purpose-built for that job.

Setup & Installation

Connect the left and right RCA plugs from your source component's analog outputs to the corresponding inputs on your preamp, integrated amp, or receiver, matching red to red and white to white. The cold-welded, gold-plated plugs seat firmly and grip well; push straight on rather than twisting.

Golden Gate is a flexible cable, so a 2-meter run routes easily behind a rack or along a shelf edge. Keep it away from power cords where you can, and cross at right angles where you can't. Note that the two RCA connectors at each end are spaced fairly close together — if your component's jacks are widely separated, confirm spacing before ordering.

Features & Specifications

Solid Perfect-Surface Copper Conductors
Eliminates strand interaction and minimizes grain-boundary distortion for cleaner, more natural sound.

Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
Absorbs and reflects RFI before it can modulate your system's ground reference.

Asymmetrical Double-Balanced Geometry
Separates ground from shield for lower ground impedance and a more dynamic, quieter presentation.

Cold-Welded, Gold-Plated Terminations
A solder-free, high-pressure connection removes a common source of distortion at the plug.

Specifications

• Type: Analog audio interconnect, RCA to RCA, stereo pair
• Length: 2.0 meters (6 ft 6 in)
• Conductors: Solid Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC)
• Geometry: Asymmetrical Double-Balanced
• Insulation: Foamed polyethylene
• Noise dissipation: Metal-Layer Noise-Dissipation System
• Terminations: Cold-welded, gold-plated RCA plugs
• Directionality: All internal conductors direction-controlled
• Included: One stereo pair of RCA interconnects

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a stereo pair or a single cable?
This is a complete stereo pair — left and right channels, four RCA plugs total — so it's everything you need to make one analog connection between two components.

Can I use Golden Gate for a subwoofer or a digital coaxial connection?
Golden Gate RCA is designed for analog line-level signals. AudioQuest builds dedicated subwoofer and coaxial digital cables for those applications, and we'd point you to those instead.

How does Golden Gate compare to Tower?
Tower is the entry point in AudioQuest's analog line, built around solid Long-Grain Copper. Golden Gate steps up to higher-purity Perfect-Surface Copper and adds the Asymmetrical Double-Balanced geometry. Both are well-made cables; Golden Gate is the step up for a system that will show you the difference.

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