AudioQuest Pearl 18 HDMI Cable - 7.5 Meter

AudioQuest Pearl 18 HDMI Cable - 7.5 Meter

What It Does in Your System

Full Bandwidth at a Distance That Defeats Ordinary Cable

Seven and a half meters is roughly twenty-five feet, and it's the range where cheap HDMI starts producing sparkles, dropouts, and handshake failures that show up twenty minutes into a movie. Pearl 18 uses active frequency equalization to restore the high-frequency energy a long run bleeds away, holding full 18Gbps performance out to 50 feet.

This is the length for a projector, a wall-mounted display across the room, or an equipment rack that isn't sitting directly under the screen.

The Full 18Gbps Feature Set, Guaranteed

Pearl 18 is guaranteed to deliver the 18Gbps bandwidth modern home theater depends on: 4K UHD, High Dynamic Range for deeper contrast and richer color, high-resolution multichannel audio, and eARC for sending lossless soundtracks from your TV back to a receiver or soundbar. It also supports 8K/30 video and carries the HDMI Ethernet channel.

Nothing gets negotiated away because the cable couldn't keep up — which is exactly the reassurance a long run should come with.

Long-Grain Copper and Noise Control on Every Conductor

Solid Long-Grain Copper conductors have fewer oxides, fewer impurities, and fewer grain boundaries than the OFHC copper found in ordinary cable, and being solid rather than stranded eliminates strand-interaction distortion. Air-filled foamed-polyethylene insulation absorbs very little energy, preserving signal strength across the distance.

AudioQuest's Level-1 Noise-Dissipation extends to all 19 conductors — audio/video, eARC, ground-reference drains, and the control and power lines alike — because in a home full of Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite radiation, shielding the signal pairs alone no longer cuts it.

Is This Right for You?

A few things to confirm before you order:

• 18Gbps is not 48Gbps. Pearl 18 fully covers 4K/60, HDR, eARC, and 8K/30. If you need 4K/120 or 8K/60 for a current-generation gaming console or a flagship display, you want a 48Gbps cable such as Pearl 48 instead.
• Check the connectors for source and display markings. Actively equalized cables run in one direction only. If the ends are marked, observe them — getting it backward after the cable is in a wall is an expensive mistake.
• Measure the real routing path. Seven and a half meters is about 25 feet, but a run through a wall cavity, along a joist, and up to a ceiling projector eats distance fast. Order long rather than short — HDMI cables don't splice.

Setup & Installation

Connect the cable between your source — receiver, streamer, or disc player — and your TV or projector. Check the connectors first: if one end is marked for the source and the other for the display, connect them accordingly, because an actively equalized cable installed backward produces no picture at all. Confirm the marking twice before committing the cable to a conduit or wall cavity.

Pearl 18 is in-wall rated, so it can be run inside a wall where local code permits. Pull it gently by the jacket, avoid sharp bends at the connector, and don't drag the cable through a stud bay by its connector body.

Features & Specifications

Active Frequency Equalization
Restores high-frequency signal energy lost over distance, holding full 18Gbps performance out to 50 feet where passive cables fail.

Solid Long-Grain Copper Conductors
Fewer oxides and grain boundaries than standard OFHC copper, with solid construction that eliminates strand-interaction distortion.

Level-1 Noise-Dissipation on All 19 Conductors
Signal, eARC, ground-reference, control, and power conductors are all direction-controlled for efficient rejection of radio-frequency noise.

In-Wall Rated Construction
Approved for in-wall installation where code permits, so a long run can disappear into the architecture.

Specifications

• Length: 7.5 meters (approx. 24.6 ft)
• Bandwidth: 18Gbps
• HDMI Specification: 2.0b
• Maximum Resolution: 4K/60; 8K/30 (8-bit, 4:2:0)
• Supported Features: HDR, eARC, ARC, HDMI Ethernet channel, high-resolution multichannel audio
• Design: Active, with frequency equalization
• Conductors: Solid Long-Grain Copper (19 total)
• Insulation: Air-filled foamed polyethylene
• Noise Rejection: Level-1 Noise-Dissipation; direction-controlled conductors
• Installation: In-wall rated
• Quantity: Single cable

Frequently Asked Questions

Will it handle 4K/120 for my game console?
No. That requires 48Gbps bandwidth. Pearl 18 delivers 4K/60, HDR, eARC, and 8K/30 — excellent for movies and streaming, but for high-frame-rate gaming you'll want a 48Gbps cable like Pearl 48.

Does it matter which end goes where?
Check the connectors. Actively equalized HDMI cables are directional, and if the ends are marked for source and display, connect them that way — reversed, you'll get no picture. This is worth confirming before an in-wall installation rather than after.

Can I run it inside a wall?
Yes. Pearl 18 is in-wall rated for installation where local code permits, which is often the point of choosing a length like this. Check your local requirements before you start cutting drywall.

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