{"product_id":"audioquest-rocket-22-speaker-cable-12-foot-bfa-bananas-to-bfa-bananas-pair","title":"AudioQuest Rocket 22 Speaker Cable - 12 Foot - BFA Bananas to BFA Bananas - Pair","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBest Premium Speaker Cable 2025 - \u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\"Recommended\" Award - \u003cem\u003eHi-Fi Choice\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAffordable High-End Cable with \"Scale, Detail, and Authority\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eA clearly audible step up from AudioQuest's Rocket 11, Rocket 22 is a high-performance, low-noise speaker cable designed to quickly and easily accommodate either full-range or single-biwire applications, making it an outstanding choice for affordable audio. It's great for hi-fi, home theater, and custom install, and is CL3\/FT4-certified for in-wall use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAward-Winning Performance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Hi-Fi?\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine honored Rocket 22 by naming it Best Premium Speaker Cable 2025. According to Managing Editor Becky Roberts, \"The Rocket 22 continues the fine work of its multi-Award-winning sibling, the Rocket 11, and, in a suitably talented set-up, the difference in price between the two can be justified by the improvement in scale, detail, and authority.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"It carries an impressive amount of fine detail, arranging it in a stable and cohesive manner and presenting it even-handedly without emphasis, and despite its civilised nature there’s still enough in the way of dynamic punch and rhythmic drive to allow a track's sheer energy and attack to shine through.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"All of this makes for an easy-going balance that makes the Rocket 22 suitable for a wide range of systems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\"Excellent Value Cables\"\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eRocket 22 also won a \"Recommended\" award from England's \u003cem\u003eHi-Fi Choice\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"First, I audition a great recording of Prokofiev’s \u003cem\u003eRomeo And Juliet\u003c\/em\u003e played by the London Symphony Orchestra. \u003cem\u003eAct 1 Scene 2\u003c\/em\u003e is a section with great contrasts heralding the arrival of guests at a ball. The music ranges from the loud, triumphal entry of each new visitor to the delicate detail of the guests mingling with each other. The music is stately, with great dynamics, as well as intimate in the quieter sections and the loudspeaker cables effectively convey all of the required formality of such an occasion perfectly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"A recording of James Taylor singing \u003cem\u003eYou’ve Got a Friend\u003c\/em\u003e accompanied by his guitar and drums is musical and involving and shows off the surprisingly elegant performance of these excellent value cables.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLong-Grain Copper\/Perfect-Surface Copper Conductors\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eRocket 22 uses a carefully finessed blend of Long-Grain Copper (LGC) and high-purity Perfect-Surface Copper (PSC). LGC has fewer impurities and fewer internal grain junctions than standard OFHC copper, while the even smoother, purer surface of PSC further eliminates harshness and improves clarity. All AudioQuest conductors are direction-controlled for optimum noise dissipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal for Full-Range or Single-Biwire Configurations\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eUse Rocket 11 as a full-range cable, with red (+) and black (-) conductors grouped together, or, when the speakers provide separate bass and treble inputs, further optimize system performance by biwiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSemi-Solid True-Concentric Conductor Design\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIn a True-Concentric conductor design, each successive layer of stranded conductor spirals in the direction opposite of its underlying layer. This technique eliminates the lines of contact between adjacent conductor layers, while increasing pressure at the contact points, thereby significantly reducing electrical-contact strand interaction and its accompanying distortion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDouble Low-Inductance Twisted Pair Geometry\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eA typical speaker cable with parallel conductors has fairly high inductance, smearing energy across time, which results in sound that is dull and unfocused. In Rocket 11, the two conductors in each half of the cable are twisted around one another, providing lower inductance, greater clarity, and superior bass-to-treble frequency extension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eChoose spade and banana termination options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AudioQuest","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45981543956653,"sku":"NEW-AQRO22-12.0FT-BFBF-PR","price":659.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Demo","offer_id":45981543989421,"sku":"DEMO-AQRO22-12.0FT-BFBF-PR","price":659.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/3708\/1773\/files\/AQRO22-BFBF_01_ends_2025__49148.1743189575.1280.1280_67a7b884-1cbc-4d9d-9409-cb640bd91334.jpg?v=1778161510","url":"https:\/\/www.audioadvisor.com\/products\/audioquest-rocket-22-speaker-cable-12-foot-bfa-bananas-to-bfa-bananas-pair","provider":"Audio Advisor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}