Conductors,Raw Materials

Date : Nov 22, 2022

Monosaudio make their cables of silver and copper, as well as of alloys and electroplated variants of the aforementioned metals. The choice is dependent on many factors of which the most important ones are the kind and accuracy of a transmitted signal. Materials for a particular cable are chosen by trial and error which is obviously time consuming, but it is actually the only way to create a final product which will be able to match our expectations. The list of raw materials used by Monosaudio:

 

99.998% Pure Red Copper

 

4N stand for the purity of copper which amounts 99,998% respectively. Impurities constitute barely twenty/millionths. Due to really huge costs of Pure Copper, we use it only in the top Connector of Connector Series Conductor with Excellence Series.

 

Silver-plated

 

OCC, OFC and LGC copper wires are put through our original process of electroplating called DCP (Double Coating Process). The process is extensively described below. Given the physical properties of the signal flow (the signal flows on the surface of a wire), we practically get a silver conductor with all the sound advantages of silver and copper.

 

Silver +Gold

 

Silver-copper alloy is our original technology which is not developed anymore. Huge implementation costs exceed sonic values which constitute a priority at designing new structures. The alloy has been used to produce two wires which make a conductive wire in two structures: Mica and Borax. The biggest advantage of this alloy is transparency of the sound. The structures are dedicated to the systems which do not require interfering in the tone of the sound.

 

Pure Silver

 

Due to the characteristics of silver itself, 100% silver is very soft and easy to scratch, and it is not suitable for more and more fine craftsmanship requirements, as well as the increasingly rich and exaggerated styling requirements of modern popular jewelry. In addition, 100% silver is easy to change color and tarnish, so Monosaudio Company launched the first set of 99.995% silver full-series sterling silver connectors and top-level wires.

Containing 99.995% silver is the international standard silver. It is different from 925 silver, because the purity of 9.999 silver is relatively high, it is very soft and difficult to make complex and diverse ornaments, but 925 silver can do it. 99.995% is very difficult to manufacture and finalize the hi-end products. After more than ten years of painstaking research on the production process, Monosaudio Fred Leng has completely produced a series of sterling silver terminals and wires.

 

OFC vs. OFHC

 

OFC is oxygen-free copper of high purity. The version used by Monosaudio  is OFHC (Oxygen Free High Conductivity) N4 and N6 which has a lower level of impurity. This type of oxygen-free copper of high conductivity is ahead of OFC in terms of quality. Sonic differences in relation to OFC include more precise bass, larger isolation of instruments, better space expression and more distinct sound in high frequency sounds. This material is most frequently applied in Black and Gray Series.