Wireworld Chroma 8 USB C-C 3.1 Digital Audio Cable

About the WireWorld Chroma 8 USB 3.1 Digital Audio Cable

The Wireworld Chroma 8 3.1 digital audio cable brings the rewarding performance of Uni-Path design down to a price that is only slightly higher than standard cables. Like all Wireworld USB cables, the noise-absorbing power conductor improves sonic purity. The flat design works well with both computers and compatible audio/video gear.

Digital cables are key in various audio set-ups, and in our experience you can improve on the freebie example that came bundled with your system for just a few dollars when compared to the amount we spend on our hardware. The Wireworld Chroma 8 3.1 Type C to Type C digital audio cable is the sort of product that represents incredible value and is perfect for consumers who demand quality at a fair price. Like all Wireworld USB cables, it also features an isolated noise-absorbing power conductor that improves sonic purity. Chroma 8 far exceeds the official USB 3.1 specifications. These flat cables utilise Wireworld's exclusive Uni-Path conductor geometry, Composilex 3 insulation and noise-absorbing power conductors to improve the fidelity of music and video. The designs were developed through listening tests that compared prototype cables to virtually loss-free direct connections between components.

Oxygen Free Copper: Showing Wireworld's commitment to the highest grade of materials, the signal conductors in Chroma 8 use oxygen-free copper which is 99.99% (4 Nines) pure, a significant upgrade over the standard electrolytic grade, which is 99.9% pure.

Composilex 3 Insulation: Insulation materials are considered very important in cable design and designers usually select whatever standard materials they find to work the best. The problem with that approach is that none of those standard materials provide both low loss and low triboelectric noise. To overcome that limitation, Wireworld developed their own composite insulation materials. Now in their third generation, Composilex 3 insulation materials are uniquely blended to minimise both noise and loss, enabling you to hear more musical detail and three-dimensionality than ever before.

Composilex 3 insulation has made great improvements in the performance of Wireworld Series 8 cables. It is totally unique to Wireworld and the incredibly quiet background, tonal purity and expansive soundstaging it provides are a revelation in sonic realism. It works by reducing triboelectric noise, which is caused by static charge/discharge effects generated where conductors touch insulation. The noise is induced by movement, vibration and signal energy. Engineered for the lowest triboelectric noise of any low loss insulation material, including DuPont Teflon, Composilex 3 provides a major advance in preserving tonality, spatiality and dynamic contrast.

Uni-Path Technology: The Uni-Path design provides similar advantages to the more complex DNA Helix design in lower cost and smaller scale applications. Uni-Path improves electromagnetic efficiency and shielding. This innovation enables more of the original signal information to be reproduced, improving both sound and imaging.

The Challenge Of USB Audio: Wireworld USB audio cables utilise unique new designs that minimise jitter by providing sharper waveforms than the standard USB cable design. They provide the lowest jitter available at each price point, producing distinct improvements in tone quality, clarity, image focus, smoothness and dynamic range.

There is a fundamental difference between the transfer of computer data and digital audio signals. Computers are able to transfer digital data without loss, because the data moves in the robust form of blocks, which do not depend on specific timing between the sending and receiving devices. However, digital audio signals are continuous streams of data, which are quite fragile, since the digital processor must remain perfectly locked onto the timing of the signal to avoid data losses.

The Limitations of digital audio processors and cables create timing errors known as jitter, which remove portions of the audio signal and replace them with noise and distortion. Cables tend to round off the square waveforms of the signal, making them less clear to the processor, thus increasing jitter. This rounding effect varies greatly among cables and a truly superior digital audio cable can make great improvements in sound quality.

About USB

The letters USB stand for Universal Serial BUS. This protocol was established by a stalwart group of companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft (just to name a few) in order to give the personal computing world a truly universal standard and means to connect devices such as hard drives, printers, cameras and, more importantly to us, our audio components. Included in the original description are protocols for the pristine transfer of audio over USB. Great care and sensitivity went into this design. Consequently, a computer connected to a USB-enabled digital-to-analogue converter can - in many people's opinion - outperform the best compact disc players available today. WireWorld is committed to contributing products that honour USB's ability to deliver state-of-the-art performance on this new and wonderful frontier.

About Wireworld

For the seriously music-obsessed, a key gateway to an expanded soundstage, where one comes within grasping distance of the creator's vision, lies in the purest and most sonically invisible of conductors being the medium between their audio setup. In the audio world, few have come close to reaching this flagstone as David Salz, Founder and CEO of Wireworld. For close to four decades, David has led a renaissance in the cabling world, completely reinventing conductor geometries in his quest for high-performance cables that boast even octave to octave tonal balance, while staying bereft of the signature house sounds that colour many a brand creation. We also support Wireworld as a premier provider of leading edge digital and analogue cable technology for home audio and video, from HDMI and USB audio to state of the art high-end interconnects and speaker cables. They have earned their world-class reputation by producing high quality cables based on the use of objective perceptual testing, innovative patented designs, premium materials, and exceptional manufacturing quality.

Main Features & Specifications

• Product Description: Wireworld Chroma 8, USB 3.1 digital audio cable
• Terminations: USB Type C to C
• Signal Conductor: 3 x 99.99% (4 Nines) Pure Oxygen Free Copper conductors
• Wire Size/Gauge: 28 AWG (0.08 sq. mm)
• Connectors: 24K gold-plated
• Insulation: Composilex 3 Insulation reduces interference and greatly improves performance
• Cable Design: Uni-Path - 90 Ohms
• Exceeds official USB high speed specifications
• Available Lengths: 600mm; 1 Metre; 2 Metre; 3 Metre
• Wireworld Product Code: C31C0.6M-8
• Manufacturer's Warranty: Lifetime Warranty - Does not include misuse or abuse

Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.