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once installed in the 100x5R:10
pure oxygen free copper loudspeaker connectors
For excellent sound quality the 100x5R:10 uses high grade gold
plated
(1)
oxygen free high purity copper (OFHC) loudspeaker
terminals, designed and manufactured by TAG McLaren. Very few
companies provide OFHC loudspeaker terminals due to the
difficulties in machining solid copper.
The benefits of OFHC are clearly audible: improved clarity and
transparency, even when compared to high percentage copper
alloy terminals.
The knobs of the 100x5R:10 have been manufactured from non-
conductive Pocan without a metal insert as it was found that this
gave the best sonic result as it minimises the cross section, essential
for best electro-magnetic compatibility.
The TAG McLaren loudspeaker terminal allows for spade
connection, as it is superior to all other types of loudspeaker cable
connections. Please make sure that you use a high quality
loudspeaker cable, such as our Cable AvantGarde F3-10- SPK.
1. Plating is carried out directly on the OFHC without using a nickel separator, such as is often applied, as its use would be clearly
audible as a more grainy sound. However, without this separator the copper atoms will slowly diffuse into the gold plating, making it
lose its brilliant shine and gold colour. This change of colour and shine has no affect on the sound quality, it is a purely cosmetic
affect which has been accepted by our engineers in the pursuit of the best sound quality
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