Simply put, Brave Heart is bigger, quieter, and better than any speaker cable AudioQuest has previously offered at or near its price.
Brave Heart Full-Range 3m
£4,799
There are a number of technical details, both external and internal,
that contribute to Brave Heart's outstanding combination of performance
and value:
Physically, Brave Heart is nearly the size of
AudioQuest's Mythical speaker cables, just 0.6mm smaller OD. Internally,
it has almost a third more of the same superb Perfect-Surface Copper+
conductor metal as used in previous models, making it a slightly junior
Mythical Creature. Yet, Brave Heart is more physically manageable
because it houses positive and negative sides in separate round
constructions.
Brave Heart's larger overall size results in more “torque”—a sure and muscular grip on the music, especially the bottom end. Damping-factor is better preserved over length, especially benefitting speakers with very low impedance at some (often bass) frequencies and speakers with ported (4th-order) enclosures that rely on strong amplifier control to perform their best.
Brave Heart also uses upgraded polypropylene insulation, which linearizes and expands the bandwidth of its noise-dissipation. With conductors that are farther apart thanks to optimized insulation, the out-of-focus, harsh-sounding effect of distributed capacitance distortions are meaningfully reduced. Finally, thicker layers of Carbon-Loaded PVC, newly added Graphene, and 4% silver shield drain wires further improves RF-Noise Dissipation.
All this, plus a wealth of proven AudioQuest design elements: Solid conductors prevent strand interaction, and, because the conductors are direction-controlled, RF noise is efficiently drained away from the vulnerable amplifier circuitry—toward where it will do the least or no harm. To further minimize the negative effects of induced RF-noise and timing errors due to dielectric noise, Brave Heart includes AudioQuest's 72v Dielectric-Bias System. There is no RF-relaying metal in the cable dressing, breakouts, or plug barrels, and the cold-welded gas-tight connections are made to Red Copper spades or bananas.
While a grossly overused and misused term, there is real synergy when
all the above materials, values, and techniques employed in Brave Heart
work in concert.
Brave Heart is bigger, badder, better than AudioQuest has ever offered at this price.
Available in 1.5-3M pairs. Please call for pricing.