AudioQuest G-Snake Interconnect Cable with Gold Snake RCA Plugs 1

AudioQuest G-Snake Interconnect Cable with Gold Snake RCA Plugs, 1 meter pair
NOTE: THESE ARE NOT AUDIOQUEST FINISHED CABLE, THESE ARE AUTHENTIC AUDIOQUEST WIRES THAT I CUT FROM A LARGE SPOOL AND FINISH BY ADDING MY OWN RCA PLUGS IN MY WORKSHOP.
These are AudioQuest G-Snake interconnect cables with Gold Snake brand RCA plugs attached with Kester 83-7068-1402 3% silver lead free solder.  I have chosen the Gold Snake ends for their quality construction without excess mass. The cables do not have the decorative braid sleeve that AudioQuest-finished cables have.  Cables are dark blue, almost black in color.
AudioQuest G-Snake cables were part of a previous product line up.  The G-Snake was 2nd in the line up above the Alpha Snake.  They are similar in construction to today's Forest line of interconnects.  You can look up Stereophile magazine reviews online, and the cables were included in Stereophiles "Recommended Components" list for 2011.
I am going to post a 2 meter pair separately in a few days.  I can make these to order, so if you need other lengths, please contact me and I will give you a quote and make an ebay listing for you to buy them through.
From AudioQuest:
At first glance, G-Snake’s design looks like a traditional coaxial cable. However, there are many very
important differences, each of which greatly influences sound quality.
D ESIGN B ASICS: G-Snake has identical conductors for the positive and ground connections. Underneath
the 100% coverage foil shield is a bare conductor, exactly the same as the insulated center conductor. The
conductor under the shield does double duty as a low distortion audio connection, and as the drain wire
connecting the shield to ground.
C ONDUCTORS: Both of G-Snake’s conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between
strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often causing a somewhat dirty harsh
sound. Solid conductors are the most important ingredient enabling G-Snake’s very clear sound.
M ETAL: G-Snake’s LGC (Long-Grain Copper) allows a smoother and clearer sound than cables using
regular OFHC (Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity) copper. OFHC is a general metal industry specification
regarding “loss,” without any concern for distortion. LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material,
less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance.
INSULATION: Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire
insulation, circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released
as distortion. The general cable industry ranks insulating materials by loss, with little regard for distortion.
AudioQuest ranks materials by damage to an audio signal. The PVC used in G-Snake has too much loss to
be used in a quality video cable, but it has a very benign distortion profile through the audio range, keeping
G-Snake’s sound pleasant and natural.
At first glance, G-Snake’s design looks like a traditional coaxial cable. However, there are many very
important differences, each of which greatly influences sound quality.
D ESIGN B ASICS: G-Snake has identical conductors for the positive and ground connections. Underneath
the 100% coverage foil shield is a bare conductor, exactly the same as the insulated center conductor. The
conductor under the shield does double duty as a low distortion audio connection, and as the drain wire
connecting the shield to ground.
C ONDUCTORS: Both of G-Snake’s conductors are solid. Electrical and magnetic interaction between
strands in a conventional cable is the greatest source of distortion, often causing a somewhat dirty harsh
sound. Solid conductors are the most important ingredient enabling G-Snake’s very clear sound.
M ETAL: G-Snake’s LGC (Long-Grain Copper) allows a smoother and clearer sound than cables using
regular OFHC (Oxygen-Free High-Conductivity) copper. OFHC is a general metal industry specification
regarding “loss,” without any concern for distortion. LGC has fewer oxides within the conducting material,
less impurities, less grain boundaries, and definitively better performance.
INSULATION: Any solid material adjacent to a conductor is actually part of an imperfect circuit. Wire
insulation, circuit board materials all absorb energy (loss). Some of this energy is stored and then released
as distortion. The general cable industry ranks insulating materials by loss, with little regard for distortion.
AudioQuest ranks materials by damage to an audio signal. The PVC used in G-Snake has too much loss to
be used in a quality video cable, but it has a very benign distortion profile through the audio range, keeping
G-Snake’s sound pleasant and natural.