Liquid Ceramic Interconnect
The dawn of the dead quiet cable is here. While cable designers work feverishly to stay one step ahead of the demons that plague traditional wire-based cables, time and the elements are marching forward to destroy sonic integrity. The usual suspects include cross-crystal contamination, oxidation, EMI, dielectric absorption, RFI, solder joints and the most elusive of them all - skin effect. There is only one way to eliminate these problems - eliminate the wire!

The key factor is the presence of inherent defects. Try as you may, these harmful effects will always be present. They can be minimized but never eliminated. The other enemy of wire- based cables is time. The best these cables will ever sound is the day they are extruded and jacketed. From that day forward, oxidation will begin to take its toll. While you can seal the wire with Teflon or other materials, damaging oxygen cannot be stopped because it is present in the metal itself.
Cerious Technologies chose another route. Define an ideal conductor, and then let our ultimate goal dictate the design. It became clear that traditional wire-based cables could notsatisfy the goals of both a sonically transparent medium and one that is stable and will not degrade over time. The design goal was a service life of twenty years without performance loss. The breakthrough came from a parallel program to develop a conductive composite, protecting delicate electronics from EMF pulses (yes, like those in The Matrix). A synthetic composite was developed that could be constructed into a composite conductor employing liquid and solid elements. The composites used to construct the conductor bundle were not reactive to the fluids. In fact, the combination proved to be symbiotic, improving the performance of each “piece”. Saturated micro fibers are employed to ensure long term performance of the conductors.

A Full Non-Metal Jacket

The shield is also unique for these products. It is of a new family of materials, as it is neither liquid nor solid in a traditional sense. It “moves” back and forth between these states. Vibration causes particle movement which affects the transition point. At rest it solidifies. With movement it liquefies. This characteristic results in a shield material that “flows” around areas of internal vibration compacting around the conductor bundles. When you turn in for bed, the shield keeps on working for your listening pleasure. It will solidify while at rest dampening the specific points of vibration where it is needed most. For this reason the shield is a reactive shield, because it actually reacts to vibration and alters states to stop it.

So how does it Sound?

While the design and production of these remarkable cables proved to be challenging, perhaps an even more difficult task is describing their “sound”. Once you hear a complete system without metal-based wire present, you can hear wire. There is a freedom from grain, noise, and an alluring sense of musicality once the metal is gone. The noise floor is scaringly quiet. This displays itself in new levels of ambient information and vision into the acoustic soundspace. It as if the Liquid Ceramic Interconnects simply are not there.

One caveat. Cerious Technologies Liquid Ceramic Interconnects and Cables are very cumulative. Each piece of cable you replace will reap greater sonic returns as you move towards the wireless experience. The last piece you replace will likely remain the last piece you replace. At least for the next 20 years...