Stealth Indra V18 Analog Interconnect (pre-release)
Stealth Indra V18 Analog Interconnect (pre-release)
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The Indra is the interconnect that made Stealth Audio Cables' name, and the V18 is its latest revision. Stealth describes V18 as improving several of the Indra's core design points directly tied to sound quality: the spacing of its distributed LITZ geometry, electrical and mechanical resonance control, characteristic impedance control, and the connectors and termination, with a refreshed appearance as well.
The underlying recipe is unchanged: amorphous wire drawn ultra-thin, individually insulated and spaced far apart relative to its own diameter, in a porous Teflon dielectric. Indra V18 is offered as a pre-release model.
Construction
- Conductor: amorphous metal wire, homogeneous with no crystal structure
- Wire: ultra-thin 50 AWG, combined with a very strong core so the fine wire cannot break
- Individually insulated strands
- Geometry: Stealth distributed LITZ, with strands separated by distances far greater than the wire diameter to reduce electromagnetic interaction between them
- Electrical and mechanical resonance control through geometry, dielectric density and jacket damping
- Dielectric: porous (foam-like) Teflon
- Characteristic impedance control: optimised balance of capacitance, inductance and DC resistance
- Connectors: Stealth's own design, terminated by conductive-composite-reinforced high-pressure crimping (cold weld)
Specifications
- Type: line-level analog interconnect
- Terminations: Stealth RCA or XLR
- Conductor: amorphous wire, 50 AWG
- Status: pre-release
- Installation: Stealth RCAs need firm axial pressure to seat fully
Ordering
Lengths: 0.75 m, 1.0 m, 1.5 m, 2.0 m; connector/type options: RCA, XLR. Priced per stereo pair. Other lengths on request. Pre-release model: pre-order.