Van Den Hul The Orchid RCA (0.8m)

The Van Den Hul The Orchid RCA is our first audio interconnect cable to employ our newly developed “Tunnel Technology”.  A clever combination of physical concepts which oppose the signal level and frequency dependent behaviour of electrical signal transfer in cables.

Our Tunnel Technology’s underlying philosophy is that the longer the distance of – and the better – the path is along which the signal carrying electrons and their related electromagnetic waves can flow unimpededly in an audio cable, the less disturbances the signal and sound will undergo.

As the result of its applied Tunnel Technology, its high quality materials and its meticulous manufacture: The ORCHID provides an exceptional dynamic range and frequency response. The ORCHID furthermore is characterised by its impeccable preservation of resolution, ambience and definition, its unbelievable reproduction of space and distance as well as its extremely natural, open and nonfatiguing sound. An excellent choice for the demanding audiophile!

The anatomy of a flower:

The Van Den Hul The Orchid RCA is a slim but very robust, 2.9 mm diameter, three conductor (balanced) interconnect. Equipped with a solid core centre conductor designed for maximum sonic performance! (The cable’s construction ensures that the core is virtually unbreakable). In The ORCHID only the highest quality materials are used:

• The purest and most carefully processed dense Silver coated Matched Crystal Oxygen Free Copper conductors
• Lossless and extremely stable insulation materials
• A rugged HULLIFLEX ® 5 jacket

The cable’s so-called triaxial construction embraces a dense braided 80 strand shield, a similar underlying 48 strand second shield/signal conductor and a solid signal core. The internal insulators furthermore are Linear Structured Carbon ® treated. This has several advantages:

• An improved shielding factor against high frequency interference
• Microscale bridging of conductor surface imperfections
• Extra anti-corrosive protection of the conductors
• Avoids cable microphony

Next to its application as a balanced or unbalanced audio interconnect, the slim 2.9 mm diameter ORCHID is excellently suitable for high quality equipment internal wiring (e.g. mixing consoles and other audio equipment) and as a microphone cable.

With its balanced configuration The ORCHID is available in both RCA type connector terminated version for single-ended (unbalanced) audio connections. As well as in XLR terminated version for balanced connections in 0.8 and 1.0m.

Specifications Van Den Hul The Orchid RCA:

• • Van Den Hul The Orchid Audio Cable
  • Length: 0.8m
  • Cable Type: Triaxial (Balanced)
  • Conductor Material: High purity dense Silver coated high purity Matched Crystal OFC
  • Design Purpose/ Application Area(s): Interconnect for balanced and unbalanced signal transport at highest quality level
  • Eff. Conductor Ø/Eq. AWG No./Strands: Core: 0.0452 mm_; Intermediate conductor: 0.241 mm_; Screen: 0.226 mm_/ Core: AWG 30.5; Intermediate conductor: AWG 23.3; Screen: AWG 23.6 / Core: 1; Intermediate conductor: 48; Screen: 80
  • External Diameter / Dimensions: 2.9 mm
  • Resistance 20 °C / 68 °F: Core: 38.1 Ohm/100 m.; Intermediate conductor: 5.64 Ohm/100 m.; Screen: 3.37 Ohm/100 m
  • Capacitance: Core-Intermediate conductor: 100 pF/m.; Intermediate conductor-Screen: 338 pF/m
  • Characteristic Impedance: 60 Ohm
  • Insulation / Dielectric Strength / Test Voltage: Core: PTFE; Intermediate conductor: PFA; Jacket: HULLIFLEX ® 5 / 3 kV DC
  • Connector Types Suitable: Our RCA type C – 3.0; Neutrik XLR; Mounted on ordered lengths
  • Standard Sales Units / Lengths: Stereo pair packed with RCA (unbalanced) or XLR (balanced) connectors in 0.8 and 1.0m
  • Jacket Colours Available: Classic pink

More information can be found on the website van Van den Hul