Pro-Ject Line RS RCA

Line RS RCA is the unbalanced stereo interconnect in the Connect it RS series: RCA plugs at both ends and silver conductors, for running a line-level source into an amplifier.

Line RS RCA: the materials

This is the line-level version with RCA terminations from the most ambitious of Pro-Ject's cable series. The conductor is pure silver, two 0.2 mm² wires per channel according to the Italian distributor, chosen because it conducts evenly across the audio band: unlike copper, the maker explains, silver leaves the treble unattenuated and passes the signal uncoloured.

Capacitance is very low, 71 pF measured over 1.23 m. The screen is a helix of silver-plated OFC copper laid on a conductive sub-jacket, an arrangement that rejects interference while leaving the cable supple; insulation is cellular polyethylene and the outer covering is halogen-free TPE. The RCA plugs have rhodium-plated copper signal contacts inside a non-conductive carbon body. Assembly is done by hand in Europe.

Specifications

• Type: stereo line-level interconnect
• Connectors: RCA at each end, rhodium-plated copper contacts
• Plug bodies: non-conductive carbon
• Conductors: pure silver, 2 x 0.2 mm²
• Capacitance: 71 pF over 1.23 m
• Dielectric: cellular polyethylene, highly flexible
• Screen: silver-plated OFC helix on a conductive sub-jacket
• Outer jacket: TPE free of halogens