The Ecosse research and development team, realising the need for an interconnect offering conductor materials of even faster transmission speeds than grain-free Monocrystal™ copper - whilst absolutely maintaining its purity, clarity and sheer brilliance - introduce the 'The Legend' Ultra-Pure Monocrystal™ Silver Interconnect.
MONOCRYSTAL™ Pure Silver is Ecosse's pioneering commitment to conductor material development ensuring, uniquely, a complete lack of 'grain-boundaries' in the signal transmission direction - impurities which would normally impede the delicate audio or video signals and result in attenuation and distortion.
Here, a unique casting process (extrusion and annealing in an inert gas environment) is employed to produce a 'mono' or single crystal ultra-pure wire with significant advantages over other cables currently available. These other cables use ordinary silver, which, no matter how few grains the manufacturer claims, have a grain barrier of oxygen and hydrogen and in some cases, a high level of metallic impurities.
Monocrystal™ patented silver cables are technically unsurpassed for their quality and their ability to transmit audio and video of the highest quality with minimal distortion and attenuation from grain boundaries - BECAUSE THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO BOUNDARIES!
This cable is acclaimed as having an "…incredible sound" and deemed…'perversely good value for money against interconnects at twice the price' in the Hi-Fi News review of the original in 2002...oh and did we mention it won EDITOR'S CHOICE CABLE OF THE YEAR from Hi-Fi News that year?
The rigorous reworking of quality control at assembly, including the exclusive use of tooling to avoid cross contamination plus the use of an obscenely expensive solder has resulted in The Legend SE MkII, which gives an even more convincing performance than its predecessor. The unique and patented high specification silver plated Monocrystal™ Cu RCA and XLR plugs are, we believe, simply the best available, and our revised cleaning cycle ensures no contamination of contact surfaces prior to soldering.
The Legend is our 'statement interconnect' yet imposes no statement of its own. Utilising Monocrystal™ Silver solidcore conductors of 7N purity, probably the best conductor available at room temperature, this interconnect undoubtedly defines the 'state of the art' at its price.
The latest MkII version of the Legend SE uses high-grade Teflon (PTFE) as the dielectric. This precision extrusion over the pure Monocrystal™ silver conductors affords even less energy storage and loss than the previous polyethylene dielectric. NOW, a unique and patented construction feature is introduced-our secret weapon if you like - which we call Vibrakil™. It's a Neoprene™ jacket sandwiched between the outer screen and the PVC sheathing. This specialised jacket incorporates a constrained layer that effectively absorbs vibration rendering any microphonic effects insignificant. This results in a perfectly clean signal transmission devoid of any 'smearing'.
Together with improved internal damping, revised termination methodology and quality control, this performance sets new standards in analog signal transmission.
This interconnect, due to its construction, is directional and an arrow on the sheath indicates appropriate direction. 'The Legend' is equally suited to both single-ended and balanced equipment.
When wired 'pseudo-balanced' or single-ended, we use Ecosse's gigantic MACH3 Ultima, non-compressing, constant impedance RCA plugs. The screen is connected at source end only to drain unwanted noise (RFI). This state-of-the-art RCA plug has direct silver-plated Monocrystal™ copper contacts, where both the signal centre pin and the return terminals (shells)* are, uniquely, deep silver-plated Monocrystal™ Copper. The massive, tarnish-resistant silver-plated copper alloy body, with twin gold-plated high tensile fixing screws, clamps this - now double shielded - assembly uniformly and without stress.
These shells are designed to perform a 5-fold function:
They provide a terminal to which the return/screen conductors can be firmly crimped and Super-soldered.
They incorporate tiny teeth that grip the cable firmly and evenly around its circumference without compressing the cable and thereby maintain the cable's characteristic impedance right up to the solder joint.
When assembled, they form a Faraday cage, screening the signal right up to and including the RCA socket.
They form a union of high mechanical impedance with the outer casing, dissipating energy and therefore rendering the plug immune to the effects of microphony.
They firmly locate and clamp the centre pin's polypropylene dielectric, which, in conjunction with the outer casing, results in a strong, stable and extremely durable structure.
Where there is a requirement for balanced equipment, 'The Legend' is fitted with our state-of-the-art MACH3 Monocrystal™ XLR plugs. These aluminium alloy bodied plugs, with silver-plated Monocrystal™ copper pins and solder pads, are quite simply the finest XLR plugs on the world market and make a significant contribution to sound quality.
Suffice to say 'The Legend' easily exceeds the requirements of the new 'super audio' formats, with their wide dynamic range and extended frequency response. This is not an inexpensive audio interconnect. However, compare its price to the £1000+ charged by our competitors for their high-end interconnects and you immediately see the cost-effective benefits of an Ecosse Reference interconnect -especially at the 'high-end'.
Conventional descriptions and terminology cannot do justice to the performance of this cable. With commensurate hardware, experience all of the intentions and commitment of the original performance.
Be astounded by your presence at the recording studio/venue!
You must match this interconnect with either of our SMS or US2 Ultima Monocrystal™ Silver loudSpeaker Cables for sensory-enhancing aural delight!