Sigma-X Ethernet Cable

Description

Pushing the Boundaries of Digital Audio

Inspired by collaboration with the industry’s most renowned mastering engineers, Shunyata Research has developed the most advanced digital cabling systems in our award-winning history. Sigma-X digital cables are engineered using patented and proprietary technologies that enhance signal fidelity by reducing cable induced jitter that results in temporal displacement and phase distortion.

Sigma-X digital cables are engineered for those who demand unrivalled levels of clarity and resolution while preserving a natural tonal presentation. These technical innovations produce to an ultra-low noise floor, enabling a sonic experience that reveals the most elusive details with superb precision.

Precision Beyond Expectation

Sigma-X digital cables transcend the limitations of conventional digital playback, delivering a musical experience that rivals the purity and depth of analogue systems. They allow even the most complex digital systems to reproduce sound as if cut directly from an analogue master tape. 

For listeners seeking ultimate realism, Sigma-X reveals the intricate details and nuances only experienced with live musical performances.

Technology

TAP (Transverse Axial Polarizer) is a patent-pending technology developed by Shunyata Research to enhance the performance of its reference signal cables. The evolution of this technology has led to the creation of TAPc, a groundbreaking advancement that significantly reduces the size of the modules, enabling their application across a broader range of cables, including power cords, interconnects, digital cables and speaker cables.

The sonic results of TAPc technology include a profound drop in perceived noise floor, effortlessly portrayed dynamics, and an exceptional rendering of timing and coherency. These benefits are unique to TAPc, setting it apart from any competing product or technology. Even to an untrained ear, the effects of TAPc are immediately apparent and consistently repeatable across various components and systems. Essentially, the TAPc modules act as force multipliers, elevating the listening experience to levels many would not have thought possible.

KPIP v2™ Shunyata Research’s proprietary Kinetic Phase Inversion Process includes four days of continuous KPIP v2™ processing which refines conductor metals at a molecular level. This dramatically reduces burn-in time and significantly improves sonic performance, delivering a relaxed and life-like presentation. When compared to the original process, KPIP v2™ represents a dramatic performance upgrade on par with a component-level upgrade.

For the purest signal possible, Shunyata Research has combined its patent-pending TAPc technology (trans-axial polarizer) and CMode filter (common mode filtering technology) into a single hybrid module. The TAPc polarizer reduces polarization distortion while the CMode filter simultaneously reduces high-frequency noise distortion, delivering analogue ease and palpable background silence that will close the gap between digital and analogue front-end performance.

Our Summary

Shunyata Research’s Sigma-X digital cables are designed to enhance signal fidelity, reducing jitter and phase distortion for unparalleled clarity and resolution. With proprietary technologies like TAPc (Transverse Axial Polarizer) and KPIP v2™, these cables deliver ultra-low noise and exceptional sound dynamics, rivaling analog systems. The hybrid module combines TAPc and CMode filtering to minimize distortion, creating an immersive, lifelike audio experience that brings out the intricate details and nuances of live performances.