Thursday, July 17, 2025
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JL Audio Get Connected

After setting up two lovely new power testing rigs with the Super-Duty Odyssey PC925 battery and the StreetWires power distribution block and cables – one just for testing headunits on the Diawa PSU and one for general stuff up to three kilowatts – it became clear that we didn’t have the right quality of RCA interconnects to do justice to the rigs. Included cheapies allow you to set things up and check they work but I had a whine through the speakers. (I should not even have such things in the house in my job but they kind of accumulate like Cosmic Debris.)
So, having loved the StreetWires stuff in the past I again Called Neil Kelly @ BBG and asked him for his help. He told me that StreetWires is revered but their newest line of top quality power and signal interconnects are the JL Audio ‘Premium’ and ‘Standard’ series. They are beloved so far of JL Audio brand-o-philes but told me they were well up to reference use.
Neil waved his wand and Talk Audio now have some lovely super quality RCAs for the signals to flow through to amplifiers. The RCA XB-BLUAIC2.3 is a two channel three foot wire with super quality machined plugs attached. They come in good Ol’ Yankee measurements like three feet (grudgingly also labelled 0.9m for us Euros) and multiples of them, like yards, dude! There are Audio, Video , Power and speaker products in the line. Here’s what JL Audio have to say about these top end accessories:

Premium Blue Audio Interconnect Cables

We’ve used the finest materials and construction techniques to make sure that your audio signals come out of our cables exactly the way they came in, without added noise or artificial colorations and with a level of connection integrity that overcomes the realities of the automotive environment.
ECS audio interconnect cables begin with small diameter silver-plated OFC copper conductors with Teflon dielectrics constructed in a tight twisted-pair arrangement for optimum noise rejection. An over moulded strain-relief secures the silver-soldered connections inside the machined brass connector ends for maximum durability.
The RCA plug barrels are short by design to facilitate installation in tight spaces while an extremely supple cable jacket greatly facilitates wire routing. As an added bonus, we’ve engineered two cable management features into all cables: the solid PVC channel splitter features a built-in screw-down point while a second sliding screw-down point can be positioned to securely anchor each channel pair at the most desired position.

Standard Clear Audio Interconnect Cables

ECS standard audio interconnect cables feature small diameter OFC copper conductors with polyethylene dielectrics constructed in a tight twisted-pair arrangement for optimum noise rejection and encased in a translucent, small-diameter PVC jacket.
Moulded connector bodies with machined, nickel-plated, brass contacts offer superb connection integrity. The connector barrels are short by design to facilitate installation in tight spaces, while the solid PVC channel splitters feature a built-in screw-down point for ease in cable management.

ECS Power Connection

Whether you are installing a single small amplifier or a multi-kilowatt system, achieving proper power and ground connections is essential to reliable, enjoyable performance. JL Audio ECS power connection products are intelligently designed to be compact, flexible and to offer solid, low-resistance electrical connections. Our use of quality materials and numerous thoughtful design touches will be appreciated by any installer.
JL Audio ECS power connection components can be purchased individually or in convenient kits
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Premium Video Interconnect Cables

Don’t let anyone tell you that common audio interconnect cables can be used as video cables (Well, they can if you don’t mind video noise problems and picture degradation). To avoid these pitfalls, ECS Video Interconnects are specifically engineered for maximum video performance with shielded coaxial construction made from silver plated copper, silver-soldered cable to plug connections and true 75 Ohm cable impedance. This architecture presents a proper load to the video source to minimize ‘ghosting’ and other picture distortions while also rejecting the high frequency noise that can creep into a video signal from audio amplifier power supplies and other RF sources. The machined RCA ends are short to allow for easy installation in tight areas and feature yellow bands for easy identification.

Talk Audio offers up a deep thank you to BBG and assures you, we’ll be just as tough on their stuff even though we’re using their wires.