The AudioQuest Digital Coax cables are designed to minimize distortion over an extremely wide bandwidth. For many applications, the speed of digital communication is important. “Speed” refers to transferring large files as quickly as possible or transmitting multiple data for HD video. For the Digital Coax, audio “speed” is critical, as timing relationships within a digital stream are essential for reconstructing the analog waveform that carries the information. Time-based damage (jitter) to this information can affect sound quality.