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Ultralink/XLO Products Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is the number two industry-leading manufacturer of high-performance audio and video cables, interconnects and UltraPower power accessories. Marketed around the world, the Ultralink brand is Canada's market share leader. Much of the corporation's growth and significant product innovations are devoted to the world's transition to DTV (digital television), and the popularity of home DVD and multi-channel audio applications. In early 2002 Ultralink Products Inc. acquired XLO Electric Co., Inc. - a professional and audiophile reference brand of cables and interconnects. Ultralink is a member of PARA, CEDIA and the CEA.

Ultralink/XLO understands how cables work, and has the resources, the ability and the commitment to make advanced designs a reality. The company has come extremely close to this theoretical ideal with the Argentum Acoustics® brand.

Argentum Acoustics® was specifically designed with 2-channel analog audio in mind. The brand consists of the Aureus-2™ and Aureus-2BW™ (bi-wire) speaker cables, the Mythos™ line-level and balanced analog audio interconnects, the Argento™ Coaxial Digital Cable, the Millenia AES-EBU digital cable and the Proteus-12™ 12 gauge AC Power Cord. All are available in a variety of lengths.

All Argentum Acoustics® cables are hand terminated using connectors exclusively designed for the new brand. They are made from the very best materials and dielectrics to Argentum Acoustics'® own rigorous standards. All cables and interconnects are cryogenically treated and use only 99.99998% laboratory-grade UPOCC (Ultra-Pure Ohno Continuous Cast) copper. Ultra-low capacitance DuPont™ Teflon™ insulation is used on all cables and interconnects.

The brand's audio interconnects feature RCA or XLR connectors, which can also be used for video applications. All connectors, regardless of application are non-magnetic, minimal conducting mass designs (for low self-inductance) and feature direct gold-plated contacts. Speaker cables are terminated with interchangeable large (8.0mm) billet-cut spade lugs or "Deltron-style" banana plugs. All spade lugs are made from CDA alloy 101 (99.994% pure) copper and all are direct gold plated, with no intervening layer of nickel to spoil the sound.

Argentum Proteus-12™ AC power cables use a genuinely advanced technology, protected under U.S. Patent No. 5,110,999. A twelve-gauge (AWG) configuration is available. It features Counter-Spiral wound, multi-gauge, multi-core construction of 6N UPOCC copper and UL approved low dielectric constant insulation and jacketing. Each is double shielded and double grounded, for noise-free operation and all are terminated with Furutech™ Alpha Pure Copper™ AC plugs and IEC connectors with Argentum's own proprietary precision machined metal shells.