The KSL-LPz interconnect is the brainchild of the legendary audio designer Hiroyasu Kondo, who founded Audio Note Japan in 1976. The KSL-LPz interconnect cable is 36 strands of 99.99% pure silver x 8 cores, with a shield cable of 0.09mm diameter making a total of 288 strands of pure silver per channel. All Kondo silver wire manufactured by Audio Note Japan is 99.99% pure silver coated with six coats of a special polyurethane varnish applied immediately after drawing. This prevents oxidation and provides mechanical surface damping of the proper 'Q'. The wire is then age annealed to enhance the crystal boundary chemistry. Remember that the music signal has an electro-chemical component. A/C current causes chemical changes in the wire alloy. Age annealed copper and silver wires have a purer and gentler sound than the hot or cold or chemically annealed wires.
The KSL voicing bespeaks of the genuine article—this "rightness" was immediately apparent—and they continue an alternative pathway leading to realism and away from Hi-fi.