ION Digital AES and S/PDIF interconnects are built to protect what makes digital actually sound good: timing.

AES and S/PDIF both use PCM, which relies on precise voltage transitions for the receiver to lock onto the data stream. Long runs of consecutive “0”s—where no voltage change occurs—can cause the receiver’s clock to drift, leading to bit slips, added or missing bits, and a corrupted stream the DAC has to “fix” by interpolating what it thinks should be there.

ION Digital is engineered to minimize these timing and error issues. Its geometry, impedance control, and shielding are optimized to help the receiver clearly distinguish edges, maintain clock lock, and reduce the need for interpolation.

The result is a cleaner, more stable digital signal—with improved focus, coherence, and low-level detail that you can actually hear.