Monoprice 10ft Premier Series 1/4inch (TS or Mono Phono) Male to Male 16AWG Audio Cable (Gold Plated) It uses 16 AWG stranded, pure copper conductors and employs copper braid shielding with 97.5% coverage to ensure that stray radio frequency and electromagnetic signals do not degrade the audio quality of your performance. 16AWG Stranded Copper Wire Conduits.97.5% Shielded Balanced Connections.Gold Plated Connectors.Metallic Graphite Colored Connector Housings.Molded Strain Relief Boots. With two separate conductors and the common shield ground, this cable can be used as an unbalanced stereo patch cable or as a balanced mono patch cable. The plugs are gold plated to provide smooth, corrosion-free connections as well as maximum electrical conductivity. This cable 90-degree TRS/Stereo plugs on each end.