The rung below Equinox: oxygen-free copper in a Tri DNA Helix with Composilex 5 insulation, and Wireworld’s Silver-Tube RCA plug with a silicone-tensioned contact. Oasis is the sixth rung of nine in Wireworld’s interconnect range, one below Equinox and one above Solstice. The line where Oasis sits matters: this is the last tier using plain oxygen-free copper. Everything from Equinox upward uses OCC-7N, the Ohno-cast seven-nines copper. If you are deciding between Oasis and Equinox, that conductor change is the actual difference, not a vaguer notion of quality. Everything else here is current-generation. Tri DNA Helix geometry, three conductors of sixteen insulated strands, 21AWG on RCA and 24AWG on XLR, and Composilex 5 insulation — the same insulation Wireworld puts in cables costing many times as much. The RCA plug is worth a sentence. Wireworld calls it Silver-Tube: a silver-clad OFC contact tensioned by a silicone ring rather than relying on the springiness of the metal itself. Metal contacts lose tension over years of insertion; a silicone ring keeps the grip up. It is a small, sensible piece of engineering. Five terminations are offered, including an RCA-to-RCA version with a ground wire for turntable and phono-stage use, and two mixed RCA-to-XLR cables. Sold as a pair, in six lengths. Wireworld states plainly that the upgrades over the previous Oasis 8 are more strand groups and the move to Composilex 5. Conductor material and gauge are unchanged between the generations. Features Oxygen-free copper conductors — the top tier before Wireworld moves to OCC-7N Tri DNA Helix geometry: 3 conductors, 16 insulated strands each COMPOSILEX 5 insulation, the current generation Silver-Tube RCA plugs with silver-clad OFC contacts tensioned by a silicone ring Five terminations including RCA-RCA with a ground wire for turntable use Six lengths from 0.5m to 6.0m Sold as a pair Specifications Type: Analogue interconnect, sold as a pair Position in the range: Sixth of nine: Equinox 10 above, Solstice 10 below. The highest tier still using plain oxygen-free copper rather than OCC-7N Generation: Series 10, current. Wireworld states directly that the upgrades over the retired Oasis 8 are more strand groups and Composilex 5 insulation Conductor material: Oxygen-Free Copper. Note this is deliberately not OCC-7N — that begins at Equinox Geometry: Tri DNA Helix — 3 conductors, 16 insulated strands. Wireworld’s DNA Helix uses flat, ribbon-like conductor strands layered in parallel groups, instead of round strands twisted together as in ordinary cable. Their stated aim is to reduce the eddy-current losses they attribute to conventional stranded and solid conductors. Moving up a generation or a tier generally means more strand groups. Gauge: 21AWG (0.4 sq mm) on RCA; 24AWG (0.2 sq mm) on XLR Insulation: COMPOSILEX 5. Composilex is Wireworld’s composite insulation, and its stated purpose is reducing triboelectric noise — the small static charges that build and discharge where a conductor rubs against its insulation as the cable moves or vibrates. That effect is real and well known in cable design. Wireworld’s specific claim that Composilex 5 beats every other low-loss insulation including Teflon is published without any supporting measurement. Shielding: Not published Terminations offered: RCA to RCA, XLR to XLR, RCA to XLR male, XLR female to RCA, and RCA to RCA with ground wire Contacts: RCA: Silver-Tube plugs with silver-clad OFC contacts tensioned by a silicone ring. XLR: silver-clad copper alloy Lengths: 0.5m, 1.0m, 1.5m, 2.0m, 3.0m and 6.0m Electrical figures: None published. Wireworld does not publish capacitance, inductance or resistance per unit length for this cable, or for any cable in the range as far as we could find. Their claims about noise and resolution are assertions rather than measurements — no test method, no figures, no independent results are given. The one objectively checkable technical claim behind the range is the DNA Helix patents, US 8,569,627 and US 9,620,262, and a patent establishes novelty rather than performance. We would rather tell you that than quote marketing copy at you as though it had been measured. Country of manufacture: Not published. Wireworld is headquartered in Davie, Florida, but we could find no Made in USA claim for the cables themselves anywhere on their site — the only manufacturing statement we found concerns packaging, which they say is printed in the US. A head office is not a factory and we are not going to present it as one. Warranty: Wireworld publishes a Limited Lifetime Warranty against manufacturing defects to the original purchaser, with damage from abuse or wear excluded. That is essentially the whole published policy — there is no itemised exclusions list, no claims procedure and no statement about transferability, though the phrase “to the original purchaser” implies it does not transfer. Proof of purchase from an authorised dealer is required, and Wireworld asks you to go through that dealer first. The ’In Groove is an authorised Wireworld dealer.
