“Furutech’s recently-developed ‘Alpha Nano-Au-Ag’ OCC conductor is among the best that the brand’s engineers have ever conceived for sound reproduction. Not surprising, then, that it underpins the brand’s new top-of-line power and speaker cables. “ says the Japanese company’s recent press release. The specialized manufacturing process begins with Furutech’s Alpha-OCC conductor which, after undergoing a patented […]
“The new IsoTek EVO3 Initium marries high quality materials with intelligent construction to deliver a power cable of outstanding performance and mechanical integrity, which will neither degrade over time nor break your bank balance” says the company’s latest press release. EVO3 Initium is IsoTek’s new entry level power cable, designed to offer high quality performance at […]
Hifi Pig Promotion THE CHORD COMPANY LAUNCHES CHORDMUSIC, ITS MOST ADVANCED CABLE RANGE IN 30 YEARS The Chord Company has launched ChordMusic, the company’s most advanced cable range in its 30-year history. The celebratory, flagship series distils 30 years of cable design and manufacturing knowhow into a ground-breaking line-up. ChordMusic is a revelatory product, developed using an […]
Hifi Pig Promotion THE CHORD COMPANY LAUNCHES CHORDMUSIC, ITS MOST ADVANCED CABLE RANGE IN 30 YEARS
The MAY edition of Hifi Pig Magazine and Gadgety News is out and ready for FREE download. It’s packed with Hifi and Gadget reviews of course but this month we have a great interview with the man who discovered Prince and help write his first hit single, plus a special report on the possible […]
David Robson takes these relatively budget-minded cables from Scottish manufacturer Atlas out for a drive both individually and as a full loom set up.
Studio Connections are a cable company building their cables in the UK and headed up by Michael Whiteside. Here Dan Worth takes a listen to their Platinum digital cables costing £1350 for 1m, terminated lengths.
O2A are a speaker manufacturer from Liechtenstein headed up by Anna Robathin. Here Dominic Marsh tries out the company’s €1760 (2.5m pair) O2A Quintessence SUBLIM Speaker Cables.
The Chord Company is celebrating 30 years of Hifi cable design and UK manufacturing with the launch of ChordMusic, the company’s new flagship range of cables and yesterday Hifi Pig popped along for a listen at the exclusive KJ West One Store in London (Read more here). The Chord Company says that the ChordMusic is […]
The Chord Company released its flagship product, ChordMusic, at the prestigious KJ West One yesterday and Hifi Pig’s Linette and Stuart were invited there to take a listen.
The Chord Company has completely restructured its cable line-up, with new ranges, new additions and a simplified grouping system. The Chord Company’s product portfolio now comprises seven distinct ranges, from the entry-level C-series, to the flagship, ChordMusic cables. The new ranges make it easy to discern between price points and performance levels and offers consumers […]
SOtM have announced the worldwide release of their dCBL-CAT7 and the iSO-CAT6 Special Edition which are designed to be used together. The dCBL-CAT7 cable is said to provide “stable, ultra-high speed transmission with excellent sound characteristics”. The Filter Block on the dCBL-CAT7 is a new addition and is designed to “eliminate the wide band digital […]
Dominic Marsh takes this €840 package of amp, speakers and speaker cables from TAGA Harmony for a spin. “The word to best describe the sound was “balanced” in that treble and bass were in equilibrium, midband was clean and clear, so it was no effort at all just to sit back and enjoy what I […]
Janine Elliot plumbs in these £1750 interconnects from Polish company KBL into her system to see what she will find. “Carlos Franzetti “The Jazz Kamerata” had a depth of sound I really got hooked on; the full colour from the piano, string warmth, flute and saxophone were all placed where I expected, with excellent decays […]
Dominic Marsh takes this €840 package of amp, speakers and speaker cables from TAGA Harmony for a spin.
Janine Elliot plumbs in these £1750 interconnects from Polish company KBL into her system to see what she will find.
Dan Worth take a listen to the £1000 Chord Sarum Super Aray USB cable.
Russ Andrews is introducing the brand new Kimber Kable Axios headphone cable to the UK. Created using a new development of the Kimber woven cable design, Axios features 16 individually insulated 24-gauge strands of OFHC (oxygen-free high thermal conductivity) copper. The new hand braiding process, which was perfected for production after more than 100 trials, […]
High Fidelity Partners Co., LTD., a Japanese corporation, has acquired the intellectual property for the products produced under the brand “Black Cat Cable”, as well as the brand itself, from The Signal Collection, LLC, a U.S.-based corporation located in Cumming, GA. “This is mostly a formality pertaining to our physical move from Atlanta, GA to […]
Dominic Marsh takes a look at the £180, silver plated power block from MCRU.
The Chord Company When we were initially discussing this review by Dave Robson with The Chord Company we wanted to see what the company’s ‘loom’ would bring to the table ‘off the shelf’ and “untailored” to the specific system being used. Chord offer a service they call The Cable Doctor in which they tailor a […]
Atlas Cables has launched its totally new range of high-performance replacement headphone cables – Zeno. Designed to be light, compliant yet durable, Zeno combines Atlas Cables’ cable technology with a new range of dedicated solder-free connectivity options called Metik. The result is a replacement cable that can work across a broad range of headphones. Hand-built […]
The Zodiac line from KBL Sound is a direct replacement for the company’s previous Hologram range. The company says they are better cables, coming to the market at a similar price level. These cables are manufactured with ultra-pure copper wire with each single crystal length reaching a few hundred meters (the result of the Ohno Continuous Casting […]
Last month Ansuz Acoustics announced their new ultra high-end series, d·tc. Now, Ansuz Acoustics is ready with their new addition to the d·tc series: the d·tc cables. The Ansuz Acoustics d·tc series will cover a full cable loom containing mains and loudspeaker cables and a complete selection of interconnect cables. Ansuz Acoustics will be introducing […]
C-screen is a brand new shielded speaker cable aimed at both audio and home cinema systems. It joins the line up of Chord Company shielded speaker cables, including the Clearway and the Signature Reference. Chord’s design objective was to produce a cable discreet enough for easy installation, with all the performance benefits that shielding can […]
Black Cat cables are the brainchild of Chris Sommovigo and are handmade in Japan. Dave Robson takes a listen to the company’s Redlevel Tube speaker cable ($450 for a 1.5m pair) and RCA interconnects ($350 for 1m).
Mad Scientist Audio Ltd has released a range of what their recent press release is calling “innovative” audio cables that use carbon fibers in the signal path. The New Zealand based company say this technology brings benefits like “immunity from skin effect, much smaller Eddy currents, which are quickly dissipated, and in the digital cable, […]
The Chord Company, has launched Clearway Digital — “a high-performance digital coaxial cable designed and built to deliver the full potential of today’s high-quality digital music.” Clearway Digital is an all-new Tuned ARAY digital audio cable at a price point of £100. Available in a wide range of terminations, including a 3.5mm mono jack for […]
