Articles
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Chord Company Sarum Tuned ARAY cable system
|In issue 107, Hi-Fi+ regular Jason Kennedy enthused over Chord’s Sarum Tuned ARAY cables in a digital and analogue interconnect context. But Hi-Fi+ has by tradition determined the true potential of a cable in a ...read more -
Nordost Valhalla 2 cable system
|Nordost has put a lot of faith in mechanical tuning recently. The company discovered that a cable’s mechanical properties (including its physical length) are vital to in its sonic performance. The results of this investigation ...read more -
IsoTek launch new advanced EVO3 version of high-performance Optimum power cable
|IsoTek – the leading brand of power conditioning solutions for hi-fi and home cinema systems – has upgraded the acclaimed Optimum power cable to deliver enhanced performance at outstanding value for money. Mains electricity is ...read more -
Fono Acustica Armonica power cords
|While its background in music is beyond reproach, Spain has always seemed a bit of a desert as far as hi-fi is concerned. Whereas that musical heritage has been largely based on religious and folk ...read more -
Snake River Audio Cables (Hi-Fi+)
|Based in Riggins, a town in the Pacific Northwest region of the USA, Snake River Audio is a small specialist company, hand-crafting high quality audio cables. It is near Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in ...read more -
Crystal Cable Absolute Dream Signal & Power Cables (Hi-Fi+)
|In the first episode of this tale of Extreme Wire, we looked at the impact just one Absolute Dream cable can have on a system. While the cable in question (USB) can be taken out ...read more -
Tellurium Q Graphite loudspeaker cables and interconnects and Black mains cables
|Some time ago, I reviewed various cables from Tellurium Q, a new name whose affordable wiring has been getting itself noticed for all the right reasons. Since that review, TQ has launched the highend Graphite ...read more -
Cardas Clear Power Cords
|Cardas’ top of the range Clear cables were missing a key element until recently. Interconnects, speaker cables, even USB cables were all extant, but the power cord was conspicuous by its absence. In fact, the ...read more -
Nordost Blue Heaven Cable Set (Hi-Fi+)
|A cable review is always an interesting proposition as it provides the writer with an almost infinite amount of holes and pitfalls that can be plunged into headfirst. Even in these more enlightened times cabling ...read more -
CES 2012 Report - Alan Sircom on AC Power Products, Cables and Accessories
|Given that the cable business was arguably the first to raise the stakes in the price war, this year’s launches were almost subdued. There were product launches, but new “sharp intake of breath” products were ...read more -
Audio Smörgasbord: Cables (Hi-Fi+ 80)
|Crystal Cables Standard Diamond Cables Crystal exposes the notion that bigger is better when it comes to hi-fi cables. Most of Crystal Cables are routinely small, slim and elegant, silver designs that sound excellent right ...read more -
IsoTek Syncro (HiFi+ 77)
|The lines between ‘better power cords’ and ‘active electronics’ blur with the £875 IsoTek Syncro. Essentially, the Syncro is two sets of IsoTek’s Extreme 20A power cable – one with a high-quality, cryo-treated Furutech 13A ...read more -
Linn Majik DS-I Integrated System (HiFi+ 75)
|Strange that Linn products – the company so anti-digital, it used to have people remove digital watches when auditioning its equipment – has ended up at the forefront of the next gen audiophile movement. Or ...read more -
Computer Audio: Everything Makes A Difference
|As more audiophiles dip their toes into computer-based audio they discover, to their dismay, that it's far more complicated than conventional audio. In fact, the level of complexity involved in even a basic computer audio ...read more -
Crystal, Magnan, and Atlas Cable Looms
|Having discussed mains quality and equipment supports at some length in the last issue, it’s time to turn our attention to the third leg of any system’s supporting tripod. Of course, in an ideal world ...read more