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ZenSati Authentica cables
|Danish cable expert ZenSati is one of those cable brands that pitches itself firmly in the highest of high-end positions. This brand is very much at the Rolls-Royce level in audio, both in price and ...read more -
Mark Levinson, Vienna Acoustics, Chord Company system
|Hi-fi, just like any other arcane (and borderline obsessive) activity has generated its own set of ‘rules’. One that pretty much everybody seems to agree on is that the shortest route to sonic suicide is ...read more -
Audioplan PowerCord S and PowerCord U power cords
|I’d like to say this was planned as the second of two parts of the Audioplan power product concept, but the reality is less planned. I mislaid a box full of power cords! Fortunately, this ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Awards 2016: Cables, Power, and Accessories
|Analogue Audio Cable of the Year Chord Sarum Super ARAY Until the recent launch of ChordMusic, Sarum in all its guises was Chord’s top cable. The latest version – Super ARAY – uses a tuned ...read more -
IsoTek EVO3 Initium power cord
|Initium sounds like the sort of name an advertising agency from the 1990s might use, but in fact it’s a bold new departure from IsoTek. Initium is designed to bring the company’s EVO3 performance to ...read more -
Hi-Fi+ Products of the Year: Cables
|Interconnect Cable of the Year The Chord Company Sarum Tuned ARAY Chord’s original top cable – Sarum – was already one of the best-received interconnects from the brand when the company announced its Tuned ARAY ...read more -
Ensemble INCANTO and DALVIVO cables
|The Swiss audio brand Ensemble has set itself a huge task. It believes good music (played through good audio) promotes wellness in the individual. But good music through bad audio does not. The INCANTO interconnects ...read more -
Audio Research, Wilson, Crystal, and HRS system
|‘High-end’ is a term with specific meanings but also less specific implications. In audio terms, it’s not just about performance but a particular style of performance. Historically speaking, it exhibits distinct leftist leanings (left of ...read more -
Nordost Odin 2 cables
|There are other cable systems that cost more than Nordost’s Odin, but none of these rivals seem to draw as much fire from the sceptics and cynics. Odin is the most visible high-priced cable system ...read more -
AudioQuest Earth, Castle Rock, and NRG‑4 cables
|Like many enthusiasts, my first system upgrade was a sly one. Having bought a system a couple of years before, I was not in a ‘wife-ready’ position to change a component, but I had a ...read more -
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