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First Listen: AudioQuest Diamond USB cable
|Once Hi-Fi+ Issue 123 hits newsstands in June, readers will discover that Nicholas Ripley has done a fascinating survey in which he compares three mid-priced USB cables—from AudioQuest, Gutwire, and Nordost—versus a standard, non-descript, freebie ...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 -
Audiomica Europa Ultra Reference and Genimides Ultra Reference
|If we’re honest, when we describe a cable as ‘very good’ or even ‘excellent’, all we’re really saying is that it spoils the performance of the system less than the alternatives. Whether you agree or ...read more -
THE CHORD COMPANY SLASHES ARAY-TECH MAINS PRICING WITH NEW SIGNATURE POWER
|16th February 2015 — The Chord Company, the UK’s biggest specialist A/V cable manufacturer, has introduced its proprietary ARAY technology into a sub-£1,000 mains cable for the first time The new Signature ARAY power cable ...read more -
Snake River Audio Mamushi Signature loudspeaker cables
|I still tend to be a bit ‘old school’ when it comes to evaluating things. First impressions count an awful lot; those initial few seconds are supremely important – pivotal, even. Yet first impressions can ...read more -
Tellurium Q digital cable range
|Let’s get the difficult part of this review out of the way. Tellurium Q doesn’t publish specifications – in part because it doesn’t want to hand over its trade secrets to its rivals, and in ...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 -
WIN! Vertere Pulse R interconnects, worth more than £2,000
|Based in London, Vertere is impressing a lot of people. Even before the excellent range of turntables and tonearms, Vertere’s remarkable cables were winning people over with their extraordinary clarity and musical integrity. Everything from ...read more -
Black Rhodium Ace and Star cables
|Black Rhodium has been around for years, and still largely holds that the secret to good performance lies in better conductors. However, that gets harder to justify in products like USB, and Black Rhodium’s new ...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 -
Van Damme UP-LCOFC loudspeaker cable
|There is something of a Cold War in audio, between those who think cables sound different, and those who think they don’t, or can’t. Setting aside the militants at either end of the bell-curve, there’s ...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 -
Hi-Fi Network is pleased to introduce the German cable brand in-akustik to the UK.
|The in-akustik range offers both breadth and depth, with a comprehensive selection of cable types, from loudspeaker to ethernet, interconnects to HDMI, across four ranges: REFERENZ – The measure of all things in picture and ...read more -
Bocchino Audio Introduces the Mayflower RCA “The Illustrious" (Hi-Fi+)
|The Bocchino Audio MayflowerTM interconnect cable design derives from the hand made cables which have been the mainstay of the Bocchino Audio portfolio for more than 10 years. Porting the hand made design into the ...read more -
Ecosse Cables - Free Upgrade Announcement - Monocrystal™ Logo Banana plugs
|At Ecosse you really DO get something for nothing : previously on our patented Monocrystal™ MS2.4 and SuperMonocrystal™ SMS2.4 loudspeaker cables if you wished to upgrade from our standard beryllium copper z/x bananas plugs to ...read more