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Moon Audio Black Dragon Premium V2 headphone cable
|One sign of the growing maturity of the high-end headphone marketplace is the number of cable manufacturers now offering specialised headphone signal cable sets. One such manufacturer is the Cary, North Carolina-based firm Moon Audio, ...read more -
Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75 digital cable
|Perhaps one of the most underrated cables in audio, the good ol’ 75 Ohm coaxial digital interconnect is beset on the one hand by those who think it a ‘legacy’ connection, and on the other ...read more -
WIN! Two chances to win fantastic Vertere Pulse Cables, worth over £2,500!!
|We have teamed up with the innovative people from Vertere Acoustics to bring you our latest superb competition. Vertere comes from the Latin meaning ‘to turn’ and Vertere founder Touraj Moghaddam has long been turning ...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 -
Tellurium Q Silver Diamond cable system
|A few months ago, we looked at a fine system comprising Melco digital source, T+A disc player and amplifier, Estelon loudspeakers, and Stillpoints supports. We touched briefly on the Tellurium Q Silver Diamond cables used ...read more -
Purist Audio Design 30th Anniversary USB Cable
|Back in the mid 1980s, nuclear physicist and audiophile Jim Aud had a smart idea: why not use fluid or gel dielectrics in audio cables? Despite an early ‘huh?’ factor from some, the Purist Audio ...read more -
Clearer Audio Silver-line Optimus Reference interconnect cable
|Optimus Reference does sound like something exploding from one of Michael Bay’s abysmal yet lucrative Transformers movies, but it’s the current flagship of Clearer Audio’s range, topping out the best-of-breed Silver-line group of pure silver ...read more -
Win! A fabulous Purist Audio Design 30th Anniversary USB cable worth $1,500!!
|We’ve teamed up with Purist Audio Design to offer you the chance to win Purist’s award-winning 30th Anniversary USB! Declared “very highly recommended,” the 30th Anniversary USB was reviewed in last month’s issue by Nicholas ...read more -
Fono Acustica Virtuoso loudspeaker cables
|In a way, the most obvious part of the Virtuoso loudspeaker cable is probably going to be the pivotal aspect of how Fono Acustica’s top cable is received. The cable’s terminations, in particular the ornately ...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 -
WIN! Two chances to win superb Ensemble Cables, totalling £3,500!!!
|We have teamed up with Ensemble AG to bring you an exciting competition. Ensemble’s INCANTO and DALVIVO cables, the fruit of 30 years of cable design, were reviewed in issue 130 of Hi-Fi+ by Alan ...read more -
Mad Scientist YANAM interconnect cable
|This isn’t the mixologist Mad Professor nor the dub maestro Scientist. Mad Scientist turns out to be Bob Prangnell, a British expat who lives in New Zealand and clearly likes to tweak audio. He makes ...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