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A US manufacturer that is held in high regard even amongst other high quality audio cable manufacturers. Famous for their development of a multi-stranded conductor that has diameter changes in the Golden Section increments to minimise resonance effects due to the transmission of signals. Pure copper is used throughout and the insulators are PTFE (Teflon). The tonal balance is neutral to warm with good transparency and holography. These cables never contribute to brightness making the audio system comfortable to listen to over long sessions. The newest cable from them called CLEAR lives up to its name and all expectations.

A wide range of cables a differing price points, it is only possible to give a few examples below. Please call for further information and prices.

Some examples of the more popular cable prices.

Interconnect  Cables

Clear Light - 1.0m set RCA or XLR £549
Golden Cross – 1.0m set RCA or XLR £940.00
Golden Reference – 1.0m set RCA or XLR £1050.00
Clear – 1.0m set RCA or XLR £1700.00

Speaker Cables

Clear Light – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £1790.00
Golden Cross – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £2595.00
Golden Reference – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £2850.00
Clear – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £4790.00

Power Cords

Golden - 1.5m £495

Golden Reference - £595

Clear M - £495

Other products could be available. Please ring for details.

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This Japanese company manufacturers the best connectors and accessories for cables and electronics we know. They are largely made from their pure Alpha-OCC copper which is then plated with either Gold or Rhodium. Their plugs and connectors are capable of taking large conductors with ease and without strain to the wires. This results in a very pure transmission of the audio signal or, in case of power cords, the AC current. Their contribution to the sound of the cable cannot be overstated with a very audible sonic upgrade.

Their interconnect cables, speaker cables and power cords are manufactured to the highest level with no compromise that might affect the purity of the transmission. Thier sound is largely without bias in any part of the audio spectrum and a level of transparency that is rare even amongst the finest audio cables available. Big soundstages are generated, both deep and wide and fine detail resolved easily. Refined, elegant and very pure sound.

Some examples of prices are listed but the range of products is vast. Please call for further information on any products not listed and prices.

Products on Demonstration

Evolution II Series Cables
Evolution Audio II interconnect cable – 1.2m set RCA £650.00 (pictured top)
Evolution Audio II interconnect cable – 1.2m set XLR  £740.00

Evolution Speaker II speaker cable – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £775.00

Evolution Digital II – 1.2m RCA £385.00

Evolution Power II mains cord – 1.8m £680.00

Reference III Series Cables
Audio Reference III interconnect cable – 1.2m set RCA £1155.00
Audio Reference III interconnect cable – 1.2m set XLR £1320.00

Audio Reference III speaker cable – 3.0m set 4mm or spade £1575.00

Digital Reference III – 1.2m £825.00

Power Reference III mains cord – 1.8m £1230.00

Flux Series Cables
Lineflux interconnect cable – 1.2m set RCA                      £1800.00
Lineflux interconnect cable – 1.2m set XLR                       £2000.00

Speakerflux speaker cable – 2.0m set 4mm or spade   £2400.00
Speakerflux speaker cable – 3.0m set 4mm or spade   £2830.00

Powerflux mains cord – 1.8m                £1870.00

Power Cord Connectors

A large improvement in sound can be achieved by changing the UK plug on the end of any quality mains cord. The effect is effect is additive if the IEC connector is also changed. This is easy to do and produces an immediate, and cost effective, upgrade in sound.

FI-1363 UK plug – gold – standard or L  £88.00
FI-1363 UK plug – rhodium – standard or L  £108.00
FI-11 IEC – gold     £44.00
FI-11 IEC – silver    £50.00

FI-11 IEC - rhodium £63.00

FI-15 IEC – rhodium  £44.00
FI-25 IEC – gold     £73.00
FI-28 IEC - rhodium  £98.00

FI-32 16A IEC - rhodium £143.00

FI-50 IEC - rhodium £218.00

FI-52 16A IEC - rhodium £240.00

We are a strong believer that the fuse in any UK 13 amp plug seriously downgrades the sound quality of the component the power cord is connected to. Furutech do have an audiophile grade fuse which can reduce this detrimental effect to a reasonable extent but it is quite expensive. Far better results can be achieved by changing to Schuko European plugs that do not have fuses in them at all. This route would necessitate changing wall sockets (difficult) or using one of their mains distribution blocks (easy) – see below.

UK Wall Sockets

The long awaited UK wall sockets are here. All significant conductor parts are made from solid copper, plated with either gold or rhodium, and the whole construction is of the high standard we have come to expect from Furutech. The cover plates are easy to fix to a standard UK in wall arrangement.

FP-1363-S (G) single top plate; gold plated £86.00

FP-1363-D (G) doublle top plate; gold plated £138.00

FP-1363-S (R) single top plate; rhodium plated £108.00

FP-1363-D (R) double top plate; rhodium plated £165.00

Distribution Blocks

The mains distribution blocks from Furutech have a large effect on the sound and used with their power cords give a result far in excess of any mains filtering, conditioning or re-generating that we have heard. All without any compression to the sound – in fact quite the opposite is achieved. Once again, a big step up in the level of transparency, dynamics and purity of your system’s sound. Unfortunately they are only available with Schuko European sockets. However, by using the appropriate Schuko connector on the ends of the required power cords, the quality of sound improves further mostly due to the fact the fuse in the UK plug is eliminated. The distribution blocks require a power cord to feed them and this is connected to the wall socket with a UK 13 amp plug – preferably a Furutech one. We have many customers who have gone this route and the feedback has been nothing short of eulogies.

Unfiltered Distributors
e-TP60E – 6 Schuko outlets – gold £310.00
e-TP609 – 6 Schuko outlets – rhodium £1075.00 (pictured bottom)
e-TP309E – 4 Schuko outlets – rhodium £2600.00

Schuko Power Cord Connectors

FI-E11 Copper £33.00
FI-E11 Gold £44.00

FI-E11 Rhodium £63.00
FI-E35 Gold £70.00
FI-E38 Rhodium £98.00
FI-E50 Piezo Ceramic/Rhodium £218

Fuses

Well worth the effort to change and the benefit to sound is very audible.

T-13A Rhodium - wall plug fuse £66.00

TF 20x5mm internal fuse £40.00

TF 32x6mm internal fuse £45.00

Other products could be available. Please ring for details.

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This US manufacturer is the leading brand of networked cables. With a large range of cables at various price points, going up to the legendary Oracle series, there is a cable for all systems. The network technology with multiple pole points extends the frequency response of the cables and makes them more linear. The more pole points, the more linear the cable becomes. Bass is more extended in frequency without exageration and the mid-band and high frequencies becomes more transparent. The extended bandwidth is especially revealing when used with wide and ultra-wide band width amplification.

For further information about this technology visit click here to visit the MIT cables website.

The construction is based on multi-stranded, very pure copper and silver. Teflon (PTFE) is used as insulation in even the lowest cost grades. The networks are completely passive in design and do not interrupt the signal path of the cable.

NEW.

MIT Cables is changing and simplifying their entire range of cables including the MA series, apart from the Oracle level. It is to be called Matrix. Each level will have a number after the name Matrix which will denote the number of articulation poles thare are in the cable.

We will provide further information and prices in due course but if you wish to discuss the new range please give us a call - 0118 981 9891.

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Siltech is a major worldwide cable manufacturer based in Holland producing a wide range of cables based on a mixture of copper, silver and gold. The more expensive cables have a greater proportion of gold and silver. A highly transparent cable with a full bodied sound. When combined with the right components, they contribute to deep soundstages. There are three main grades from the extremely affordable MXT Professional range, through the popular Classic Anniversary range to the top Signature series.

We have samples of various grades for home evaluation. Please call for details.

Examples of prices:

Classic Anniversary Series G6
220i Interconnect Cable – 1.0m set   £435.00

330i Interconnect Cable - 1.0m set £615.00

220L Speaker Cable - 3.0m set £1010.00

330L Speaker Cable - 3.0m set £1450.00

Power Cords
SPX-300 – 1.0m £445.00

SPX-800 - 1.0 £535.00
Ruby Hill 2 – 1.0m  £1300.00

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The Spectral cables are made for them by MIT Cables, see the description of their qualities above under MIT section. They are made to cope with the exacting requirements that Spectral electronics can produce namely the ultra-wide bandwidth, a high level of ultra-linearity and high current delivery. They have the correct low impedance and capacitance specified by Spectral engineered into them. These cables offer exceptional transparency and a very correct tonal balance. Customers with high quality electronics other than Spectral which have low input impedance requirements have very successfully used these cables with superb results. Feedback from many on the benefits to their sound, apart from that cited above, has been to the improved rhythmic capabilities of their systems.  
There are only two grades available; the affordable Foundation series and the Reference grade.

There is currently no distribution of Spectral products in the UK and we hope this will be rectified within the first quarter of 2012. There is a new range of Spectral cable being developed for them by MIT. We will provide more information with prices when this is known to us.

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