Cables
There is
a lot of "snake oil" out there (look it up on Google).
Cable should seamlessly and transparently transmit the sound,
without adding or subtracting from it in any way. Any
cable that purports to be difficult, different or sensitive,
very probably is. We understand cable, we are engineers,
and we know what sounds right.
If you buy the
right cables the first time, it will save you money in the long
run, take a long deep breath and just go for it.
Silver Arrows
tonearm
cable
Made
from pure silver this is simply the tonearm cable to have.
From ToneAudio
magazine : "Last year we gave Furutech’s AU12 tonearm cable an
exceptional value award, and the new Silver 12 takes things a
big step further in clarity and dynamics. It uses Furutech’s
Alpha Pure Silver conductors, Alpha Rhodium/OCC RCA connectors
and a CF or L DIN connector along with Furutech’s Alpha Cryo
process. Bottom line: this is the best tonearm cable I’ve had
the pleasure to use."
If you have and SME
V or better, then you owe it to yourself to have this cable. We
use this cable on our reference SME20/3 Benz LP-S system.
• α (Alpha) Pure Silver Conductors
• Three-layer shielding for improved noise insulation
• Four-way grounding and external ground wire
• Insulation/Dielectric: Special-grade air-foamed polyethylene
• Connectors: Furutech-engineered rhodium-plated Carbon and
Stainless finished CF-DIN connector or L-DIN connector and
CF-102(R) α (Alpha) OCC RCA connectors
• Carefully engineered cable clamp improves grip and reduces
mechanical and electrically-induced distortion
£1,550 5 pin tonearm to RCA plugs, right angle version. In
stock now!
£1,675.00 fully balanced XLR (only
made for us by Furutech Japan)
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AG-12
Phono cable 1.2M
“I don’t
know if the Furutech Ag-12 is the best phono cable on the
market, but it's the best I've heard, a fact made all the more
meaningful by its mid-level price. It's one of the phono cables
to beat, and it's affordable to boot.”
-- Marc Mickelson, Soundstage.com
“The award for best performance and highest build quality at the
lowest price goes to the Furutech AG-12.”
--- Michael Fremer, Stereophile July 2009 Vol.32 No.7
• α (Alpha)
silver-plated μ-OFC Conductor
• 4-layer shield construction for improved noise insulation
• Main Insulation: Air-foamed polyethylene
•• Connectors
o Furutech-engineered rhodium-plated DIN or L-DIN and FP-126(R)
Alpha-OCC RCA connectors
• The best damping and insulation materials for improved
frequency extension and tonal balance
• Carefully engineered cable clamp improves grip and reduces
mechanical and electrically-induced distortion
£419.00 RCA straight DIN
£475.00 RCA right angle DIN as shown
£595.00 fully balanced XLR right angle DIN (only
made for us by Furutech Japan)
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PA-2075DR
PA-2075RR
PA-2075LDR Oyaide
tonearm cables
PCOCC-A is a core component of all PA series line-up and is a
key factor for high-quality and high-performance only from
Oyaide Electric. Each model of PA series has its own concept and
identity individualized by materials and structures.
The PA-2075 coaxial cable is a parallel-layout structure
designed to be compact and lightweight. In order to reduce
conductor resistance and transmit weak analogue signal
effectively, the overall diameter of the conductor strands was
increased to 0.5sq. The high density spiral shielding structure
is composed of PCOCC-A for its highly effective behaviour in an
ultra compact layout. The semiconductor (carbon PVC) layer is
provided for the purpose of eliminating static electricity
without exerting any influence on the conductor. As an
insulator, we selected high polymer polyethylene which has the
same permittivity as Teflon but is halogen-free for audio
application.
The genuinely innovative product is produced by applying the
latest materials and structures based on solid data. PA-2075
increases the enjoyment of your life with analogue
audio.
PA-2075LDR DIN right angle
Our price £220.00
PA-2075DR DIN straight
Our price £200.00
PA-2075DR RCA to RAC
Our price £175.00
Tonearm cables
cables Ultra Red
Interconnects transfer information from a source such as a CD
Player or Turntable to the preamplifier. They must have
low inductance, minimal capacitance, good linearity, good
frequency response and must not suffer from any form of
microphony. Some thin sliver plated wire has its place in
Microwave engineering but can suffer from microphony and can be
highly capacitive. We use the Timestep Interconnect at Hi
Fi Shows, it is that good! No flash packaging though.
These cables uses
top flexible quality Studio cable from Van Damme, the guys who
make the cables in the studios use Van Damme to make the records
you listen to. We use the Pro Grade Classic, Ultra Pure Silver
Plated OFC Red. The RCA phono connectors are by Neutrik.
Timestep 1.1M turntable ground wire Retail price £10.95
Timestep RCA-RCA SME 3009, M2 series, Interconnect 1.1M Retail
price £35.00 With a ground cable made from a special extra
flexible 128 strand 0.25mm2 silicon sleeved test equipment
cable, fitted with a spade for your phonostage/amplifier.
Timestep RCA-RCA SME 3009, M2 series, Interconnect 2.2M Retail
price £49.95 With a ground cable made from a special extra
flexible 128 strand 0.25mm2 silicon sleeved test equipment
cable, fitted with a spade for your phonostage/amplifier.
Timestep RCA-SME 5 pin Interconnect 1.1M Retail price £49.95
With a ground cable made from a special extra flexible 128
strand 0.25mm2 silicon sleeved test equipment cable, fitted with
a spade for your phonostage/amplifier.
Timestep RCA-SME 5 pin Balanced XLR Interconnect 1.1M Retail
price £69.95 Silver plated Ultra Black cable with silver
plated Neutrik XLR connectors.
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Tonearm
cables
When only
the original will do, here are the genuine articles.
van den Hull have been cable gurus for decades.
van den
Hull have this to say about their D - 501 SILVER HYBRID
:
The D - 501 SILVER HYBRID is a special version of our
D - 501 HYBRID. The main difference compared to the
D - 501 HYBRID is that its both stranded signal lines
are made of highest grade Matched Crystal Silver.
This mat black HULLIFLEX ® jacketed balanced cable was
designed to support the tone-arm and mixing console
industry: very flexible and with extremely good
electrical qualities. The D - 501 SILVER HYBRID is a
cable with a very high shielding factor.
Sonically this is one of the very best cables in our
program.
The 2 signal lines are made each of 19 x 0.1 mm. highest
grade Matched Crystal Silver strands.
The signal line insulation with the colours white and
red is made of cell-PE, so the stripping can even be
done with your fingernails to prevent damage of the
silver strands commonly caused by mechanical stripping.
The resistance per signal lead is: 11.9 Ohm/100 meter.
The capacitance between the 2 signal leads is a very low
58 pF/meter.
The hybrid
shielding consists of a dense and very pure silver
coated high grade Matched Crystal (MC) OFC 72 x 0.1 mm.
wire helix with underneath a Linear Structured Carbon ®
(LSC) saturated conductive sub-jacket.
SME M2 series RCA-RCA vdh D501 £144.00
SME 300 series Din-RCA vdh D501 £190.00
SME IV 312S RCA-RCA vdh D501 Silver Hybrid (silver plug)
£374.00
SME V RCA-RCA vdh D501 Silver Hybrid (black plug)
£374.00
Balanced XLR upgrade for any of the above
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Interconnects
Cables
RCA & XLR Balanced
Interconnects transfer information from a source such as a CD
Player or Turntable to the preamplifier. They must have
low inductance, minimal capacitance, good linearity, good
frequency response and must not suffer from any form of
microphony. Some thin sliver plated wire has its place in
Microwave engineering but can suffer from microphony and can be
highly capacitive. We use the Timestep Interconnect at Hi
Fi Shows, it is that good! No flash packaging though.
Timestep RCA Interconnect 1.0M Retail price £25
Timestep RCA Interconnect 2.0M Retail price £30
Timestep XLR male - XLR female 0.5M £20.00 each
Timestep XLR male - XLR female 1M £25.00 each
Timestep XLR male - XLR female 2M £35.00 each
Timestep XLR male - XLR female 3M £45.00 each
Timestep XLR male - XLR female 6M £75.00 each
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Loudspeaker
Cables by Timestep
All upper end amplifiers will source >80 amps of current, not many cables
can handle this. Loudspeaker cables are notionally better
if they are big, but copper is very expensive.
Loudspeakers often exhibit low impedances and heavy low loss
cable is important to get the power from the amplifier. We
must never forget that loudspeakers will generate significant
"back emf" and this should be minimised, again heavy cable
achieves this. When using thin and "special" cable, the
amplifier cannot properly "couple" with the loudspeakers
and this will give a characteristic sound. The cable sounds
differently but this is not good, as we said above "the cable
should seamlessly and transparently transmit the sound, without
adding or subtracting from it in any way".
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Premium Van Damme - Bi Wire
Timestep Cable 4 x 4.0mm²
An affordable Bi Wire cable. Bi Wiring stops the back E.M.F. from
entering the tweeter.
The cables are joined at the amplifier where the impedance is
virtually zero. This improvement in sound quality is very
noticeable and worthwhile.
Cable tested before despatch £7.50 a metre
Terminated with
12 x
Furutech gold banana plugs.
Each Banana plug terminated (12 usually required) £25.00 each
Prices are for a pair of cables terminated with 12 gold banana
plugs.
2M pair £330 2.5M pair £338 3M pair £345 4M
pair £360.00 5M £375.00
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Premium Van Damme Studio Timestep Cable
2 x 6.0mm²
The Studio Cable has the lowest resistance of any
2 way loudspeaker cable we know, it's 6.0mm²
construction is the largest of it's type. Bass will have the
solidity and control that you always wanted. The multiple
strands eliminate skin effect and allow your amplifier to
properly and effectively control your loudspeakers, giving you
dynamics and imagery unlike any other cable.
We use this cable on all our demo systems.
Cable tested before despatch £9.95 a metre
Terminated with
8 x
Furutech gold banana plugs.
Each Banana plug terminated (8 usually required) £25.00 each
Prices are for a pair of cables terminated with 8 gold banana
plugs.
2M pair £240.00 2.5M pair £250.00 3M pair £260 4M
pair£280 5M £300
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Budget Van Damme -
Timestep Cable
2 x 2.5mm²
An affordable
2.5mm² cable for budget systems.
Cable tested before despatch £3.75 a metre
Each banana terminated (8 usually required) £5.00 each
Prices are for a pair of cables terminated with 8
gold banana
plugs.
2M pair £55.00 2.5M pair £59.00 3M pair £63 4M
pair £70.00 10M pair £115
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