The best audio cables can reveal hidden detail with the right tuning

27th July 2017

It’s an all-too-familiar experience for all of us: sitting down to enjoy a new piece of audio equipment and finding ourselves turning up the volume because something isn’t as clear as we would like.

The rule of thumb born out of many years of experience is that, if it doesn't satisfy at low volumes, it is unlikely to do so many decibels later. But this does beg the question, What is one turning up the volume for?

Leaving personal choice to one side, a poorly tuned system results in the ear working harder, searching in order to make a connection. It can almost be described as listening with a frown. No surprise, then, that the volume ends up being increased.

On the other hand a good system delivers musical content to the ear without the listener making any effort. This experience, once encountered, is never forgotten — a feeling of being suddenly startled by musical images that feel utterly natural and lifelike. It’s what we look for when testing our audio cables at all sound levels.

Our new Experience880 interconnect is a case in point. Using a new bespoke conductor within our unique REDpurl™ geometry, we have taken clarity to a new level whilst maintaining a superb level of musicality, which you can hear even with the volume turned down (note: physiological limits apply to the human ear at very low volume levels).

What should you be able to hear that you can’t hear with conventional cables? Well the difference when you tune is very revealing. A hifi system you think you are familiar with can surprise on the upside with the emergence of detail or realism that you might have thought were beyond it. These comparisons in a single tunable audio cable educates the audio palate and expands the listening vocabulary. It is this search for meaning in different presentations that may mark someone out as an audiophile. Of course you can try out a series of cables but that can be very time consuming as well as expensive and going forward these cables are not upgradeable as our Experience range of interconnects and speaker cables are.

Hear for yourself at the Indulgence show in September at the Novotel London, West Hammersmith, where we will exhibiting with 3SquareAudio who make beautifully designed speakers and equipment stands.

We will be demonstrating the new Experience880 along with our Experience680 tunable audio interconnects and Experience660-S speaker cable, with some great show offers.