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I am currently using these cables between the Audiolab Pre Amplifier and the Rotel Power Amplifiers. They can also be found in use between the TEAC Cassette Decks and the Rotel Pre Amplifier, and are a very sturdy budget cable.
I have about six or seven pairs of these in use in various areas of my system.
CABLE TALK Monitor 2
I use these cables between the Rotel DAC and the Audiolab Pre Amplifier.
They are reasonable pair of interconnects but I find the Bass to be a bit lumpy at times and the mix is not always as clean as it could be.
Overall i'm pretty happy with them, after all they have won many awards so they can't be all bad.
SONIC LINK SILVER-PINK
I have these cables in use between the Audiolab Pre Amplifier and the Audiolab Tuner. These are very nice cables indeed. The build quality looks a little bit amateurish but they do sound very clean and smooth.
Oh and by the way, have you ever wondered what happened to all those old Action Men toys? Well I've got a sneaky feeling that they were all melted down to make the sleeving for these cables! (He, He...)
I am currently using these fine cables between the Audiolab Pre Amplifier and the STAX Headphone Amplifier. These are one of the best pair's cables in my system and they sound excellent. The build quality is second to none. The sleeving is a banana yellow and is slightly tacky to the touch and the phono connectors are of a very high quality.
The D102's are a hybrid cable and are unusual in that they use carbon fibres for the conductors instead of the normal copper strands.
(The following Text from the VanDenHul website)
With our ever continuing technical improvements, it is logical to replace the already since 1982 available D - 102 Series (after 24 upgrades in the meantime) by an actual HYBRID version.
Now the same Linear Structured Carbon ®
technology as used in our The SECOND ® is applied in this product.
The D - 102 III HYBRID is a warm yellow-orange coloured very
flexible balanced interconnect with a 3 layer shielding.
The 2 centre conductors are made of 40 dense and very pure silver coated strands made of a very high grade Matched Crystal (MC) OFC. Over each centre conductor an extra Linear Structured Carbon ® (LSC) saturated layer is applied.
This extra layer of LSC highly improves the
quality of the signal transmission by performing electrical
bridging on micro-scale and by converting the external magnetic
field close to the conductors into an electrical signal again.
The resistance of each centre conductor is 5.5 Ohm/100 meter.
The capacitance between the 2 internal conductors is a very low 37 pF/meter; so in balanced operation, even in rather high impedance circuitry, the overall losses and/or phase-shift remain very low.
In unbalanced operation, the two internal conductors can be taken together with the shield acting as the signal return.
The insulation of the two centre conductors is made of polyethylene foam; one in white, the other in brown.
Surrounding the centre conductors, special
treated artificial filler fibres provide a perfect protection
against losses caused by increased humidity over a longer period.
The triple shielding consists of 2 helical layers with a total of
180 dense and very pure silver coated strands made of a very high
grade of Matched Crystal (MC) OFC with an extra layer of LSC
saturated tape in between.
The warm yellow-orange coloured jacket is made
of our HULLIFLEX ®
4.
The external diameter of the D - 102 III HYBRID is 7.25 mm.; a
size which perfectly matches our C - 7.3 RCA type connectors.
The D - 102 III HYBRID is furthermore available stereo pair box
packed with RCA (unbalanced) or XLR (balanced) connectors in 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5 and
2.0 m. lengths.
D - 102 III HYBRID |
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| Cable Type: | Triple screened twin core (Balanced) |
| Conductor Material: | HYBRID: High purity dense Silver coated high purity Matched Crystal OFC + Linear Structured Carbon ® saturated layer(s) |
| Design Purpose / Application Area(s): | Balanced and unbalanced audio interconnect |
| Eff. Conductor Ø / Eq. AWG No. / Strands: | Cores: 0.31 mm² / Cores: ~AWG 22 / Cores: 40; Screen: 180 |
| External Diameter / -Dimensions: | 7.25 mm. |
| Resistance (20 °C / 68 °F): | Cores: 5.5 Ohm/100 m.; Screen: 0.62 Ohm/100 m. |
| Capacitance: | Core-core: 37 pF/m. |
| Characteristic Impedance: | 110 Ohm (in balanced configuration); Allows AES-EBU standard digital audio transmission |
| Insulation / Dielectric Strength / Test Voltage: | Cores: PE foam; Jacket: HULLIFLEX ® 4 / 300 Vrms min. |
| Connector Types Suitable: | Our RCA type C - 7.3 or Neutrik XLR; Custom mountable on ordered lengths. |
| Standard Sales Units / -Lengths: | 100 m. reels; Stereo pair packed with RCA (unbalanced) or XLR (balanced) connectors in 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5 and 2.0 m. lengths; Other lengths: please consult us. |
| Jacket Colour(s) Available: | Yellow-orange |
Thanks to VanDenHul for the technical data shown above.
I am currently using these cables between the Rotel DAC and the Audiolab Pre Amplifier. The sound from these cables is astounding and very believable to say the least.
When I first connected these up to my system, I just sat there with a silly grin while the reality of the sound sunk in. The soundstage really opened up between the speakers to a full stage with each instrument and vocalist being pin sharp and exactly positioned!
The build quality is like no other cable that I have in system. It has been designed in a twisted pair configuration and the conductors are comprised of 19 strands of are 6N Copper, which means that they are 99.9999% pure copper. Each strand of copper is individually coated with laboratory grade silver.
The plugs are a collet clamp type and also coated with laboratory grade Silver for an exemplary finish and excellent conductivity.
Both the internal and external insulation is made from Extruded Teflon, and is very hard wearing.
The price for this cable is certainly not cheap, but the old adage 'You get what you pay for' is especially true, in this case you get a very sturdily built cable and a sound to match. Although the price is about what most people would pay for CD player but as I say, the sound is astonishing and very, very believable.
Specifications - Chord Chorus |
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Colour |
Red and Black |
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Conductors |
Signal:
19 Strands Silver plated oxygen free copper. |
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Insulation |
Internal:
Extruded Teflon |
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Shield |
Silver plated oxygen free copper braid, connected at one end only. |
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Construction |
Twisted pair design; one red, one black. |
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Termination |
RCA/Phono
plugs, Silver plated signal contacts and Teflon
insulation. |
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Lengths |
1 Metre and 0.5 Metre from stock or other lengths to order. |
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Order Codes & Prices |
Mono Pairs |
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CSPP2 |
1 metre RCA to RCA |
RRP £199.00 |
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CSPP2M |
.5 metre RCA to RCA |
RRP £154.00 |
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CSXLR |
1 metre XLR to XLR |
RRP £215.00 |
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CSXLRM |
.5 metre XLR to XLR |
RRP £169.00 |
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CSMC |
Extra cable per stereo metre |
RRP £80.00 |
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E-Mail | © Chord Company 1998
I have many pairs of these relatively inexpensive cables. I am currently using a pair of these between the STAX Headphone Amp and SONY Minidisc JA30ES.
These cables are very plain and unadorning and are not much of a step up from the free get-you-started-cables that are normally supplied with new equipment.
Other than "They do the job" I can't really say much about these. For information purposes only, they were manufactured in the United States. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
STRAIGHTWIRE Digital Interconnect.
I am using this cable between the Rotel Transport and the Rotel DAC.
As digital signals have very precise specifications for transmission, this cable is 75ohm to match the input and output circuits of the DAC and Transport respectively.
The Straightwire Digital Interconnect is of a reasonable build and quality for its price.
Again, I don't really know much else about this one other than it's manufactured in the United States. Any information on these would be appreciated.
QED Silver 12 Bi-Wire Speaker cables.
I have 2 x 5 metre lengths of this cable currently in use and am very impressed with its performance.
The cable itself is a flat ribbon cable about one and a half inches wide with twelve individual strands of wire that are insulated from each other.
It was a little bit on the expensive side, but it's well worth paying out that little bit extra cash to get the performance gains over a normal cable.
Mick Evans 1999-2001
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