Tellurium Q Blue analogue interconnects

Looking for some really good analogue interconnects? Then these from Tellurium Q could be the perfect answer.

 We've been mightily impressed by the Tellurium Q range of speaker cables, and now we think we are going to be just as impressed with the analogue interconnect range.

 Contact us to book a demo or more infomation

 www.mundoaudiofilo.com

Musica int60

The new musica int60 integrated amplifier has arrived from Japan, and what a little looker it is, ideal for desktop audiophile systems for those with limited space the little Musica is the ideal choice, small size, accompanied to the beautiful looks and sound.

 You can connect the Musica int60 directly from you PC to the Musica USB input. All you need to do is add speakers.

JohnBlue Inception 1.5

Just arrived at Mundoaudiofilo are the new audiophile speakers from John Blue. The John Blue inception are luxury miniature monitors, ideal for desktop audio and near field listening.

 The build quality of the new John Blue inception 1.5 is simply outstanding, absolutely fist class workmanship. Of course they have the sound to match. hear the new John Blue now, we think you will be more than impressed.

DUNU DN12 Trident

Coming soon to Mundoaudiofilo is a new range of earphones from DUNU.

DUNU earphones have one goal, the make the best sounding earphones at their price point. The Dunu DN12 reaches that goal.

 The DUNU DN12 not only sounds excellent but you will also note how well it has been built, the build quality of DUNU earphones is exceptional, we are sure the mixture of top sound, great build and attractive pricing will make the DUNU DN12 a top seller.

 Contact Mundoaudfilo to discover DUNU, the new kid on the block for in ear phones.

http://mundoaudiofilo.com/shop/manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=25

Musica HPA30

Headphone listening is very popular these days, and to meet this demand, Musica from Japan have the ideal solution. The HPA30 can used used either from the USB port from you PC or Mac, all you need to do is connect it to your PC, how easy could it be. Then you will be able to listen to all the music files found on your PC. You also also use another source such as a CD player using the analogue inputs.

Musica RAICHO

The Musica raicho is visually stunning stereo integrated amplifier. Hand made in Japan the Musica offers 50 watts per channel, also on board you will find a 16BIT DAC and a high quality MC phono stage.

Kudos Titan T88

Designed without compromise to be the clearest, most coherent and musically engaging loudspeaker we have ever created, the Titan T88 is the flagship of the Kudos range.  The Titan T88 is the embodiment of all of the Kudos design ideals combined into one package to produce the ultimate musical performance.  Over twenty years of our own loudspeaker design experience is incorporated into this product along with the finest quality components – regardless of cost.
The complex cabinets are made from high density MDF varying in thickness from 25mm to 50mm.  Internal bracing and specific damping is used to optimise cabinet resonance and a tri-laminate front baffle houses the drive units.  The upper cabinet, which contains the tweeter and midrange / bass unit, is port loaded into an optimal boundary gap created by precision machined spacers that separate the upper and lower cabinets.
The lower cabinet houses the two bass drivers in an isobaric arrangement placed back to back with the rear driver out of phase.  Exhaustive testing has proven this arrangement to virtually eliminate non linear 3rd order harmonics and produce a significantly improved bass response over other isobaric designs.  This bass section also ports into the optimal boundary gap: having the ports from both sections close together and operating in a shared and controlled space minimises phase discrepancies to produce a harmonious port response.
The lower cabinet is securely attached to the tri-laminate plinth via spacers to control cabinet to plinth energy transfer.  The plinth itself provides the best possible grounding interface with very high density MDF being combined with a damping compound and a 5mm steel plate, into which precision milled spikes are fitted, manufactured for Kudos by Track Audio.
The drive units are some of the best in the world and are produced for us by SEAS in Norway – a company with almost 60 years of expertise in this field.  The tweeter is developed exclusively for Kudos from the famous Crescendo unit.  The main midrange / bass driver and the twin bass drivers are specific to the Titan T88 and combine with the tweeter to produce seamless integration and response over the frequency range.

The best way to ensure the listener can connect with the musical message is to keep the crossover design as simple as possible.  This can only be achieved with excellent drive unit integration thus allowing the crossover design to be of a minimal, low order construction to reduce “ringing” and other unwanted artefacts.  The crossover components are from Clarity Caps and Mundorf and are hand matched to ensure tolerances are reduced to nominal levels. 
The crossover itself is a low order, two and a half way design where the bass section in the lower cabinet is rolled off early in the frequency range, the mid/bass driver and tweeter are then operated as a two way design.  A slow roll off of all the drivers ensures optimal coherence though the crossover regions. 
Chord Company internal wiring has been carefully chosen for its high quality, musicality and resistance to the effects of vibration.  Chord Company cables also link the two cabinets, which are fitted with Furutech pure copper Torque Guard binding posts to ensure a superb connection.
The Titan T88 redefines what Kudos can achieve with the hi-fi attributes of musical reproduction and combines these with an innate understanding of the music itself.  The ability of the loudspeaker to allow you to enjoy your music collection is the attribute we value above all others and with the Titan T88 we have reached our ultimate expression of this to date.

Type:	2.5 way Isobaric Bass Reflex
Recommended Amplifier Power:	25W – 300W
Sensitivity:	91dB / @1W / 1m
Nominal  Impedance:	8 ohms
Frequency range:	20 Hz – 30kHz “AIRR” (Average In Room Response)
Tweeter:	SEAS – Kudos Crescendo K2 29mm fabric dome
Mid bass driver:	SEAS – Kudos 220mm Nextel coated paper cone with 39mm voice coil
Bass driver:	SEAS – Kudos 220mm double coated hard paper cone with 39mm voice coil (x 2)
Dimensions:	1115mm x 275mm x 370mm (hwd)
Weight:	66kg
Finishes:	Tineo veneer (High Gloss paint finishes available to special order)

Elitexpo 2012 Madrid, Spain

Friends, we would like to invent you to this celebration of high end audio in Spain, prepare yourself for the best High End show in the world, yes, that's right even better than Munich!

 We will be there along with Audiohum. We will be showing some really good new products from Oyaide, Acoustic Revive, Musica, Kudos Audio, Sonneteer, Astin Trew, KingRex, John Blue, Tellurium Q, Revolver, You'll be mad to miss it.


www.elitexpo.es

Kudos Audio Titan T88 en hifilive.es

Kudos Audio, el fabricante británico que en poco tiempo ha adquirido una reputación de excelencia en el diseño y calidad sonora de su cajas, presenta Titan T88 el tope de gama de su catálogo de altavoces.

Diseñado sin compromiso para  ser el altavoz más transparente, coherente y musical el que hemos creado, el Titan T88 es el buque insignia de la gama Kudos.   Todos los principios de diseño de Kudos están combinados en este modelo altavoz  para producir la mejor experiencia musical.

  Sin pensar en los costes, este modelo condensa más de veinte años de experiencia en el diseño de nuestros propios altavoces, junto con los componentes de la mejor calidad.

El Titan T88 redefine lo que Kudos puede lograr con el sonido hi-fi en la reproducción sonora y  lo combina con objeto de ofrecer una compresión inmediata del mensaje musical.  La habilidad de una altavoz para permitir disfrutar de su colección de música es la cualidad que Kudos valora sobre cualquier otra y con el Titan T88 hemos conseguido  nuestra ultima expresión  en musicalidad hasta la fecha .

www.hifilive.es

Oyaide HPC-62HD

Oyaide HPC-62HD Headphone cable for Sennheiser headphones are finally here at mundoaudiofilo.

The convertible headphones are HD650 , HD600, HD580 and HD25-1 II. “HPC-35HD/62HD” has not only excellent sound quality and usability but also great cost/performance ratio. You will experience the pleasure of changing headphones and find the whole new attraction of your loving headphones.

 save yours now!

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Acoustic Revive LAN-1.0PA

Acoustic Revive LAN-1.0PA  Audio LAN Cable (PCOCC-A solid-core LAN Cable)

 Cables such as these from Acoustic revive are for sure will get the chins wagging, featuring the usual acoustic revive PCOCC-A solid core copper

Tellurium Q Graphite RCA Phono Interconnect

The new matching Tellurium Q Graphite interconnects are here, designed to match the superb Graphite speaker cables the new range of High End cables are now complete.

KingRex UD384 & Upower - Technical details

As promised we finally can tell you a little bit more of the details about these hot new kingRex products, be quick as demand for these is high!

UD384 (32bits/384Khz USB DAC )

Input: USB x 1

Analog output: RCA x 2 (Rx1 Lx1)

Digital output :SPDIF x 1        

Sampling rate support :44.1Khz, 48Khz, 88.2Khz, 96Khz, 176.4Khz, 192Khz, & 384Khz

Supported bit rate: 16 / 24 /32bit

USB:2.0 high speed

Adaptive Clock Generator for Audio Streaming Synchronization
Asynchronous mode changeable through DFU Tool

Power requirement: 7.5V/250mA

Size: 110x82x24mm

U Power

Pure DC output battery power supply unit

      I.       Two output :

A.    2.5mm DC jacket: 7.5V DC output

B.     USB A :5V DC output(through linear regulator)

II.       Major component: High quality Sanyo Li-ion battery.

III.  Power volume: 2600mA/hr. Included special design for isolated protect circuitry for two Li-ion batteries.

IV.  Using fully high quality aluminum for styling & cooling.

V.    Low battery indicator design for charging reminding.

VI.  CHG/DC OUT switch. Fully isolated the charging and discharging. It will free the AC noise from the charger.

VII.   Parallel charging- each battery cell could charge to its maximum by the design.

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Musica Int-60, Pre-60, Pow-60

Hot of the press are the new models from Musica, hand made in Japan the new 60 series are here. The range consists of three new models, a 40 watt integrated amplifier, a pre amplifier and a 50 watt power amplifier completes the range.

Pre-60

● Bass Compensation circuit for small speakers Low frequency (below 100Hz) can be enhanced up to 10dB.

● Tube based buffer circuit Tube buffer circuit (can look through a window on the top panel) to make a digital sound smoother and warmer.

● Various input terminals A Apart from 3 x Line inputs, MC phono input and USB input are equipped with.

● Fully Nonferrous cabinet. To avoid influences by magnetism, the chassis is made fully from non-iron materials: Front panel : Solid aluminum plate. Case : Aluminum plate.

● Half size 217(W) x 213(D) x 57H) mm compact size. Two units make a standard rack size(435mm)

● Switching power supply is not used. This amplifier is based on a pure analog circuit without a switching power supply, while many of compact sizeamplifiers on market are based on a switching power supply.

● Pure made in Japan All Musica products are produced in Japan with Japanese materials.

● Main Specifications Model : pre60 Article name : Preamplifier Frequency response: 1 ～ 100KHｚ (-3.0dB) Extra Feature: Bass conpensator Power supply: AC 120V or 230V, 10W Inputs: 3 x RCA Line inputs 1 x MC Phono input. 1 x USB input for P/C audio. Dimensions : W217mm × H57mm × D213mm

Musica 60-series

Power amplifier: pow60 ● Drives speakers at a low impedance Recent low-impedance and low-efficiency speakers require an amplifier with high driving power and high-speed.

A compact pow60 make an enough power(50W/channel) to drive such speakers easily. ● Equipped with Tube based buffer. Tube buffer circuit (can look through a window on the top panel) to make a digital sound smoother and warmer.

● Fully Nonferrous cabinet. To avoid influences by magnetism, the chassis is made fully from non-iron materials: Front panel : Solid aluminum plate. Case : Aluminum plate.

● Half size 217(W) x 213(D) x 57H) mm compact size. Two units make a standard rack size(435mm)

● Digital amplification and Switching power supply is not used. This amplifier is based on a pure analog circuit without digital amplification and switching power supply, while many of compact size amplifiers on market are based on digital amplification.

For pow60, we used pure analog amplification circuit which is advantageous in noise and superior in creating dynamic Bass sound.

● Pure made in Japan All Musica products are produced in Japan with Japanese materials.

● Main specifications Model : pow60 Article name : Stereo power amplifier Frequency response: 1 ～ 100KHｚ (-3.0dB) Power supply: AC120 or 230V, 50W Input : 1 x RCA line input. Output power : 50W / channel Dimensions : W217mm × H57mm × D213mm

Musica 60-series

Integrated Amplifier: int60

● Drives speakers at a low impedance Recent low-impedance and low-efficiency speakers require an amplifier with high driving power and high-speed. A compact pow60 make an enough power(50W/channel) to drive such speakers easily.

●Bass Compensation circuit for small speakers Low frequency (below 100Hz) can be enhanced up to 10dB.

● Tube based buffer circuit Tube buffer circuit (can look through a window on the top panel) to make a digital sound smoother and warmer.

● Fully Nonferrous cabinet. To avoid influences by magnetism, the chassis is made fully from non-iron materials:

Front panel : Solid aluminum plate. Case : Aluminum plate.

● Half size 217(W) x 213(D) x 57H) mm compact size. Two units make a standard rack size(435mm)

● Various input terminals A Apart from 2 x Line inputs, USB input is equipped with.

● Digital amplification and Switching power supply is not used.

This amplifier is based on a pure analog circuit without digital amplification and switching power supply, while many of compact size amplifiers on market are based on digital amplification.

For pow60, we used pure analog amplification circuit which is advantageous in noise and superior in creating dynamic Bass sound.

● Pure made in Japan All Musica products are produced in Japan with Japanese materials.

● Main Specifications Model : int60

Article name : Integrated Amplifier Frequency response: 1 ～ 100KHｚ (-3.0dB) Power supply: AC120 or 230V, 50W Inputs: 2 x RCA Line inputs 1 x USB input for P/C audio. Output Power : 40W/channel Dimensions : W217mm × H57mm × D213mm

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The OYAIDE story

Oyaide’s History In 1952 Oyaide Elec. Co., Ltd. began business as a small store in the Akihabara area of Tokyo, specializing in the sale of electrical wires. Though we sold mainly magnet wires in the beginning, as our business grew, we expanded our offerings to include a wide variety of electrical cables, including industrial electrical wires, electrical wires for electrical equipment, and coaxial cables. Oyaide began dealing in audio cables about 30 years ago. From that time, the importance of high quality cables for audio systems began gradually to be recognized, and as a consequence, the number of customers requesting them increased as well. The founder, Kazuji Oyaide, who always listened and responded to the customers’ need, developed our first power distribution box “OCB-1” designed exclusively for audio use and brought it to market. He then developed our first speaker cable, the “OR-800” , which incorporates OFC litz in a “Star-Quad” Structure. Though these items were sold only at our store in Akihabara, they quickly developed a wide following among audiophiles throughout Japan. Since Satoru Murayama took office as president in 2000, Oyaide began the development of cables and accessory parts for audio in earnest. Over time Mr. Murayama demonstrated exceptional ability as a designer of speciality electrical cables. After becoming president, he led Oyaide in the development of a new and far-reaching business model. He deftly arranged crucial and strategic partnerships with manufactures and subcontractors who each excel in their own area of expertise, thus ensuring that all Oyaide’s products are manufactured to the highest standard possible. In development, each new Oyaide product is carefully scrutinized from a variety of technical viewpoints, making sure that its performance is based on sound technical theory. Philosophy All Oyaide products are made with the materials that are processed exclusively in Japan. This insures the highest standard of reliability, quality, and value and that the latest and most sophisticated technological processes are employed. The fundamental idea behind Oyaide’s product development is "Engineering with spirit". This means that we seek to deliver a new standard of products to the world – products that are created with state-of-the-art technology and that deliver breakthrough performance while maintaining the traditional values of old-world craftsmanship. Our customers demand the very best, and our goal is to satisfy that requirement. Oyaide seeks to provide unique and original designs and is not satisfied with the status-quo. We constantly anticipate the next format and the newest development. By means of comprehensive and ongoing market research we seek to develop products that are always ahead of the curve. "The Japanese State of the Art" this sums up the real value found in all Oyaide products. Achieving this “State of the art” involves two factors, putting our customer’s needs first and dedicating our whole being to the pursuit of excellence. Bringing you closer to the source… We invite you to experience the emotion and the enjoyment that Oyaide products can provide.

John Blue Inception 1.5

New from John Blue are these rather cute new desktop audio speakers.

The Inception 1.5 easy to drive for any amplifier,1.5 will be desk sound system. Use 28 mm coated soft dome tweeter and 138 mm mid/bass driver. use of highly rigid die-cast aluminium driver baskets in all Inception models. The very solid front baffle and the rigid and additionally braced cabinet reduce unwanted resonances. Design 2st order crossover,crossover used Solen MKP Capacitance by made in Fance.box designed bass reflex baffle system, put on real-natural veneers and high quality Painting. Specification Efficiency : 88 Impedance : 6 Max power : 30W Dimensions H x W x D : H275mm x W170mm x D260

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Tellurium Q Graphite

The Tellurium Q graphite is the latest speaker cable from Tellurium Q and it promises to take your Hi-Fi where no Hi-Fi has been before, to boldly go to new audio heights where all your sonic fantasies come true. If you've already been lucky enough the hear the rest of the Tellurium Q cables you soon realise that something quite special is coming from your loudspeakers, here at eden audio we've never known a range of cables that have won so many awards in such a short period of time which has managed to get a lot of tongues wagging at just how good these cables are.

Now that the Graphite is here Tellurium Q have a range of cables that will let you know what your HiFi system is really capable of, and that means we can even more enjoyment from our music collection which is what it is all really about, listening and enjoying more our music collection and with the Graphite in place you will never want to turn your music off, it's that addictive.

Click here to purchase Tellurium Q cables

Revolver Music 1 reviewed in the HiFi Journal

The superb little Revolver Music 1 has recently been nicely reviewed in the hifi journal, here below are a few extracts.


Regardless of the type of music or the quality of the recording, the Music Series 1 was extremely enjoyable to listen to.

the scale of the performance and image it is able to produce is fantabulous for the money and size of speaker.

This inherent ‘rightness’ of the speaker means you tend to forget about any weaknesses in the performance and simply enjoy the music, which is what it is all about.

Vocals are rich and expressive, instruments full bodied and realistic.

The bass is rhythmical, tightly controlled and punchy, the midrange is beautifully lucid and open, and high frequencies are smooth and delicate with no hint of sharpness



In the Music Series 1, Revolver has managed to produce a beautifully balanced speaker that will suit a wide musical repertoire. It manages to combine a good degree of accuracy with excellent musical insight, timing and rhythm. I feel that these qualities far outweigh the compromises. It is a speaker I could quite happily live with and enjoy listening to every day.

http://thehifijournal.com/reviews/92/Revolver-Music-Series-1

Musica Pow30 Monos

The latest addition to the Musica 30series range are these rather neat looking little mono block power amplifier. In typical Musica fashion these may be small in size but big in sound.

Offering 30watts per mono these amplifiers are the perfect match for the Musica att30 passive pre amplifier.

Oyaide BR-ONE

Some more temptations are coming our way from Japan once again, to complement the Oyaide MJ-12 record mat & the STB-MS record clamp, this time Oyaide present a new rubber based anti vibration that you can place underneath your MJ-12 or you can just use it on its own.

Estamos probando los Tellurium Q

Top online Spanish audio site HiFi Live is about the publish their thoughts on the stunning Tellurium Q range of cables, watch this space for the full review.

http://www.hifilive.es/2011/08/15/estamos-probando-los-tellurium-q/

Oyaide USB

Oyaide present their new USB cable, due Sept, so watch this space for more news.

PacoHUM reviews the Tellurium Q Ultra black speaker cables

With the full range of Tellurium Q cables here, I wanted to try them all... the problem was deciding where to start but actually  things really pretty clear after seeing and hearing the impressive results of Tellurium Q Black, that Geoff Merrigan from Tellurium Q had sent us, I was very keen to put my hands on the Ultra Black.

After turning on the system and let it run for 1 hour, then it was time to sit and listen. Still with reference loudspeaker cable on the system, American-made and cost around 300 euros per meter (slightly more expensive than the Ultra Black), and the best cable at that price level that had been here so far.

We heard several pieces from different genres of music to try:

Isao Suzuki Quartet, Blow Up - Aqua Marine

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio Misty - Misty

Patricia Barber, Companion - The Beat Goes On

Johnny Cash American Recording - Bird on a Wire
We proceed to a rapidly changing cable and put in place to test Tellurium Q Ultra Black.
Normally, when we speak of a cable one tends to look for differences in timbre nuances, more or less level of information, location of instruments, acoustic levels. In all these respects the Tellurium Q Ultra Black is fantastic and clearly above the reference lead.

At the beginning of  Aqua Marine’s metals we can distinguish how they move through the virtual scene with a clarity and a level of reality that is now truly incredible, while we can clearly distinguish the sound of the different metal sounds. The bass played with a bow by Isao Suzuki on this piece has a lot of amazing detail: we can hear when the bow rests on the strings, the movement of fingers across the neck etc...

The timbre of Ultra Black is extremely natural, the level of detail and the amount of information that comes through now is fabulous, but Lord, what is really amazing is how the Ultra Black allows the system to play the attack of the notes and their decay. That is something that simply had never been heard in this way before. On the theme Misty, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's piano is experienced like never before. The notes are now well defined, we can clearly see with a surgical precision, reality and total accuracy how the hammers hit  the strings, the sharp attach of the notes and their decay, the actions on the piano’s pedals, and something even more amazing: the silence between notes! The feeling is that Mr. Yamamoto plays piano in a more decided way and that the music flows more naturally ... all with an absolute natural timbre, a superb soundstage and tons of detail.

Patricia Barber's voice and the sound of Johnny Cash are very good ... the bass line has a depth and definition that should be taught in cable making schools, if any existed. Patricia Barber’s voice has a full and soft sound, while Cash's voice is presented in its "weight" and solemnity, and we appreciate with clarity the soft sound of Johnny’s lips as they prepare for the next word that he will sing,  great!

Speaker cables may be better, but so far I have not heard them.
* Mr. Colin James Wonfor, the designer of Tellurium Q cables, tells me that there will a new reference soon... I can't wait to see if the Ultra Black can been surpassed!

Tellurium Q Black interconnects get tested in Hifi world

Sometimes you just can't get enough of a good thing or so it seems when it comes to HiFi world and Tellurium Q cables, HiFi world loved the speaker cables, in fact they just couldn't get enough and wanted to hear the Tellurium Black range of interconnects, can you guess what?... that's right, they loved them too!! So what are you waiting for, order yours now.

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Sonneteer Alabaster story

Haider was making an amplifier for his university project... I was working on a satellite receiver project for my placement company. Although we were both really into music I remember I was far more into Hi Fi then him, and my friends were into it too and so were my colleagues and so on... you get the picture.

Anyway, I remember back then Haider often came to my place with his black box project of an amplifier with a bag of bits and try things out. It usually happens after him blowing it up at his place so let's just say he was changing and updating components quite often! Back then, we used any bits available so long as the values were fulfilled and he started to notice those changes of component often changed the way the amplifier sounded! So quite often he comes over to my place and say, "tell me I'm not losing it, but if I do this the thing sounds different!!!". Quite often I agreed and it wasn't long until the sound we got out of that ugly black box with a hand written "h" on it was out performing my own system.

After the degree was over, Haider decided to take a holiday in the USA to cool his heels and left his pride and joy of an amp in his room. I really don't know what got over me but one day I decided to go to his place, rang the door bell and told his mum I needed to "borrow" something from Haider's room... and I ran off with the little amplifier.

I took it to my place and gave it a good listening to and found it wiped the floor with my system... I then took it to a friend's house who had a far superior Hi Fi system than mine, and that little amp did the same to his system... he looked at me and said nothing, but that look was enough for me.

Last thing I remember was I rushed back to Haiders room and put the amp back exactly where it was as if it never left... a few days later Haider came back and I went there and said: "Let's start a business making amplifiers..." 

 

 How lucky we are the hear these wonderful amplifiers!!

Oyaide INS-US

Oyaide have another new superb product to tempt us with, the INS-US. These are hot of the press so we are awaiting further news.

www.mundoaudiofilo.com

More Oyaide fakes/ mas Oyaide falsos en España.

Oh dear, some folks just have zero scrupulous, they are quite happy to sell your there counterfeit junk using the name of quality to disguise  fakes.

 FAKE OYAIDE!!!!

Acoustic Revive RHB-20

I'm sure you've all heard of Acoustic Revive and the amazing effect their range of accessories and cables will make to your hifi system, well if not let me explain, the idea of the Acoustic Revive line of products is to make your HiFi sound as natural as possible, by this I mean to make it seem that your not listening to an electronic device but your just left with beautiful music to listen to, that's the idea behind Acoustic Revive.

 The latest creation from Acoustic revive is a new more budget orientated isolation platform called the RHB-20.This new platform is made from rare hickory wood. I'm looking forward to giving this a try and I hope it is effective as the other quartz isolation platforms from Acoustic Revive.

www.mundoaudiofilo.com

Tellurium Q

Up to just a few weeks ago I'd never heard of tellurium q, not really being up to date with British mags the name had passed me by and the scene here due to the stronger distributors tending to carry American brands you tend to read about US products much more than you do about UK ones, so this new name in the cable world escaped me.

'Oh no' you may well be saying not another cable company putting their own spin on their wonderful new idea of why their cable stands out more than the others and is the best yet, yawn you may well think, I've read it all before, a cable is just a cable.

I must also point out that I'm not a great lover of reviews simply because I think you need to have a product for a good fews months to really see and understand what it is doing, have some thing for a few days or weeks really only gives a partial side, which can be wrong, why do I think this? simply through experience, for example trying the John Blue JB4 MKII, only first play I thought my god what are these, these are horrid and if I had written a quick fire review I would have got it all so wrong because now some 4 to 5 months down the line the sound has changed completely and now I love them, they image like no other, they may lack air and bass, but the resolution in the midrange is so pure and clean many other speakers sound murky in the all important mid range, hence why I believe you need a product and to make a kind of blog of what you discover on your journey of testing.

So getting back to the tellurium q range this is what I thought I would do, I'd make it in to a kind of blog, a progress report over time instead of a quick fire, hey man these are the best cables I've ever heard!

As I said it's new name to me and I was offered the opportunity to test and try the cables of which I am grateful to Colin and Geoff for allowing me the pleasure to see what all the fuss is about as by now I have read up on them and they a creating a bit of storm both on forums and in the specialist Hifi press, so hang on folks this many be a bumpy ride but lets get stuck in.

I noticed on the tellurium q website they don't go for fancy packaging so I had in mind when Geoff contact me the cables would turn up in a jiffy bag, how wrong could I be, in face the turned up in a very adequate box, perfect for the job, who really need a velvet luxury box and cables with fancy bits of wood stuck on them? The boxes do the job and they look more than good enough.

So what was eden audio sent, I was sent two cables, the Blue and the Black, the Blue being the entry level model at £16 I believe, this is sold without termination while Green comes factory terminated, I don't know if this will always remain the case but at the moment that's how it is.

If you don't know by now here is the system I would do the testing on:

Firstly my little demo room is kitted out with Acoustic revive RWL-3 acoustic panel diffusers, a dedicated mains line, power block is an Oyaide MTS6e, a CSE RK100 mains regenerater is used on the Astin Trew At3500 CD player which sits on an Acoustic Revive RAF-48 air isolation platform, the Astin Trew is also fed by is an Acoustic revive power cables and an Acoustic Revive RAS-14 mains stabilizer. Pre amp is a Kingrex preference feed by an Acoustic revive power cord, mono blocks are Huygens MHz power amplifiers feed by Oyaide Black mamba power cords, the speakers are the Kudos C30 sitting on Acoustic Revive RST-38 quartz filled isolation platforms, current speakers cables are the Acoustic revive SPC reference and interconnects are Oyaide AZ-910 which are pure silver, that gives you an idea of what system I would do the testing.

Looking at the cables, they are easy to use, by this I mean they are not stiff, unyielding and difficult to use, I hate cables that pull on your gear, why? I like the flexibility the Tellerium cables provide, they are thin and bend in to place easily. The Tellerium black also come with some very nice & well fitting bananas and heatshrinks with the name Tellerium printed on them in Gold.

First impressions are positive, Geoff told me to run them in which I have been doing over the past week, but now I need to send them off to a friend and I'll continue with this once I get them back, but first impressions are proving to be very positive, by replacing the Acoustic revive SPC cables which set very high standards at a very slightly higher price point than the Black, the Tellurium had a pretty hard act to follow, but follow it did, these cables offer a very similar performance quality.

I've not got the most refined tastes when it comes to music and I don't listen to the type of music one would normally associate with your average audiophile, so I've tried to use a eclectic choice of music ranging from demo CD to pop, vocal and jazz etc to get a more rounded idea of how the cables sound with each type of music.

Happily I can start of by saying you get a very refined sound for your money, I'm going to start of with the black, the black offers a lovely treble quality, many people say the Kudos C30s treble sounds harsh, no way josè, the treble is beautifully smooth and liquid in its presentation, no brightness, spitiness or ear ache here, nothing is forced upon you or will cause you to wince in anguish and cover your ears, instead you get a beautifully poised treble that is nicely detailed and very smooth, you wont or don't hear every single wart and all imperfection instead you get the music, in fact it sounds as if your not listening to an electronic device such as a Hifi system, the cables don't go out for the jugular attack and assault on your ears, instead they treat them with care and tenderness in the way they caress them with such an enjoyable and refined sound.

Moving on to the soundstage, I like a well defined sound stage where every thing is in it's correct place and infocus where the vocalist is dead bang in the centre and singing personally to you, the tellerium presents a very well defined stage, maybe a tad more forward than the Acoustic revive, a bit more presence in the vocals which makes the sound that little bit more holographic and 3D like sounding. Instruments such as harps really burst forth from the speaker cabinets, such as on Natalie Coles mona Lisa track, piano sound relaxed and unforced, it's all very smooth and musically enjoyable, there is nothing worse than HiFi that all it wants to do is impress you with it's boom and tizz and in yer face style but forgetting about other qualities such as micro dynamics, naturalness and realism. If your picking up on one strong focus point about the tellurium Black and this it is very natural in it's presentation style, matched to extreme smoothness this is a cable you can enjoy for hours and hours.

This afternoon out came to black and in went the Blue, were they to sound the same? what about expectation bias? I'm just passing on my subjective thought, no blind test or not knowing which cable is what I will admit to that, but subjectively I do indeed notice some quite clear differences, the first thing is that treble, with the Blue in place you for sure lose some of the finesse and smoothness of the Black, the Black is in a different league, it still is smooth, but more shut in, not as sweet on the ear, lacking detail of the Black, you loss some air, some of the decay and spacial clues the Black has in abundance, also quite noticeable is the bass, it doesn't have the depth or texture of the Black, the Black reaches down deeper, the Black may be a slight overkill for speakers like the Kudos C30 in a small room where the bass may cause some room issue and turn a bit heavy, but you can notice bass is held back with the blue and you lose a bit of information about what the bass player is doing and impact from the kick drum, it's not as warm or as informative in those important lower reasons, maybe I'm making the cable sound a bit lacking, but this is not the case, I just think the Black has set a really high standard, but at the end it boils down to budget, your not being short changed with the Blue far from it, but it lacks the magical qualities the Black posses, the sound stage feels a bit more compressed, less airy and holographic, however, the image is still accurate and life like with the smoothness of the Black.

Clearly the Blue is a quality cable, the problem for me is the Black, if you was never to hear the Black you'd be one happy bunny, but once you get the Black in place you appreciate why your paying the extra, which really isn't that great if you take in to account the Black comes terminated.

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Acoustic Revive picks up positive feedback online award

Once again Acoustic Revive have been recognised for their excellent audio products, this time the Acoustic Revive Quartz underboards plus their excellent range of interconnects and speaker cables have been noted for their sonic attributes, audiophiles the world over and now taking note of the superb range of products Acoustic Revive have to offer.

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Oyaide Fakes

Be careful of these unscrupulous sellers offering unsafe cables using counterfeit criminal goods purchased from the far east, this activity is illegal and ruins the name Oyaide, but what are these copy plugs and how can I spot them, below are some examples even found in Spain.

 Fakes!! Real Oyaide come in a metal canister.

 Fake Oyaide being sold in Spain.

 Real Oyaide plugs carry the Holographic sticker.


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 Ebay fakes


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Revolver Music 3

We just love the sound produced by the Revolver music range of loudspeakers because the manage to do exactly what their implies...make music, so what is the difference between the Revolver music 1 and the Revolver music 3,? good question.

 Due to the larger main driver employed by the Revolver Music 3 and the larger box size the first thing you will notice in the music 3 is the greater bass weight, this is ideal for those who have a slightly larger room size to enable there thing.

 Not only that the Revolver music 3 present a larger stereo image and portrail of the music, the mid band really is spellbinding in it realism, vocals really do sound stunning through the Revolvers.

 The Revolver music 3 matches superbly with the Sonneteer range of amplifiers such as the Sonneteer Alabaster, strawberries and cream combination when it comes to making music, you'll love it.

 Do you need more proof of just how good the Revolver music 3 sounds? Then look at this review from stereo times  Revolver music 3 review

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Acoustic Revive SPC Reference

PCOCC-A conductor  PCOCC-A is an annealed version of PCOCC (mono crystalline high purity OFC) that was designed by Dr. Atsumi Ohno, - a Professors of Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan. The annealing process is necessary for any material to be used as an audio cable. However, these materials are affected by this process, introducing unwanted impurities into the crystal grain structure. PCOCC does not have crystal grain therefore, there is no possibility of impurities being introduced during the process. PCOCC maintains its high purity even after the annealing process converts it to PCOCC-A, and the crystal structure gives the best conditions for uniform directionality. PCOCC has hard single crystal, but once annealed and converted to PCOCC-A, conductivity improves and the material itself becomes flexible making it easier to use.

PCOCC is a registered trademark of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. Section comparison of PCOCC (Top) and TPC (general copper/bottom

Domination of solid single track cable Most speaker cables on the market consist of a multi-strand wire conductor which is made by many twisted thin wires. (Also Litz type speaker cable is made up of a group of multi-strand wire conductors) Due to stranded wire conductor being flexible and easy to use, most speaker cables on the market are made with a stranded conductor, however, multi-strand and Litz type wires generate stray current called “Strand jump phenomenon”. This straying current causes incidental sound and distortion in the signal transmission and is the cause of impurities and gradation of sound. SPC-REFERENCE uses a solid single-core structure in which the straying current is not theoretically generated. This allows a signal transmission extremely faithful to the original source without the incidental impurities in sound and distortion. In addition, flexible handling is achieved, by examining and improving the cable structure closely, we also achieved excellent flexibility. Signal transmission concept of Single-core wire and Stranded wire.

Air Insulation We were able to implement air layers by installing dummy tubes, thus improving the conductivity and reduce vibration. The conductors are virtually floating with six thick and thin dummy tubes. This also creates an excellent shielding effect, a superior dielectric constant and vibration control, giving optimum conductivity and a high quality, full-bodied sound.

100% shielding with a copper foil SPC-REFERENCE is equipped with a copper foil shielding for a 100% shielding effect. Most ordinary speaker cables do not have any shielding, or they use mesh type shielding. The mesh type shielding is full of open spaces and is unable to completely eliminate noise. Furthermore, the meshed shielding itself generates stray current which reduces the sound quality. Also, shielding with aluminum foil or magnesium foil is not effective for the audio frequency range, this type of shielding pollutes the sound with the materials own characteristics. Copper foil shielding is the most effective for the audio frequency range. This creates a superior signal transmission with high S/N ratio

Tourmaline containing sheath The outer sheath of the SPC-REFERENCE contains natural tourmaline powder. Tourmaline is an ore with slight potential which generates negative ions with an  external stress such as electric current or vibration. SPC-REFERENCE can avoid electrical and transmission losses by generating negative ions itself when an electrical signal is passed through the cable

 Excellent “Cost vs Performance” ratio  
We have a clear and pure sound with a solid single-core conductor.
An open and vast sound stage is created
by the air-insulation, full-bodied 
and superior tone created by the tourmaline sheath.
The Cost to Performance ratio is simply superb.