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REVIEW

tonality and presence that few cables There is a caveat however. more substantial in its presentation.
manage - mainly because they tend to Cables as open and honest as these ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ was also more
strangle the sound instead of letting can be ruthlessly revealing of any vibrant. I could hear little notes that
it breath. flaws in the replay chain. I plugged in had previously escaped me - and was
Playing The Smiths’ ‘Queen Is one amplifier and immediately heard delighted at just how much more
Dead’ again with the interconnects its lack of dynamic range and rather music seemed to flow effortlessly
in I was struck by the extra level muddy sound. through the system.
of clarity. Here the vocals took on But with good sources and Now, I know there are some
a much more forceful presence loudspeakers they shine. Taking who doubt the influence of cables
- but the bass lines and drums had the McIntosh amplifier and Martin on a hi-fi set-up - but these new
more punch, stretching way into the Logans away and replacing them with Statements from Tellurium Q will
listening room. a Creek 100A integrated amplifier really let you know what a good
More importantly the addition of and a pair of Spendor’s small A1 wiring loom can do.
the interconnects seemed to widen standmount loudspeakers (see review
the soundstage of the loudspeakers this issue) revealed just how well CONCLUSION
to create a more immersive these cables can perform with a These new top of the range Tellurium
experience. variety of components. cables set a standard that redefine
Trying Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side The Spendors have a large sound just how good a cable loom can be.
Of The Moon’ (24/96) via these for their size but the Tellurium Q There is no obvious interference,
connections it was striking how cables brought out even more depth constriction or tonal limits to the
the sound effects from ‘Money’ and definition from them. sound. They just allow a rather
ricochet from one side of the room With Massive Attack’s ‘Unfinished special, free-flowing signal to go
to another. What’s more the leading Sympathy’ the Spendors attacked between the various components in
edge of notes took on a much more harder and with more depth and the hi-fi chain. As such they are highly
clean and clear timbre. Playing Jimi breadth than on other cables. Their recommended.
Hendrix’s ‘The Wind Cries Mary’ his ability to extract the most from
guitar work was a thing of beauty. the equipment was again on TELLURIUM Q LOUDSPEAKER, INTERCONNECT
It wasn’t just powerful but had a show. AND POWER CABLES PRICES
subtlety and grace I’d rarely heard Finally I plugged in the mains
before. lead to the Creek amplifier. ‘Speaker cable £2165 per 1.5 metre length
Again the impression was that I wasn’t expecting a huge XLR balanced interconnect £4740
these cables were not throttling the difference but the change was RCA interconnect £4320
system but allowing it to perform rather stark. ‘Way Down In Power cable £4740
naturally. The Hole’ became larger and

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