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REVIEW

Connect With This

Titan Audio’s new Nemesis interconnect is something special, says Jon Myles.

elfast-based Titan Audio – but they are flexible enough to back my previous interconnects
have produced some be routed through tight spots and – which I’ve always admired. Suddenly
impressive products in certainly feel good quality. the sound became a little bit more
their relatively short lifes- Interconnects commonly go under closed in, with less freedom and sense
pan. I couldn’t help but the radar for many users but they of natural flow.
Bbe impressed with their are a vital link in the chain between Moving back to the Titans I found
flagship Nemesis loudspeaker cables source and amplifier – and the better there was more snap to the cymbal
(Hi-Fi World review August 2019). Yes, you make them the more impressive work on John Coltrane’s ‘Interstellar
at £3000 for a two metre pair they they sound. Space’ and a good deal more bass
are not cheap – but they displayed an with Joy Division’s ‘She’s Lost Control’.
open, fluid nature that made music SOUND QUALITY No, it’s not a night and day difference
sound natural and organic as though Swapping out my usual interconnects but it’s more than enough to make
they imparted no artificial restrictions between a CD player and amplifier you sit up and take notice.
on the sound. I found the changes were startling. Again, these interconnects - like
Now we have the accompanying It took a few minutes to realise but their partnering loudspeaker cables
Titan Nemesis interconnects there was a definite lowering of – cost at £1500 per metre. But you
– available as both RCAs and balanced the noise floor – a sense of music could spend more on a new pre-
XLRs. Their construction is similar to emerging from deep silence. amp or amplifier and get less of an
the ‘speaker cables, using High Purity Hence the guitar on Tom Petty’s improvement. For these cables are all
Silver single crystal cables sheathed in ‘American Girl’ took on a much about unleashing the true potential of
a PTFE dielectric with each series of grittier nature, devoid of any mush the equipment you already have. I’d
strands individually shielded to reduce or blur. Indeed it sounded absolutely say try them out and see what you
mains and airborne interference. In pristine – the higher registers coming think.
addition the cables are plated to aid across with total conviction.
the reduction of interference. The same went with Clarence CONCLUSION
Silver plugs and conductors have Clemons’ saxophone on Bruce Quality construction and sublime
a carbon fibre outer casing. Aluminium Springsteen’s ‘Badlands’. It was as sound combine to make one of the
and carbon anti-vibration cylinders are though a filter had been removed so Titan Nemesis interconnects amongst
also fitted to remove EMI interference. the music flowed freely without any the best available at present. Not
Admittedly, the construction impediment. cheap but worth every penny. Also
makes the interconnects rather hefty The acid test came when plugging come with a lifetime guarantee.

TITAN NEMESIS
INTERCONNECTS
£1500 PER METRE

OUTSTANDING - amongst
the best.

VERDICT
Imposes little character on
the sound, letting music flow
effortlessly.
FOR
- neutral
- beautifully constructed
- solid connectors
- sturdy
AGAINST
- not cheap

Titan Audio
+44 (0) 2890 726003
www.titanaudio.co.uk

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