Atlas Cables
Built to order in Kilmarnock, so a 2.7 metre run with one end changed is routine rather than a special request. Pure copper throughout, which tends to settle a bright system rather than sharpen it
About Atlas Cables
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What Atlas do differently, and why it matters that they build it themselves
Most cable brands design in one country and manufacture in another. Atlas do both in Kilmarnock, and that single fact explains a lot about how they operate. Custom lengths are ordinary rather than special orders. Termination changes are a production decision rather than a negotiation with a supplier. If a cable needs to be 2.7 metres with one end changed, that is a normal Tuesday.
Two engineering positions run through the range. The first is OCC copper, drawn as a continuous cast so the conductor has far fewer grain boundaries than standard copper. Fewer boundaries means fewer points where the signal meets a discontinuity.
The second follows from the first. OCC does not take kindly to post-processing at high temperature, so soldering was ruled out from the start. Atlas cold-weld the connector instead, joining it under pressure so the two metals bond directly, with no third metal of different conductivity sitting in the signal path. That decision also meant designing and making their own plugs, since nothing off the shelf was built for it.
Neither position is unique to Atlas, but doing both, in-house, at prices that start well below high-end territory is unusual. It is why the entry ranges hold up better than their price suggests.
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Atlas run one ladder for their signal cables, from Element at the entry point up to the Asimi silver range. The biggest single step is Hyper to Mavros, where OCC copper runs throughout. Eos and Zeno sit outside the ladder and cover mains and headphone cables. Most Atlas cables can be built to a custom length.
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NEWFrom£962.50Ex. VATThe Atlas Mavros Assist Tonearm Cable pairs OCC copper conductors and twin individually shielded channels with cold-weld Ultra L RCA plugs, keeping noise low on delicate phono signals. Choose a 90° or 180° tonearm plug, 0.5m to 3m.
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NEWFrom£2,245.83Ex. VAT
The Atlas EOS Superior 4.0em pairs 4mm² tin-plated OFC conductors with a carbon-loaded, dual-drain OFC screen to keep mains noise out of your system. UK, Schuko or Nema plug, C13 or C19, 1m to 5m.
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NEWFrom£1,870.83Ex. VAT
The Atlas Eos Superior 2.5em Mains Power Cable uses 2.5mm² tin-plated OFC conductors inside a carbon-loaded, dual-drain OFC shield to keep mains noise out, for greater dynamic range and clearer timing.
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NEWFrom£53.12Ex. VATThe Atlas Element RCA S/PDIF R1 is a 75 Ohm coaxial digital cable with a silver-plated copper conductor, PEF dielectric and cold-weld Integra RCA plugs, for linking a streamer or transport to a DAC.
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NEWFrom£286.25Ex. VATThe Atlas Hyper 3.5 R1 is a twin-core speaker cable with 3.5mm² OFC conductors and cold-welded Z-plug or spade terminations, built to add detail and openness without changing your system's character.
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NEWFrom£352.92Ex. VATThe Atlas Hyper 5.0 R1 is a twin-core speaker cable with larger 5.0mm² OFC conductors and cold-welded Z-plug or spade terminations, for more accurate, better controlled bass, especially over longer runs.
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NEWFrom£287.50Ex. VATThe Atlas Hyper R1 is a 1 RCA to 1 RCA subwoofer cable with a screened OCC copper conductor, foamed PEF dielectric and cold-weld Achromatic X plugs to keep hum and interference out.
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NEWFrom£80.00Ex. VATThe Atlas Element RCA R1 is an entry-level stereo interconnect pairing a shielded OCC copper conductor with low-mass, cold-welded Integra RCA plugs for a quiet background and a neutral, detailed sound.
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NEWFrom£50.83Ex. VATThe Atlas Element RCA Subwoofer R1 is a shielded OFC subwoofer cable with cold-welded Integra RCA plugs, designed to keep long runs to your subwoofer free of noise and interference.
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NEWFrom£136.25Ex. VATThe Atlas Element XLR R1 is a 75 Ohm balanced interconnect with OFC conductors, a well-screened construction and gold-plated XLR plugs, giving a low-noise, refined sound for balanced systems.
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NEWFrom£113.33Ex. VATThe Atlas Element RCA TT R1 is a low-noise turntable interconnect with OFC conductors, a woven OFC screen, Integra RCA plugs and a spade-tag earth cable, suited to moving magnet and moving coil cartridges.
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NEWFrom£86.46Ex. VATThe Atlas Element BNC S/PDIF R1 is a 75 Ohm coaxial digital cable with cold-weld connectors, made RCA to BNC, BNC to RCA or BNC to BNC, so no adapters are needed.
