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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£7.50Ex. VATDesigned for systems that employ Atlas OFC conductors, the Atlas OFC spade avoids the use of metals of differing characteristics to the conductors and provides a barrier-free flow to the signal. -
From£758.33Ex. VATThe latest generation Hyper dd XLR interconnect offers a sophisticated, evenly balanced sound which draws you into the musical performance.
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Atlas Cables
Atlas Asimi Grun Ultra LUXE 2 RCA to 2 RCA Audio Cable PairSKU: Asimi Grun Ultra LUXE Audio
From£3,575.00Ex. VATThe best RCA interconnect cable Atlas know how to make. The Asimi is the only interconnect cable included in HiFi News magazine’s recent annual collection of best-reviewed equipment where they described it as ‘a true flagship cable.’. The new generation Asimi now features the Grun Coherent Earthing System.
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Atlas Ascent Symmetrical 2 XLR to 2 XLR Audio Cable 1m - Special OfferSKU: Atlas Ascent Balanced Audio-1m
£629.99 £787.50Ex. VAT ✓ Save £157.51A symmetrical wide-band, dynamic interconnect, designed to be an high performance choice for balanced system configurations. Ascent XLR offers superb performance with true ‘high-end’ levels of transparency. -
From£246.67Ex. VATThe Atlas Ascent BNC 75 Ohm SP-DIF digital cable offers a considerable insight into the state-of-the-art performance of Atlas' ‘high-end ’Mavros interconnect at a very reasonable price. The newest member of the Atlas family, Ascent was designed to be technically and sonically superior to other interconnect cables currently available at similar prices. -
From£447.92Ex. VATA key part of Atlas' multi-award winning Mavros family, the Mavros AES-EBU is a high-performance 110Ohm cable using silver-plated copper conductors. Typical usage is in ‘high-end’ digital balanced systems as employed by DCS, Meridian and many professional recording studios -
From£1,273.50Inc. VATAtlas' most advanced copper speaker cable, available as a conventional stereo pair, 2–4 configuration or 4–4 version suitable for biwiring. Now featuring Atlas' Grun Coherent Earthing System!
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From£5,441.25Inc. VATAtlas' ‘ultimate’ speaker cable. Performance without compromise. A reference class pure silver speaker cable engineered for the world’s finest audio systems.
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£50.83Ex. VATThe Atlas XLR plug is an exclusive Atlas design originated for its improved sonic ability. -
£39.58Ex. VATThe Atlas XLR plug is an exclusive Atlas design originated for its improved sonic ability. -
£56.25Ex. VATThe Atlas XLR plug is an exclusive Atlas design originated for its improved sonic ability. -
£67.50Ex. VATThe Atlas XLR plug is an exclusive Atlas design originated for its improved sonic ability.
