General Hi-Fi Questions

All cables matter, and your system will require good quality cables for all of it's connections, however, if you were looking for the cable which will make the biggest difference, then we would recommend looking at the power cables from your wall socket, to your distribution block and/or amplifier. More often than not, we hear from customers, manufacturers, and our own tests that higher quality power cables can have a significant impact of the quality of your system.

Short answer, yes! There are a wide variety of cables available across different connections and quality levels, all of which can offer a benefit to different systems. This does not, however, imply that every cable will offer an improvement on every system. Finding the right cable requires looking at the components in your system, their sound signature, your room acoustics, the type of music you listen to, and matching this to a cable's materials and geometry. This process can be difficult, which is why we offer free expert advice paired with a 60 days cable money back guarantee. 

Diminishing returns are often used to explain the decrease in percentage performance gain of upgrades for Hi-fi systems. The difficulty with this is that the diminishing point changes depending on the system in question. A system worth less than £1000 will have a much lower diminishing returns point than a system worth £100,000. There is also an aspect of worth to the listener that can affect the point of diminishing returns, as one listener may hear more benefit from a component upgrade than another. All in all, this is a personal subjective measurement based upon your own system and circumstances.

There are lots of components and tweaks that can offer a lift in performance, however, our current favourite is the UK 13A mains fuse from your wall socket to your distribution block or amplifier. This is an often overlooked component in most systems but the improvements far outweigh it's size and cost.

A well known saying in the industry is that your system is only as good as your source. There are of course debates around this, however, the more detailed your source material, the more likely you are to hear the most out of your Hi-Fi system. So there is no harm in having a higher quality streamer, or in some cases, a turntable, or a CD transport, as this can allow you to hear more of your system. There are also always options to upgrade other parts of your system one-by-one to match the streamer.