The speaker cable that costs more than your car

Gold plated plugs, Perfect Surface Silver, Counter Spiralling Technology, Fully Annealed 99.999 percent Pure Oxygen Free Copper. Welcome to the world of high end audio cable. For decades marketers have been trying to part rich audiophiles from their cash, promising in return the ultimate in high fidelity sound. The science may not seem to back up the claims, but still audiophiles seem more than content to eat up the hype. Do these premium cables really lead to sonic perfection, or are their owners just going through a midlife crisis? Make up your own mind with our guide to the worlds most expensive audio cables.

Siltech Emperor Crown

For the ultimate audio cable you will have to fork out an unbelievable 29,900 GBP for a 2 metre pair of what is currently the worlds most expensive audio cable. The Siltech Emperor Crown cables use both pure silver and gold in the production. Siltech promise crystal clear clarity by sealing up the microscopic gaps in the silver wire construction by filling them with pure gold. Of course, if you want these to work to their full potential you are going to need a pair of Siltech Emperor Crown Interconnects too, at around 11,000 GBP for a 1m pair.

Purist Audio Canorus Cable

A 3m pair of these Canorus Cables will cost you a mere 15,982 GBP. Purist lay claim to having made some serious audio technology breakthroughs with their most recent Canorus cable line, a cable that they claim is the pinnacle claim of modern speaker cable technology. With the power to bring out the full potential of any high resolution audio system, the new cables utilize the Purist patented Contego shielding, which combines the fluid shielding and Ferox shielding to recreate the music you play and not recreate it…

Audioquest Everest Cable

Using ultra high purity Perfect Surface Silver conductors to eliminate harshness and increase clarity, Audioquest Everest speaker cable will empty your wallet of a whopping 13,600 GBP per 3 metre pair. So what exactly will you get in return for your hefty investment? A DBS system, which promises to maintain a 72 volt dielectric bias, as well as counter and mass optimized partially conductive carbon loaded polyethylene insulated negative conductors.

VOVOX Textura

One more speaker cable claiming to offer the most innovative audio design found today, these Swiss engineered high spec cables will set you back just shy of 3,000 GBP for a 3m pair. This is a low cost bargain in the luxury speaker cable world, but despite their more modest price tag, they still make a convincing argument for their superior sound quality. Produced using only the purest fine materials, formed around solid core conductors made from continuous cast oxygen free copper, with gold plated mass optimized banana plugs, and high purity polymers strictly free of nasty pigments and plasticisers.

This guide to the worlds most expensive audio cables was written by hi fi enthusiast Richard Daley. If your audio cable budget will not stretch to these kinds of prices, he recommends RS Components for the widest selection of affordable audio  cables .

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