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I. PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN
The Clearview Ultrathin Ribbon and Excalibur Ribbon Interconnects are some of the fastest, most transparent, most detailed and least colored interconnects available at any price. These new Ribbons beat our old Ultrathins—and the old ones already smoked interconnects costing up to $1500, including Nordost, Audioquest, Acoustic Zen, DH Labs, Goertz, Audio Note, Kimber, MIT, Cardas, Transparent, Harmonic Technology, Straightwire, TARA, XLO, and Synergistic.
The basic design principles that make the Ribbons sound so unsmeared and revealing are:
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Our conductor is high purity, proprietary metallurgy, copper ribbon—much thinner than any existing cable (including competing flat-wire designs).
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The insulation is a handmade, super-thin polymer sheath for lowest dielectric absorption. The polymer is a major upgrade from the old Ultrathins.
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Each interconnect is given three separate chemical and electromagnetic treatments.
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Our proprietary RCA plugs are the best-sounding available in high-end audio (including BNCs and XLRs).
The Excalibur Ribbons are a large sonic step up from the Ultrathin Ribbon, and startlingly better than the old Double Helix. The Excalibur’s feature:
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A higher grade copper metallurgy with a new, proprietary rolling and annealing procedure.
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Half the ribbon thickness of the Ultrathin.
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Monomolecular silver interface at the ribbon termination.
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Solderless connections.
II. INSTALLATION TIPS FOR MAX PERFORMANCE
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Install the interconnects with the double color band plugs toward the music source, provided the source component's output is in correct absolute phase. If the source component puts out and inverted phase signal, then you need to reverse the interconnect.
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Slightly unscrew (clockwise, seen from the rear) the RCA plug's outer shell (while firmly gripping the base) to make plugging in easier. Then lock the plug by tightening the shell (counterclockwise) until the plug grips the jack firmly. You may have to turn the shell quite hard to lock, because we occasionally get some of our sleeve binding tape onto the shell threads.
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Keep the interconnects away from AC wires, and never running alongside the AC wires. If they need to cross AC wires, have them cross at right angles (approximately). Keep the interconnects away from any plastic; in particular, keep them at least 4" away from artificial fiber rugs and plastic wall moldings.
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Install the interconnects in such a way that the sleeves lay flat and are not twisted. Then take the two sleeves that make up each channel and separate them as far apart (over their entire length) as possible. We normally keep the two sleeves apart by fastening them to stands or walls with thread or with ½" polypropylene tape that you can order from us.
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