Cable Manufacturers
- AudioQuest - A company that was founded in 1980 by William E. Low that provides audio/video cables, digital-to-analog converters, headphones, power-conditioning products, and various audio/video accessories.
- Ansuz Acoustics - A member of the Audio Group Of Denmark companies. The company manufactures high-end cables, power distributors, noise reduction devices and resonance controlling devices.
- AntiCables - A cable manufacturer founded by Paul Speltz in 2001 in Lake Elmo, MN.
- Cardas Audio - The company was founded by George Cardas in Ontario, CA, in 1987, and moved to Brandon, OR in 1992. They specialize in premium audio cables, consisting of multi-stranded Litz conductors, featuring their own ultra-pure copper. They also produce high quality connectors, chassis wire, bulk cable, and accessories for home & pro audio systems.
- Clarus - A company established in Orlando, FL in 2011. Jay Victor, the engineering expertise behind the development of the Clarus analog, digital, speaker, and power cables is the holder of approximately 50 patents for cable geometry. His background includes twelve years of intensive engineering work on x-ray cables and wire harnesses, proprietary connectors, and scientific test instruments. The company offers analog and digital audio interconnects, speaker cables, power cables, power conditioners, and DACs designed by and for true audiophiles.
- Empirical Design - A high-end audio cable company owned by Karl Schuster and based in Herndon, Virginia that was founded in 1993. The company is known for hand-built, high-performance cables sold at reasonable prices relative to their competitors. They manufacture high-end audio analog and digital interconnects, speaker and power cables, and computer cables. They sell primarily to end users over the Internet. They also recently started modifying audio components. Their modifications include improving power delivery, signal paths and digital circuitry where applicable. They modify mostly DVD & CD players, DACs and solid-state amplifiers.
- Esoteric - A Japanese manufacturer of high-end audiophile electronics. The pride and mission of Esoteric is to reproduce the Original Master Sound. Their products include solid-state power amps, preamp, integrated amps, phono preamps, SACD/CD players, DACs, master clock generators, turntables, and high-end audio cables.
- Infigo Audio - A Canadian company founded in 2020 by Hans Looman that manufactures high-end solid-state power amps, preamps, DACs, and cables.
- Kimber Kable - Kimber Kable was founded in 1979 by inventor and engineer Ray Kimber in Ogden, Utah. Kimber Kable use a unique braided geometry and patented VariStrand technology to naturally reject radio-frequency noise and deliver balanced audio performance. Their product lines range from entry-level to high-end series.
- Noise Rejection: Ray Kimber's signature cross-field braid naturally cancels out electromagnetic and radio-frequency (RF) interference without needing bulky metal shields.
- Magnetic Field Control: The intersecting angles of the conductors minimize loop area, which reduces magnetic interactions between adjacent wires.
- Mechanical Stability: The tight physical braid prevents strand movement and microphonics when the cables vibrate or shift
VariStrand Technology
- Variable Strand Gauges: Patented VariStrand conductors use multiple (up to seven) different wire diameters grouped inside a single strand. [1, 2]
- Resonance Damping: Different wire thicknesses break up internal mechanical resonances that travel through uniform metal strands.
- Balanced Frequency Response: Varying the mass and thickness across diameters provides a smooth, uniform signal path that prevents any specific frequency from being favored or exaggerated.
- Kubala-Sosna - Founded in East Hanover, NJ in 2002 by Joe Kubala and Howard Sosna. They manufacture both analog and digital cables, speaker cables, DIN/phono cables, data cables, power cords and a power distribution box.
- Reality Cables - A Bloomingdale, IL-based company hand-building audiophile cables. The company was founded by Gregg Straley in 2004. The company's product line includes RCA and balanced XLR interconnects, speaker cables, Speakon style subwoofer speaker cables, a power cord and jumpers and "Y" adapters. Their business model is factory direct sales. They offer a 20 day money back guarantee on 3 foot and 6 foot interconnects,
the same 20 day money back guarantee on 8, 12 and 16 foot speaker cables, minus shipping. - Silversmith Audio - A manufacturer of flat speaker cables using exceedingly thin ribbon, or foil, conductors. The company was founded in January, 2000 and is located in Landon, WY.
- Snake River Audio - A small audiophile cable manufacturer located in Riggins, ID. The company was founded by Johnny Wilson in 2011. The company is a direct All cables are made one at a time, custom for each order. They offer a 30-day full refund (minus shipping/handling costs and any credit card/paypal processing fees) if you aren't satisfied with their cables.
- Transparent Audio - An audiophile cable manufacturer, founded in 1980 in Maine by Karen Sumner, Jack Sumner, and Carl Smith. Their product line includes analog cables (balanced XLR and RCA interconnects, headphone cables, phono cables, speaker cables, speaker cable adapters), and digital cables, HDMI video cables, power cords and power conditioners.
- van den Hul - A Netherlands-based company founded in 1980. They manufacture precision handmade Moving Coil (MC) Phono Cartridge masterpieces. All van den Hul cartridges are hand built and tuned by Dutch Master cartridge designer A.J. van den Hul and his son William van den Hul. They also manufacture Cables, Phono Preamps, a Mono-Block Power Amp and Preamplifiers.
- ZU Audio - Manufacturer based in Ogden, Utah, specializing in high-performance speaker, interconnect power and headphone cables, as well as several highly rated speaker systems.