Speaker Cables
Speaker Cables
Black Magic Speaker Cables
Black Magic Speaker Cables
Black Magic Speaker Cables
NEW : Black Magic Ultra Speaker Cables
In 2021 we released our original Black Magic Speaker Cables to much acclaim. This was due to a number of unique design features and techniques.
These design elements have been applied to our Interconnects and Power Cords. But also we learned some useful lessons along the way, and used them to build an even-better speaker cable.
The Black Magic Ultra Speaker cables use Stage 2 screening (as with our Ultra and Gold interconnects). Also additional mechanical damping and a few other things round out the picture.
The result is a cable that gives you the same benefits as the original cable – just more of them. More refinement, more resolution, more dynamics and more listening pleasure.
The Ultra cables look very similar to the original cables, but are slightly stiffer, but still very bendable.
Black Magic Speaker Cables
Black Magic Speaker Cables
Black Magic Speaker Cables are a completely fresh design. We’ve actually been designing speaker cables for years but none have been either good enough or practical enough to make into a product. Until now..
This design came about after a brainstorming session that asked the question “Why doesn’t ordinary speaker cable sound good” (by this I mean the kind of stuff you get for a couple dollars a meter from the local electronics shop). After all there are people who will tell you that as long as the basic parameters (e.g. resistance) are OK then it can’t possibly make any difference. So why do speaker cables sound different?
This produced a long list of possible answers, which we set about testing. For example, one idea was that the speaker and cable can act as a giant antenna and send that RF back into the amplifier, so this lead to idea of a “bad antenna” design to minimize pickup (and also transmission).
Another design concept was to create multiple symmetries. A simple example of a symmetry is a twisted pair – this rejects noise due to it’s symmetrical construction. These cables go well beyond this, creating a whole bunch of symmetries.
From review on HiFi Advice
From review in HiFi Advice
“from the very first moments of listening to the Black Magic cables, I knew they were something special.“
“bass that was not just technically better in terms of articulation, tightness, or control, but just plain better. And not by a small margin!”
“I have heard plenty of very accurate cables that managed to kill the soul of the music in the process. The Black Magic cables may be highly accurate and superbly neutral, but they do not sound damped or over-controlled in any way. Rather, they fully conduce the full extent of the lyrical and “singing” qualities of every recording and they have blown me away with the immensely solid, visceral, energetic, toe-tapping, dynamic, and joyful presentation”
From review on Steve Huff HiFi
From review in HiFi Advice
“Once installed… yes indeed, just as Bob told me (he said I would notice the difference INSTANTLY) I heard the difference between these and my Red Dawn’s when connected to the Buchardt S400II SE. I mean..it was night and day in this scenario and this is with the cables fresh out of the box after their journey from New Zealand to the USA.”
“With the Black Magic cables the sound became larger with a real sense of power. They became fuller in the low end! So much so, I turned off my sub and was happy with what I was hearing. I have not heard other cables bring the bass to my Deville’s like the Black Magic cables. Vocal realism also took a step up with larger, fuller and a more 3 dimensional center image.”
“These are the finest cables I have ever heard as they really do make a difference that anyone can hear within my system, and luckily, the difference is for the better in this case.”
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How do they sound?
When I tried the first prototype back in 2021 I knew I had something special. The sound was clearer, more powerful than normal, but also more delicate, with big soundstage and large dynamic range. Also less confused with the different strands of the music keeping separate and not blurred together.
The final version has improved from there. I find that they are now very balanced, hugely musical and entertaining – they make you want to revisit your whole library.
Speaker Kegs
At each end of the cable you can see a pair of “speaker kegs”. These are similar to the kegs we use on our powercords. However they are quite different – the power cords kegs are designed to pass 50/60Hz but the speaker kegs must pass the whole audio band. So these kegs are reformulated and tuned to this application.
Ordering
Ordering
You can order with either spades or banana plugs. Both are copper. Please specify what type of connection you like on each end (so you can have spades on one end, bananas on the other, but you need to specify which end is the amplifier end as the cables are directional).
As these cables are made-to-order it can take 7 days to build and test a set of cables. When you order we will give you an estimate of how long they will take to build.
Which brings me to the price. These cables are expensive. Sure, they use the best materials for the job but it’s the fact they are built from the ground up means they can’t be cheap. So my apologies for the prices, but I believe they are worth it for the sheer musicality they bring.
Ordering
Jumpers
We now have speaker jumpers available. Uses the same wire as the speaker cables, and is hand-made so that half the strands run one direction, half the other (so they are not directional). This is the same technique used on the speaker cables..
You can order with spades or bananas, or a mix.
Sold in sets of 4
Prices and Options
Prices and Options
Prices are for stereo pair. They are just samples – there are many options in the shop (eg length, plug type, etc)
Available only in Black. All prices in US$