ATLAS HYPER AES/EBU DIGITAL INTERCONNECT CABLE LAUNCHED BY THE SCOTTISH BRAND

Scottish brand Atlas Cables has launched its latest balanced digital audio cable within its mid-priced Hyper range.

The Atlas Hyper AES/EBU draws on all the digital experience and design techniques Atlas developed for its high-end Atlas Mavros AES/EBU.

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU Digital Interconnect Cable

ATLAS HYPER AES/EBU CABLE

After additional research, the company is now able to package much of that design philosophy into a 110-ohm digital cable within its mid-priced Hyper range.

The Atlas Hyper AES/EBU cable carries a balanced version of the standard S/PDIF digital audio protocol. One of the primary challenges is to keep as close as possible to the 110-ohm characteristic impedance specification to minimise cable reflections and the resulting time-based jitter induction. Atlas chose to use a balanced pair of silver-plated OFC conductors enclosed within a multi-level screen constructed from Aluminium Mylar film and OFC woven braid. Both conductors are wrapped individually with a highly efficient microporous PTFE dielectric tape. The cable is also manufactured using an Anti-vibration super soft cotton filler. The cable uses the same low contact resistance and reliable balanced XLR plug that Atlas use in its Mezzo XLR cable.

The Atlas Hyper AES/EBU Cablefeatures the XLR plug from the Mezzo range

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Atlas Cables Managing Director, Kevin Kelly, commenting on the launch of the Hyper AES/EBU, said, “We spend a huge amount of time developing new technology for our flagship cables, always with the goal of offering as transparent a cable as possible.  Therefore, it is always a benefit when we can utilise some of that design philosophy further down the range.  Hyper is one of our most successful ranges of cables and the addition of this all-new AES/EBU cable will once again give audiophiles a cable that matches their system budget but with a performance characteristic not far off our high-end products.”

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU Cable

ATLAS HYPER AES/EBU CABLE PRICE

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 0.5m – £185

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 0.75m – £205

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 1.0m – £225

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 1.5m – £265

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 2.0m – £305

Atlas Hyper AES/EBU 3.0m – £385

HiFi Pig Says: It’s good to see the technological developments from Atlas’s higher-end ranges trickling down to their more affordable Hyper range.

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