As the title may suggest the Concord USB is a powered USB cable from Astintrew and Danny Worth has been listening to one for the last few weeks.
“Tones were nice and relaxed and unforced, there was an ease to the sound, a silky flow to the music and, most importantly, the nasty upper bass hump that the Mac has was smoothed out beautifully giving a far better balance to the sound overall.”
The Astintrew Concord USB falls into the category of 'powered USB cables' utilising a separate power supply for the 5v portions of the cables inner conductors. Somewhat different to other USB leads of this nature the Astintrew has a patent which covers the power supply, which is quite intriguing and leaves one wondering about the exact technology utilised within the…
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At just £200 the funky yellow Steljes NS3 powered speakers offer a whole lot of connectivity including Bluetooth, but can they cut the mustard? "We’re keen at Hifi Pig to be inclusive and we realise that not everyone either has the money or the desire to own systems that cost thousands and take up a good deal of space. We…
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