Tellurium Q Ultra Blue mains cable

Posted by: Finkfan on 23 May 2016

For my birthday this year, my fantastic family have got me a TQ ultra blue mains cable. 

I plugged it in to my CDX2 last night and, whilst my children slept, I had a little listen at low volume. The difference was clear. Lower noise floor, more 'air' around instruments and vocals. A cleaner, clearer presentation all round. Amazing what a decent power cable can do. 

Looking forward to having a good listen tonight. 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Knipester

Nice gift! I too had great results with a number of different TQ cables when I owned Naim plus if it's a new cable sit tight as they tend to improve with use so I can only suggest it will be even better in 2-3 weeks.

I think I have family envy!

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by wenger2015

All the reviews say it's an outstanding cable, you must keep us up to date on how long the burn in time is and just how much improvement it makes....in the meantime enjoy.....

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Finkfan

Yeah I've got a great family Knipster. 

If the power cable continues to improve over time as the interconnect and speaker cables did, then I'll have a bigger smile on my face in fees weeks time! 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Finkfan

Will keep you posted Wenger! As Knipster suggested, it will improve over the next few weeks. Pop in for a listen when you're passing 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Finkfan

Sorry I keep getting your name wrong Knipester 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by wenger2015
Finkfan posted:

Will keep you posted Wenger! As Knipster suggested, it will improve over the next few weeks. Pop in for a listen when you're passing 

More then happy to take you up on your offer, hope you can provide top quality coffee whilst listening???? 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Finkfan

To be fair Wenger the coffee could do with an upgrade too. I'll get on to it. 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by dave marshall

That'll be a second TQ ultra blue for the coffee machine then! 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Finkfan

I'll demo it on the coffee machine tomorrow to make sure I can taste the difference Dave. 

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by wenger2015

Don't want to be picky, but can you make sure cable is burned in fully and then use it on coffee machine.....I'm not a big fan of sub-standard coffee....

Posted on: 23 May 2016 by Claus-Thoegersen
wenger2015 posted:

Don't want to be picky, but can you make sure cable is burned in fully and then use it on coffee machine.....I'm not a big fan of sub-standard coffee....

Maybe the coffee need to be burnt in also. One day left alone on heat should do the trick.

 

Claus

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Adam Zielinski

What cable did it replace? Standard NAIM one?

By the by... does your family make other charitable donations to fellow forum members?

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Finkfan

As we share the same first name, I'll put a good word in for you Adam!

Yes it replaced the standard Naim mains cable. I had tried Black rhodium Libra and Cratos. Sounded awful 

TQ cable is brilliant 

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by wenger2015
Adam Zielinski posted:

What cable did it replace? Standard NAIM one?

By the by... does your family make other charitable donations to fellow forum members?

Good question, I'm quite willing to be adopted, in the hope a TQ cable might come my way....

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Finkfan

Haha Wenger 

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Adam Zielinski
Finkfan posted:

As we share the same first name, I'll put a good word in for you Adam!

Yes it replaced the standard Naim mains cable. I had tried Black rhodium Libra and Cratos. Sounded awful 

TQ cable is brilliant 

OK - I'm waiting now

By the by - I tried many different power supply cables - ended up with Power Lines at th end... probably not something you wanted me to write...

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Finkfan

Each to their own Adam, each to their own. I love how the TQ cables sound. Can't fault the Powerline though. Excellent cable. Just wanted to stick with TQ ��

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Adam Zielinski
Finkfan posted:

Each to their own Adam, each to their own. I love how the TQ cables sound. Can't fault the Powerline though. Excellent cable. Just wanted to stick with TQ ��

I'm actually a great fan of TQ interconnects - I prefer TQ Black Diamond DIN over Hi-Line (and use it in one of my systems between nDAC and SuperNait2).
I was less impressed with their speaker cables though - somehow Naim's own garden hoses sounded more coherent.

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Finkfan

Yeah I've got the black diamond Din. Great cable. I've heard the naca5 and preferred the TQ black. Just my preference. I've heard further up the line at a show but not in my system.  I think I'll have some more black boxes before any more cable upgrades. Unless I see a TQ black mains cable at a bargain price for my SN 

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by wenger2015

I also prefer the TQ Black speaker cables  then the Nac a5, it would be interesting to compare the TQ ultra blacks with Super Lumina? 

Regarding a TQ black mains cable.....it's gonna be very very good, I've not yet come across any TQ product that's not sounded exceptional...

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Finkfan

We'll have to get our friendly dealer to send a few boxes of cables over for us to compare. SL cables, your ultra blacks and some black and silver diamonds! 

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by nigelb
wenger2015 posted:

I also prefer the TQ Black speaker cables  then the Nac a5, it would be interesting to compare the TQ ultra blacks with Super Lumina? 

Regarding a TQ black mains cable.....it's gonna be very very good, I've not yet come across any TQ product that's not sounded exceptional...

Wenger, your 250DR and Sopra 2s are begging for some SLs to tie them together.

Go on, have a listen.

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by wenger2015
nigelb posted:
wenger2015 posted:

I also prefer the TQ Black speaker cables  then the Nac a5, it would be interesting to compare the TQ ultra blacks with Super Lumina? 

Regarding a TQ black mains cable.....it's gonna be very very good, I've not yet come across any TQ product that's not sounded exceptional...

Wenger, your 250DR and Sopra 2s are begging for some SLs to tie them together.

Go on, have a listen.

I would love to have a home demo and compare with the TQ ultra black......may just have make a call 

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by wenger2015
Finkfan posted:

We'll have to get our friendly dealer to send a few boxes of cables over for us to compare. SL cables, your ultra blacks and some black and silver diamonds! 

+1 to that suggestion

Posted on: 24 May 2016 by Adam Zielinski

Just send them over to me - I volunteer to listen to them all. Just don't include a return address....