Atlas Asimi Luxe Grun Speaker Cables

Atlas Asimi Luxe Grun Speaker Cables

DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES

IN THE BOX: 2 speaker cables – for 2 speakers

Our ultimate speaker cable

Our obsessive attention to detail – and the combination of materials & assembly methods which was only finalized after exhaustive testing – produces a cable which HiFi World’s reviewer described as‘ the best he’d ever heard’ and HiFi Plus summarized as ‘one of the very, very best. ’

Our goal is to make cables which have no discernible character or sound of their own, which would be a form of distortion – Asimi is engineered to ‘disappear’ in your system, conveying the performance of your equipment with total transparency.

Conductors

Asimi uses very high-purity OCC (Ohno Continuous Casting) silver conductors — the purest conductor available.

Silver cables are occasionally criticized as "bright." This is, in fact, the result of impurities and grain in inferior conductors. The OCC process is named after professor Atsumi Ohno, who in the late 1970s, discovered that by heating the drawing mold to a higher temperature than the molten copper you intend to cast, then cooling it soon after, the result is one long, high purity (99.99997%) metal crystal.

The Asimi’s high-purity monocrystal conductors are arranged in a complex multi-stranded layout, with each cable leg composed of 3 pairs of solid conductors (two pairs plus one pair), totaling 5.5mm² – an unusually high figure, given the cost of this purity of silver.

In most silver cables, the conductor size is compromised to reduce cost – but which explains why some critics suggest silver cables offer the listener very sweet highs but no weight or authority at low frequencies. That’s certainly not true of the Asimi, with several reviewers commenting on the sense of physical presence conveyed.

Screening

The Asimi Luxe uses a double screen (Alu-Mylar/95% woven) alongside the acclaimed Atlas dual drain system. When used in conjunction with the Grun earthing system (included), Asimi reduces overall radio frequency load in your system and  snubs out any emission from the cables themselves.

Generally speaking, speaker cables are not as susceptible to electrical interference as analogue interconnects. (This is because they’re part of low-impedance circuits.) However, they do often “broadcast” interference themselves. Therefore, it is good practice to ground the screen to minimize “antenna” effects

Dielectric - Microporous PTFE (Teflon™)

Our focus was also on the coating that insulates and protects the silver. The Asimi has these conductors enveloped in our microporous Teflon dielectric. This new air-spaced material improves on the performance of the best solid Teflon or PTFE (Teflon™) insulators, by providing a 30% greater signal velocity and superior integrity, particularly in high frequency delivery. This is achieved because the new material has a dielectric constant of around 1.5 (the lower the number the better), significantly better than the 2.1 typically achieved by the PTFE (Teflon™) insulators which were previously the best available in these applications.

Transpose Modular Termination System

This cable is fitted as standard with the Transpose Modular Termination System, which allows easy switching between Z (Gold or Silver 4mm Z-plug), S (Gold or Silver OCC spade) or E (Expanding plug versions as your requirements change. Expanding 4mm plugs are the standard configuration, please specify at time of purchase if you require an alternative connector.

Grun Coherent Earthing System

Zeno is supplied as standard with a 1m Grun cable and spade tag adapter for connection to the ground post on your amplifier.

The benefit of an independent system ground.

One of the biggest obstacles to achieving the performance levels our equipment is capable of is noise. Low levels of RFI (radio frequency) and EMI (electro-magnetic interference) and noise on the signal ground each subtly modulate and degrade the overall noise levels of the system.

Although our cables are all designed to minimize the invasion of external interference, it’s not possible to completely eliminate it.

But the audible benefits of substantially reducing it via our Grun products are considerable.

And the impact of Grun is cumulative. Adding additional Grun-enabled products reduces the impact of unwanted ‘noise’ still further.

Grounding critical components via the Grun system doesn’t alter the tonal balance or character of the system but audibly removes the effect of noise you probably didn’t realize was there.

The result typically reveals a greater level of fine detail, enhanced stereo soundstage and an improved ‘ease’ and naturalness.

Luxe Finishes

Beauty. Performance. No Compromises.

A distinctive combination of performance, luxury, and pride of ownership.

The Luxe collection features our exclusive combination of precision audio engineering and traditional leather craftsmanship.

To create our hand-made Luxe finishes, we’ve partnered with a world-renowned Scottish specialist in hand-crafted automotive and aerospace interiors.

These cables not only perform superbly but possess visual and tactile qualities that create a durable, distinctive “heritage” product.

For inspiration, we turned to the luxury automobile industry, where the combination of advanced technology, precision engineering and luxury fit and finish have long found expression.

SPECIFICATIONS

Construction: Solid multicore

Each Cable Leg: 3 pairs of solid conductors, total 5.5mm²

Geometry: OCC pure silver

Conductor: Microporous PTFE

Screen: Braid & Mylar™

Capacitance: 34.06 pF/m

Inductance: 0.529 µH/m

Resistance: 0.0046 Ohms/m

VOP: 0.79

Outside Diameter: 17.5mm

ATLAS CODE, LENGTH

ARRAN- ASI-SC-1, 1M

ARRAN- ASI-SC-1.5, 1.5M

ARRAN- ASI-SC-2, 2M

ARRAN- ASI-SC-2.5, 2.5M

ARRAN- ASI-SC-3, 3M

Custom Made & Shipped: 14-21 days

These cables are custom made to your specifications. The process takes 14-21 days. The cable is packaged and shipped via UPS Ground from New York. Custom-made cables cannot be returned.