CrystalCable
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Cables
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Best Known For
Cables
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Used Products
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Average Price
$5,001-$10,000
Brand Popularity
397
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Products Listed
44
Review Count
12
Founding Year
2004
Headquarters
Netherlands
CrystalCable
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What's unique about the brand

CrystalCable is a Dutch hifi brand that uses a unique silver-gold alloy in their conductors, designed to eliminate microcracks by injecting gold atoms into silver crystal boundaries for better sound quality. Their cables stand out for their unusually slender, elegant designs that challenge traditional bulky high-end audio cables, while their multiple independent ground wires provide superior electromagnetic interference protection.

What reviewers are saying

We read all the reviews. Here's what reviewers feel most strongly about:

  • Crystal Cable's design philosophy centers around creating visually striking products that deliver high-end sound quality, exemplified by their signature "apostrophe" shape and use of eye-catching colors.
  • They utilize advanced material science, opting for unique combinations like metal-infused polymers and custom-formulated alloys to achieve exceptional rigidity and resonance control in their speaker cabinets.
  • Crystal Cable, leveraging expertise from sister company Siltech, employs a sophisticated "Natural Science" crossover design focused on phase linearity, minimizing distortion, and easing the load on amplifiers.
  • The brand integrates proprietary monocrystal silver wiring internally in their speakers and cables, emphasizing the importance of signal purity and lossless transmission throughout the entire audio chain.

Our favorite reviewer quotes:

  • "The ability of the Arabesque Minissimos to convincingly reproduce instrumental and vocal sonorities with all their complexity and moment-to-moment variation is as good as it gets. The Minissimos have the capacity to make that fact of human auditory perception apparent; it's the sort of thing that can make one forget he or she is listening to canned music." (https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/crystal-cable-arabesque-minissimo)
  • "On good systems, you can hear the shifting time signatures, but on the Minissimo you not only hear the time signature shift, but understand the 'length' of the piece of music as a whole and not just get caught up in the bar-to-bar interplay. You get a profound sense of being deeply impressed with the trio, and begin eyeing those more challenging John Coltrane albums as impending future listening projects, in the process." (https://hifiplus.com/articles/crystal-cable-arabesque-minissimo-standmount-loudspeaker)
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Diamond Series 2

  • Positioning: The entry-level series, offering high performance at a more accessible price point.
  • Description: Praised for its exceptional value, combining advanced metallurgy with affordability. Features the new SG2 silver-gold conductor, which enhances signal transmission compared to the original Diamond Series.

Future Dream 22

  • Positioning: Serves as a bridge between the Diamond Series 2 and the flagship Art Series, offering a balance of performance and design.
  • Description: Combines the best of Crystal Cable's metallurgies, using both silver-gold alloy and Infinite Crystal silver. Maintains a thin, flexible design while delivering a warm and detailed soundstage.

Infinity Limited Edition

  • Positioning: A premium offering, focusing on delivering the purest power to audio systems.
  • Description: Features nine coaxial conductors made from pure silver. This construction minimizes resistance and interference, providing excellent clarity and dynamics.

Art Series

  • Positioning: The flagship range, designed for the ultimate in audio performance and aesthetic appeal.
  • Description: Uses Infinite Crystal Silver conductors and advanced insulation, offering the lowest distortion and highest sound quality. It is the thickest and most sophisticated in the lineup.
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