The Nu Diva     

AWARDS/REVIEW

"Your soundstage is expanded and surgically split open-everything sounds clear and you're treated to a fantastic level of detail."

WHAT HIFI SOUND & VISION SEPT 2005

"Of particular note is the very tuneful nature of this cable's bass, which seems to be a relatively rare asset in cables""...sound was among the best in the group, with nicely extended low frequencies and some very clear treble, and no discernible tonal signature."

HI-Fi CHOICE MAGAZINE FEB 2006

Here we use silver plated Ultra Hi Purity-OFC™ 'going' and 'return' conductors, our multi award-winning twisted pair topology rope-lay construction, air-foamed polyethylene dielectric and a dual screen consisting of a conductive polymer tube surrounded by a close-lapped silver plated braid. In general terms what you can expect from silver is a very relaxed sound, with much atmosphere and spatial detail. The treble in particular should be at the very least very good, but more probably excellent in both detail and extension.

In addition, modulation effects due to microphony are all but eliminated by cotton fibre filler and the soft PVC outer jacket- and then, to ensure an extremely uniform, refined and dense microstructure with vastly improved mechanical properties, the cable is then deep- cryogenically treated (DCT). more...

DCT treatment is the process of cryogenically cooling a material over a measured period of time. The process is described in these terms since typically temperatures approaching - 200C are achieved, and this occurs over a period extending to days rather than minutes or hours. All stages of the process, from the initial slow cooling to the prolonged soak at minimum temperature, through to a carefully staged return to ambient temperature are achieved with precision measurement, and computer control.

Specifically, for non-ferrous metals (such as Monocrystal™ copper and silver)- 'Sub zero treatment of the material at these temperatures results in reduced residual stresses in both conductor and dielectric. Deep cryogenic treatment at temperatures of -185'C further enhances the materials properties. By slowing down atomic movement, the internal molecular bonding energy is increased which promotes a pure structural balance throughout the mass of the material. The end result being a material with an extremely uniform, refined and dense microstructure with vastly improved properties.

The NuDiva comes pre-terminated with our patented MACH1 silver-plated all-Cu RCA plugs (other companies use vastly inferior 'bare copper' contacts- that seriously reduces the conductivity of the going and return connectors-or worse!). Please check, as we are certain we are the only company in the world now using genuine copper as the basis of our contact joints! Lead-free Supersolder™ and passive organic flux are used for the joint resulting in an ultra low impedance termination with very high strength and durability.

The NuDiva exhibits vanishingly low noise and while eminently suitable for all line-level equipment, its low noise performance makes it positively shine between turntable and phono stage. We sincerely recommend you match this cable with one from our Premier+ Range.