REVIEW

Review

Every review I have read of Tellurium Q cables makes mention of them giving no details away as to the make-up of their cables and so as convention dictates I need to mention that Geoff Merrigan and Tellurium Q gave no details as to how or what goes into the making of their cables. The instructions were, as always, “just listen”.

I ought to describe, or at least try to explain my logic behind my cable loom in our big reference system as this will give you a bit of an insight into my methodology when choosing which cables to use. No one manufacturer dominates and whilst I love the idea of a full loom of one manufacturer’s cables, I have found that some cables (irrespective of price) work better than others (irrespective of price) between certain bits of kit. So, I have some very expensive cables connecting some parts of the system and some less expensive connecting other parts. When a new product enters the reference system for the first time, I spend a silly amount of time swapping cables in and out to find the “best fit” for that product and the system as a whole – there’s no wonder I was such a hit with the opposite sex in my youth, is there?

Anyway, for the purposes of this review I got sent Tellurium Q Statement cables and Tellurium Q Statement 2 cables to compare against each other. Of course, I’m also going to refer to the system I have set as a reference and what each of these cables does to the sound. This latter point is a bit more difficult as our aural memory is not as great as some review folk would have you believe and comments and references we/they use to kit they heard days or weeks ago are, for the most part, pretty much pointless and little more than vague recollections of a feeling. However, I will be A/B ing the Statemt 2s with our current loom of cables. For the cable sceptics (Hello, again, fancy seeing you here) this should give them more confidence in the methodology of the review process. One exception to the A/B (Statement/Statement 2) methodology is going to be with the speaker cables and jumpers as I was sent Statement 2 jumpers but not Statement jumpers, and Statement 2 speaker cables and not Statement speaker cables. I will use our TQ Silver Diamond jumpers throughout, other than a comparison towards the end when I will insert the Statement 2 jumpers between the binding posts on the speakers. I will also be having (after the main comparison between the TQ cables is done) our own cables in and out of the system to compare to the