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Top Ten Must Have Hi-Fi Accessories

Here you will find our "Top Ten must have Hi-Fi accessories" together with ten more reasonably priced alternatives.

 

1 Marigo Labs - Signature Mat - £149.95

The Marigo Audio Signature 3-D Mat for CD & DVD Utilises a revolutionary and proprietary gold surface on top of anti-static black coating and optically absorbent green. This synergistically creates a new level of performance for both audio and video digital replay.

With the Marigo Audio Signature 3D Mat in a CD transport or a DVD player, you will see and hear a dramatic improvement. Inner detail, resolution, and ambient information is enhanced tremendously in audio replay. The harmonic structure of instruments and human voice are revealed to be strikingly more lifelike.

Alternative:
Marigo Labs - Stealth Mat (Version 2) £74.95

2 Nordost ECO3 £ 39.95


ECO 3 is a superb product from Nordost that treats a problem long ignored in the hi-fi industry; the build up of static charges on the surface of the loudspeaker, signal and power cables.

These surface charges can interfere with the signal and introduce background noise into a hi-fi or home theater system. After treating your cables with ECO 3 you will notice music sounds more defined with any harshness removed.

ECO 3 is a proprietary formula developed by Nordost but will work with any brand of cable. 

Alternative:
Kontak - Electrical Contact Cleanerl £14.95

3  IsoTek Neoplug £54.95

Simply plug the NeoPlug into any UK 13A socket, or as close as possible, to any domestic appliance that produces, or is suspected of producing noise. This will prevent it from polluting the mains in the rest of your home.

Use the NeoPlug to eliminate mains noise so that your Hi-Fi or A/V system can perform at its best. More than one NeoPlug can be used to reduce mains noise further. We suggest that you should start with the socket next to your system, and then position additional NeoPlugs near noisy appliances, fridge freezer, computers, etc. 

Alternative:
IsoTek Isoplug £34.95

4 L'art du Son - Record Cleaner £27.95

If you are keen to maintain the quality of your records for a long time to come, use L'Art Du Son to remove impurities and reduce the chance of noise from unwanted dust. Just one bottle will last for a long time,so this is an important buy for any record enthusiast.

The cleaning fluid is sold as a concentrate which makes 5 liters of cleaning fluid when diluted with ordinary distilled water. We recommend making it up in small quantities as required, and storage in the dark. It contains no alcohol, and uses environmentally friendly ingredients. It produces a dramatic increase in playback clarity and resolution.The other benefit is that it is virtually odourless and so can be used indoors with no problem.

Alternative:
Knosti cleaning fluid £19.95
 

5  Clearlight Audio RDC1 £44.95

The Clearlight Audio RDC1 Cone was designed to give almost perfect component from component Isolation within you Hifi system. RDC (Resonance Damping Control) is made from a mixture of rubber and quartz. 

The Clearlight Audio RDC1 Cone  is ideally suited for the replacement of spikes on floor-stading loudspeakers & are available unthreaded or with a choice of 6mm or 8mm threaded inserts. On solid floors the RDC 1 Cone helps to isolate the loudspeaker cabinet from its environment, giving a clearer, more natural tone to vocals and a tighter control of bass.

Alternative:
Clearlight Audio RDC2 £34.95

6

Thorens Stabilizer from £99.95

The Thorens stabilizer is designed to improve the playback performance of turntables. It features 8 polished & precision balance weights embedded in rubber for resonance damping.In actual use, the Thorens Stabilizer holds the record on the platter, helps reduce minor warps thus allowing the stylus to track and trace record grooves more effectively.The result - more sonic detail and harmonics.

The Thorens Stabilizer works with felt and rubber turntable mats. It offers exceptional polish and performance, hallmarks of the Thorens marque.  

Alternative:
Clearaudio Twister LP Clamp £62.95

7 Walker Audio Extreme SST £149.95

E-SST/SST will dramatically improve the sound and/or video of any system. The highs will be more extended, cleaner, clearer and better  focused. The mid-range will be more transparent with more articulation and detail, yet without harshness or glare. The bass will be stronger, tighter, and quicker. The soundstage will take on a more natural presence. With video systems, the sound improvement will be matched by the improvements to the video. Look for a cleaner more three-dimensional picture.

Alternative:
Walker Audio SST £74.95

 

8 Unbranded Digital Stylus Gauge £59.95

Simple to use & incredibly accurate. The electronic stylus force gauge displays figures down to 0.001gram on a large LCD screen to make for easy reading. The special transducer technology, allows easy, repeatable and precise setting of cartridge tracking force. Anyone who has used a digital stylus gauge would not choose to go back to the balance type gauge.

Alternative:
Shure Stylus Gauge £24.95

9 Clearaudio Professional Care Kit £84.95

This Clearaudio cleaning kit is a must for any analogue enthusiast.The following items are included: Pure Groove carbon fibre record brush - Diamond stylus cleaning brush - Elixir of sound stylus cleaner - Polishing paste - 100ml of Pure Groove cleaning fluid - 100ml cleaning fluid for acrylic parts - Screwdriver & microfabric cleaning tissue.  

Alternative:
Thorens Cleaning set £57.95

10 IsoTek CD Enhancer disc £14.95

This disc not only covers burn-in tones, but couples this with full demagnetisation and concludes with a rejuvenation track that is recommended as a warm up prior to listening sessions.

The Full System Enhancer draws on years of work and painstaking experements to identify the nature of both burn-in and system demagnetisation tones, the results speak for themselves.  

     

 

 
       
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