What Hi Fi Sound and Vision
30 JUN 2009
Wireworld Ultraviolet 5/2
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As Mrs Merton used to say, let's have a heated debate. The transference of digital information from point A to point B is proving mightily controversial on the whathifi.com forums. Take a look at a thread headlined 'cables' or something similar, and you'll soon see what we're talking about.
There are those who state categorically that a sequence of zeros and ones, digitally transferred, cannot possibly be influenced by the connection it's passing down.
And they periodically have right ding-dongs with those who, nevertheless, can hear differences between connections.
We're not ashamed to admit that we're in the second camp, and this splendid Wireworld Ultraviolet 5/2 illustrates why. This is a two-metre USB cable – ideal for joining your laptop, say, to an external DAC, say, in an effort to get a workable sound out of a PC.
Cambridge Audio thoughtfully provides a free USB connection with every DACmagic – and by comparison with a giveaway lead, the sound the Wireworld makes is leagues ahead.
The gains in low-end body and punch, midrange spaciousness and detail, and high-end smoothness alone are significant.
And, when you take into account the additional scale, superior timing and altogether more vivid presentation, the Ultraviolet 5/2 becomes a compulsory audition, if not an automatic purchase.
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