COMMUNICATION:
If
you have any questions regarding your order, you can either leave a
message at the checkout or you can send us a separate message via
ebay.
We
will respond to all enquiries in 1-2 days. In many occasions we will
respond within a few hours but this depends on the volume of the
enquiries we receive in a given day. We adverstise and sell many of
the listed cables, as well as more of our cable designs outside ebay.
But please note that due to Ebay policies we are unable to discuss
purchases of products other than those that are listed in our Ebay
shop.
ABOUT
US
We
are a small family business and we design and produce analogue audio
cables. All of our products are produced in our workshop in Wales and
they are sold directly through our website and our ebay shop. Our
products can be separated in two main categories: “custom
made cables” and “handmade cables”. We use the
term “custom made” to describe our work on branded, “off the
reel” cables by Canare, Van Damme, Mogami, Belden etc. On the other
hand our “handmade cables” are designed and handcrafted by
ourselves using entirely raw materials.
OUR
CUSTOM MADE CABLES
Good
quality audio cables do not have to be very expensive or made of
exotic materials. A good performing analogue audio cable is primarily
defined by its electrical parameters and by how these parameters are
matched with the interconnected components. Such cables can and
should be available at affordable selling prices. Most of the
products we sell through our ebay shop aim at customers who want to
achieve a very good level of performance in their audio system
without spending a fortune on their wiring.
We
are a workshop that produces at very small numbers and we have no
intention to mystify our work, re-brand the cables we use or adopt
marketing strategies for the sake of charging high selling prices.
Unlike what many customers think, the price of a cable gives no
indication of its performance or quality. It is the result of market
processes that has very little to do with the actual performance of
the product. We try to keep things very simple and straightforward.
We produce and we sell directly to the end user/private customer. The
price we charge for each of our cables is a direct reflection of the
cost of materials, labour and any other service charges we have to
pay for (i.e. ebay, paypal etc). It is not based on any claims for
superior performance. This also means that we are unable to offer
further discounts on our products.
You
will notice that we offer a wide range of phono / tonearm cables.
Regardless one's views on audio cables and their impact on the sonic
performance of a system, phono cables (i.e. cables that form the path
between the cartridge and the phono pre-amp) can result to a world of
difference (for the better or the worse). Hence our dedication in
offering a large selection of products that can meet the requirements
of most customers.
Several
aspects that matter on an audio cable are regularly either
overemphasized or entirely ignored by the relevant literature leading
to false impressions on what matters and what doesn't while also
shaping the expected value for money perception of a customer. We
select our materials and use certain procedures based on actual
knowledge and not on abstract claims. We are more than happy to give
our honest opinion on certain products.
All
of the cables we offer - regardless their price-range – meet
certain standards that ensure optimal performance. All the parameters
that are crucial for the accurate, low loss transfer of the low level
signal have been taken into account. Proper EMI/RFI screening
throughout the entire length of the cable, low capacitance,
appropriate dielectrics, conductor quality, flexibility and anything
that may affect aspects of the cable performance have been addressed
and considered carefully before choosing which cables we use for this
application.
Our
cables are fully shielded from the one end to the other. With any
cables that require extensive modification, we take a considerable
amount of time to re-insulate and re-shield the signal conductors
with dense, high coverage copper braids. We do not leave any part of
the conductors exposed to EMI and RFI by simply covering them in
heatshrink, nor we use inferior foil tapes to claim 100% shielding.
Our work meets the highest standards and our cables are not to be
compared with low cost inadequately customized alternatives.
In
their majority our phono cable assemblies have a symmetrical
structure and their shielding is used as a full-floating Faraday Cage
connected only to the external ground whenever this is possible (i.e.
in a similar way to the metal enclosures of your audio components).
This means that we take full advantage of the balanced geometry of
the cables we use and entirely isolate the EMI/RFI path from both
“send” and “return” signal conductors. The benefit of such an
approach is better resolution, quieter background and lower levels of
capacitance. Please feel free to enquire about the possibility of
alternative shield and ground arrangements.
So
if you have any specific requirements, please do contact us in
advance and we will do our best to help. Note that most
customisations will affect the price of the cable depending on the
cost of the necessary parts.
Y.
Tomé Handmade Analogue Audio Cables
In
addition to the “custom made cables” mentioned above we produce a
very large range of entirely handcrafted Phono and Line level
interconnect cables. These are cables that we have designed ourselves
and we handcraft in our workshop in Wales using raw materials.
Actually, our handmade cables are what we are mos known for. Most of
these cables are designed and produced at very high specifications
and their prices can be a lot higher than the custom made cables that
we offer via our Ebay shop. Some of our less expensive handmade
cables like the “Silvercord” are listed in our ebay shop.
However, in their majority these cables are only available to
purchase directly from us and we do not sell the through Ebay. For
more of our analogue audio cable projects feel free to visit our
websites.
Many
thanks for visiting our listing
Y.Tomé
Analogue Audio Cable Designs