We have often mentioned how your audio system’s cables are like the arteries in your body. Even the slightest problem with an artery can have a seriously detrimental effect on the physical system as a whole. The same holds true for AC power cords.

Why is it that high-end systems at shows often just don’t sound natural, are too loud and tiresome to listen to? Here the problem might not be the systems themselves, but the quality of the cables. Engineers and designers across the world have been working to minimize cable distortion and coloration through the use of ingenious cable configurations, carefully selected insulation materials and extraordinary conductors, such as specially prepared silver, higher-purity copper, carbon fibers and others. So far these efforts have met with only limited success. Thirty years of study and research have, however, enabled us at Combak Corporation to discover and