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UberLight™ Flex puts your turntable in the right light. Canadian company Reliable Corporation has used its years of experience as a task lighting manufacturer to create a unique and thoughtful solution that will please any analogue fan.

The Supreme³ fuseholder from HiFi-Tuning is considered the sonic benchmark when it comes to getting the current from the fuse box to the system in the best possible way. In terms of pure materials, the approach of using pure copper conductors that are silver-plated, copper-plated again and then gold-plated before the whole construction is frozen in a nitrogen bath is probably exhausted. However, there is another approach, often described as esoteric, but undisputed among materials scientists: crystals affect metallic conductors in their immediate vicinity.

Bernd Ahne of HiFi-Tuning has spent a lot of time thinking about the influence of fuse holders in the fuse box on optimum sound. After all, the entire power supply of the hi-fi system has to pass through this bottleneck. There is hardly any other place where the sound of the system can be improved so easily. The production of a completely unique fuse holder with all its certifications is an illusion for a small company. So Ahne sought out a large Asian supplier willing to meet the extraordinary demands of hi-fi tuning, as long as he paid in advance.

The HiFi-Tuning fuse holder originally comes from the Mersen company and is designed to fit into modern DIN fuse boxes. The version offered here has silver-plated contacts and holds fuses in the format 10.3 x 38 mm with up to 32 A. In addition, the holder is cryogenically treated at HiFi-Tuning in Berlin, which, according to Bernd Ahne, leads to a significant improvement in the sound of the already good standard product.

This is a special version of the Supreme³ designed specifically for use in fuseholders in control panels. It uses a black ceramic body. The fuse thread and end caps are made from a silver-copper alloy. The end caps are also 24 carat gold plated. Bernd Ahne of HiFi-Tuning recommends having a suitable fuse holder installed by a qualified electrician. The sonic improvements are clearly audible.

In the hi-fi industry, people have been experimenting with the effect of crystals on current-carrying conductors for many years. In addition to various do-it-yourself projects, for example with tourmaline granules, there are various suppliers who offer dummy plugs filled with quartz crystals for equipment tuning. Other people have been describing the sonically beneficial effect of rock crystal on tube amplifiers since the early days of high-fidelity.

The Supreme³ fuse is a further development of HiFi-Tuning's older Ultimate fuse. It has a black ceramic casing. The fuse thread and end caps are made from an alloy of 99% silver and 1% gold. In terms of sound, this fuse is a little livelier and more controlled than the copper Supreme³ version of the same size, and shows fine details in the high frequencies better.

The copper version of the Supreme³ fuse has a black ceramic case and would probably never have been created without the help of George Cardas. He provided HiFi-Tuning with a bar of Grade One Low Eddy Copper. Cardas copper is oxygen-free and has a purity of 99.9999%. This is the raw material from which the exclusive Cardas cables are made. In this fuse, the fuse thread and end caps are made from the same material. The end caps are also directly gold-plated with 24-carat gold. If you look closely, you will see the Nautilus, the Cardas Audio logo, embossed on the end caps.

The fuse Supreme³ is the further development of the older Ultimate fuse from HiFi-Tuning. It has a black ceramic housing. The fuse thread and the end caps are made of an alloy of 99% silver and 1% gold.

HiFi-Tuning's Supreme³ silver solder consists of 85% pure tin, 15% fine silver and 2.5% Supreme³ flux. No gold or copper is added to further improve conductivity.

HiFi-Tuning uses its own German-made Supreme³ solder for the handmade production of its Supreme³ fuses. After extensive sound tests, the manufacturer chose an alloy of tin, copper, silver and fine gold to achieve the best possible result. A special 2.5% flux is included to make the material easier to work with.

L'Art du Son is a concentrate for wet cleaning records. It works equally well on vinyl and shellac records. Unlike virtually all other liquids, L'Art du Son contains no alcohol, emulsifiers or preservatives. This is a blessing for the records, but confronts the user with suspended particles in the concentrate and in the finished cleaning solution. These dissolve on shaking and are completely harmless.

L'Art du Son CD-DVD cleaner and conditioner is suitable for all types of 12cm polycarbonate discs (except SHM discs). Whether it is a CD, DVD, Hybrid SACD, Blu-ray or even CD-R, spray L'Art du Son undiluted directly onto the surface. Then use your fingers to spread the spray over the front and back of the disc so that a thin film covers the entire surface. Then wipe with a soft, lint-free cloth, or even better, a paper tissue.

The problem is well-known and still not perfectly solved: dirt accumulates on the diamond of the pick-up system and this reduces its scanning capability. The more dirt and dust accumulates, the more urgent cleaning becomes. The special brush from Martina Schöner is the perfect tool for this. It has washable white brush hairs that are just stiff enough to scrape off dirt well and at the same time flexible enough not to bend the needle carrier.

The problem is well-known and still not perfectly solved: dirt accumulates on the diamond of the pick-up system and this reduces its scanning capability. The more dirt and dust accumulates, the more urgent cleaning becomes. The special brush from Martina Schöner is the perfect tool for this.