Black Rhodium has been overhauling its lower-price ranges of late, introducing new models that bear some clear resemblances to the old but differ in various ways

Jive is BR's next-to-entry cable at £7 per metre, and this bi-wire version is simply four instead of two conductors inside the overall silicone rubber sheath

For any lover of LP, stylus force is one of the major bugbears. It isessential to get right because it directly affects tracking and styluswear, and interacts strongly with vertical tracking angles

This is Ixos's top Gamma Geometry cable, the big brother of IX1. The two share many features, including proprietary Aptimus-coated conductors and the geometry, but IX2 naturally differs in several waysfrom its cheaper stablemate

Ixos has been around as a cable brand for a few years now and itstrademark Gamma Geometry has become a familiar sight. The essence of Gamma is that the two signal-conducting cores of the cable