Taralabs cables

TARA Labs produces a full range of high-end audio cables which are sold through official TARA Labs dealers throughout the U.S. and in 38 countries worldwide. Products are regularly reviewed in respected audio magazines the world over. TARA Labs has won more professional reviewer awards, and has more positive reviews than any other cable manufacturer in the world today.TARA Labs is known as the worlds' leading manufacturer of high-end audio cables. TARA Labs' commitment to quality and craftsmanship enables us to cater to the purest audiophile and music aficionados throughout the world. All cables are manufactured in our facility in Ashland, Oregon, USA.TARA Labs offers Rectangular Solid Core (RSC) interconnects and speaker cables. They have become the reference standard for reviewers and serious audiophiles the world over due to their extremely accurate, neutral and frequency linear performance. Another industry first is TARA Labs' propriety annealing process, known as SA-OF8N 99.999999% copper (super-annealed, oxygen-free, eight nines pure copper). This creates a unique, long, unbroken crystal structure called “mono-crystal” which has exquisitely smooth and detailed transfer of frequencies over a very wide bandwidth. And, finally, TARA Labs offers the ultimate in cable design and engineering, the Zero Cable Series. This theoretically ideal dielectric environment starts with our “SA–OF8N” conductors that are then suspended in a Teflon air tube where a vacuum is drawn within the chambers of the tube. The Zero audio cables and Zero digital audio cables are the ultimate in cable technology,Why Rectangular?

Our patented RSC conductors have become the definitive technology in high-end audio cables. The rectangular shape offers a unique advantage over round conductors. They have the necessary mass for solid bass, yet are thin enough for a coherent reproduction of mid-range and high frequencies. The RSC is not subject to the same high frequency losses that hamper traditional round conductors. To further understand the principle behind RSC technology, it is necessary to understand a phenomenon known as "skin effect" This principle states that in a round conductor, higher frequencies will tend to travel towards the outside (or skin) of the conductor, while lower frequencies will travel closer to the center of the conductor. The larger the diameter of a round conductor, the worse the effect will be, resulting in a significant roll-off of high frequencies in large gauge conductors. Because of its rectangular cross section, an RSC conductor essentially has no center like a round conductor. Therefore it does not suffer the same high frequency losses

this is my cable's,Pr. The Zero™ GOLD - 1.0m/3.3ft

Extended Bandwidth - Interconnect

The ZERO Gold is the ultimate model in the ZERO Series of Interconnects. Using RSC® conductors, polished by hand, with no insulation material, provides for the most transparent and coherent sound possible. Using specially designed RCA and XLR connectors, the ZERO Gold uses a tube and vacuum system that means that the un-insulated conductors will not oxidize. The theoretical ideal of 2 conductors suspended in a vacuum has become a reality. The ZERO Gold delivers lifelike sounding vocals, pin-point imaging and resolution of fine detail with ease. You will hear a vanishingly low noise floor and a complete absence of distortion. The reproduction of the recorded space can only be described as holographic. The qualities of reverberation and ambient retrieval are simply astonishing. The performance of the ZERO Gold is beyond comparison to any other interconnect cable design.
•Exclusive vacuum seal Torque-Lock™ RCA or XLR
•Anti-corrosion coated SA-OF8N® copper shield.
•Supplied with TARA Labs exclusive Floating Ground Station® featuring ISM™ technology.
•RSC® Gen 2 SA-OF8N copper

in line polished conductors.
•TARA Labs proprietary PTFE air-tube™.
•Revolutionary vacuum dielectric environment.
•Optimized geometry.
•Vacuum dielectric eliminates coloration and distortion.
•Exquisitely revealing of low-level ambient and spatial information.
•Vacuum dielectric construction and Rectangular Solid Core® conductors create vanishingly low noise floor

The Zero Gold audio cables use SA-OF8N copper conductors. (Super-Annealed, Oxygen-Free, Mono-Crystal, Frequency-Tuned, 8-Nines-99.999999% copper conductors) All cables have: hand-polished conductors and are handmade per order in Ashland, Oregon, USA. The Zero Gold - is lifetime guaranteed,my speaker cable-
The Omega™ GOLD 8ft/2.4m extended band-width speaker cable's



Spectacular power and clarity. Absolutely neutral and coherent.

Superb resolution of micro-detail and ambient information.

Powerful dynamic contrasts. Superbly defined and vivid images.



The Omega™ GOLD is the high performance speaker cable from TARA Labs, designed for use with only the finest extreme-performance systems. It represents a snthesis of the most important technologies pioneered by TARA Labs over the past 20 years. The size of the Omega™ GOLD (6+ AWG) hints at its incredible power. But because this effective gauge is achieved using fine gauge Retangular Solid Core® conductors (168 per channel), the Omega™ GOLD doesn't suffer from loss of claity or detail. On the contrary, this is the only cable that can extract superb resolution of micro-detail and ultra frequency-linarity from power-hungry extreme-performance speakers. Glass Microsphere-infused dielectric (Aero-PE®) provides the most neutral dielectric environment possible while giving the cables their necessary flexibility. This is a connoisseur product, to be recommended only for the select few who have the extreme-performance system to support it, and the discernment to appreciate it, my power cable with oyaide termination's-

The Cobalt™ AC 15amp US Plugs 6ft power cable



The Cobalt AC power cable has 10 gauge conductor runs; 60 Rectangular Solid Core copper conductors helixed in and around Teflon® air-tubes™. Each neutral run is dual shielded with anti-Corrosion coated SA-OF8N® copper braid.
•Wattgate standard IEC plug.
•Additional upgrade Oyaide Plug

Happy Listening and cheers to all.

Audiolabyrinth,
You speak of the Tara Labs Evolution cables like they are the best in the world, and that "you" have tried them against all other cables. Cables are system dependent, and a cable that will shine in your system might sound awful in another system.

Here's a report of a recent comparisons between the Tara Labs evolution and the Vertere Acoustics HB cables in the Audio Exotics Hong Kong's system. One listener's comment below shows there was no clear winner; however, the Vertere HB usb was better than the Tara Labs.

"I had the chance to listen to the vertere HB VS the Taralabs GME

IMHO, the Taralabs was more pin point with more authority over each musical instrument, while Vertere is a bit more relaxed in presentation. No clear winner. Yet the soundstage of both differs a bit.

Another surpise is the Vertere HB USB VS the S brand crown USB.
Vertere's strength is clearly displayed. Its faster, brighter and fuller. The instruments size is more proportioned."

Link to above: Audio Exotics

@Audiolabyrinth,
err.. I'm sure you can't do all your listening just through cables?
A run down of components within the context of system in which they are listened to would be helpful and give all a clearer picture thx.

This is the NEW conductor technology found only in the Tara Labs GrandMaster Evolution interconnect, this is also the New top model cable from Tara Labs. Making Sense of….Gen 3 Conductors

TARA Labs, Inc. has just announced the introduction of its Generation 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor, to be used exclusively in its state-of-the-art interconnect cables.

TARA Labs claims that the Gen 3 conductor has an increased bandwidth or high-frequency extension, that makes it unrivalled in important test measurements and listening tests.

TARA Labs’ Vice President of Product Design, Matthew Bond, said that the new Gen 3 conductor has the same current-carrying capability of a 28 gauge conductor but has the high frequency linearity of a 40 gauge conductor.

Matthew Bond explains why this is possible. “In a conductor with a rectangular profile, there is a huge reduction of ‘flux-linkage’ or ‘coupling’ of electromagnetic lines of force. These lines of force are created as the signal (music) passes through any conductor.” Bond said further, “In a round conductor there is a large center that tends to roll-off or attenuate much more of the high frequency information … this does not happen in a Rectangular Solid Core® conductor”.

According to Matthew Bond, the new Gen 3 Rectangular Solid Core® conductor is smaller than the current Gen 2 conductor used in most of TARA Labs’ audio cables. The Gen 2 conductor measures approximately 25 thousands of an inch wide and 12 thousands of an inch in height. Bond says that the Gen 3 conductor is about 66% of the size of the Gen 2 conductor, and that it is Super-Annealed™ to increase its conductivity.

Both the Gen 2 conductor and the smaller Gen 3 conductor are said to be Eight-Nines™ pure copper, which is 99.999999% pure. TARA Labs’ trademarks for this technology are 8N™ and SA-OF8N®. SA-OF8N means Super Annealed – Oxygen Free 8 Nines copper. According to Bond, the term ‘annealing’ refers to the method whereby a conductor can be made softer and more conductive.