First Ultimate MK II 1m pair
The FIRST ® Ultimate is a threefold heavier shielded version of Van den Hul’s highly praised classic The FIRST ®.
£355
3 year warrantyFirst Ultimate MK II 1m pair
£355
The FIRST ® Ultimate is a threefold heavier shielded version of Van den Hul’s highly praised classic The FIRST ® (world’s first METAL FREE interlink) and has been designed for highest quality (unbalanced / asymmetric) line level audio and SPDIF digital audio connections.
With The FIRST ® Ultimate the sonic results are so different and also
so much better than found with any metal product we know of, that we
think this is a complete breakthrough in cable technology. Besides the many highly innovative technical aspects of this product, its sonic aspects are even more attractive:
Especially the lack of dynamic compression on higher signal levels, the
extended low level information and the total lack of any harshness make
this cable so different from any other product known so far. And for
critical listeners with high demands on spatial reproduction, this is
your final choice; no other product so far produced, renders so much
spatial information as The FIRST ® Ultimate.
The basic conductor material is Linear Structured Carbon ® (LSC).
- The coaxial constructed The FIRST ® Ultimate has a LSC centre conductor with 12,000 individually insulated 7 micron strands with a total diameter of 1 mm. The individual strand insulation prevents electrons to cross from fibre to fibre. The direct result is that electrons exclusively move trough the 7 micron strands in one dimension. Side movements are virtually impossible. This prevents a lot of audio problems.
Sonic result: a much cleaner sound reproduction.
The center core insulation is made of polyethylene foam to achieve a low capacitance between the inner and outer group with minimal dielectric absorption.
- In difference to our The FIRST ®, The FIRST ® Ultimate’s outer braiding, functioning as screen and signal return, is made of 6 (instead of 2) layers of braided LSC fibres. Together 114,000 individually insulated fibres.
The jacket is made of light yellow coloured HULLIFLEX ® 4 with black type printing. HULLIFLEX ® 4 provides a superb mechanical protection and exhibits a very high chemical stability. The result of all this innovative work is a product without any defects. Thus far in any combination of equipment, the improvements were very clearly detectable, and this not just for experienced listeners.
The FIRST ® Ultimate performs equipment independently. All owners
will be really happy with their sound reproduction for the first time in
their life. Also as a digital interlink, The FIRST ® Ultimate performs
unsurpassed. The typical interface induced jitter-distortion is
definitively finished.
The external diameter of The FIRST ® Ultimate is 7.8 mm., perfectly matching our C – 8.0 RCA type connector.
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