Cables - Melco
We sell a comprehensive range of high quality cables for connecting your speakers, hi-fi and home cinema. This section includes speaker cables and interconnects, along with every other type of cable you should need. If you need any help finding and choosing the right cable, plesae call or e-mail us for expert advice.
Melco are dedicated to designing and manufacturing the very best possible solutions for digital music storage, ripping and networking for audio. Their range includes music libraries designed around their own custom PCB and software to ensure close to bit-perfect music storage - and when combined with optical reader can read and store the most accurate version of your CDs possible.
Melco stands for Maki Engineering Laboratory Company and the company was founded in japan, by Makoto Maki. From 1975 the company designed and developed the finest audio components of the time. 1980 saw the release of a turntable that set new standards of fidelity and design. Later they moved into computer peripherals, which used extensive research and innovation, to make Melco market leaders. The product range included wireless routers, Ethernet data switches and storage devices such as NAS drives. They became the largest peripherals manufacturer in Japan.
Melco’s audio background and history, make them the ideal company to make audio specific networking equipment, such as network switches, music libraries and shielded Ethernet cables. The latest technology is designed to distribute a clean digital audio over a home network. Finally, A top-end CD drive is available, to RIP CDs to their remarkable music libraries.
Melco music libraries: a music library refers to a device that has masses of storage for digital files, as well as network connectivity. Melco makes a range of high-end digital libraries with either a 3.84 TB SSD or a 2TB HD, built in. They are designed to be used with an external DAC or DAC equipped amplifier. They connect to a home network via Ethernet. Moreover, kits are available, so that you can connect the music libraries to an optical network.
Network switches: another speciality of Melco is audio specific network switches. These use top quality components to make network switches that have a much better noise performance than off-the-shelf switches. These are designed for a much cleaner environment for delicate audio files. A weak point of any Ethernet network is the cabling, normality this is not shielded and can act as an aerial, picking up all kinds of noise. Melco makes high grade cables with innovative shielding and larger than normal conductors.
Cables may not seem as glamorous an upgrade as a new CD player or amplifier, but the difference that a new interconnect, mains cable or pair of speaker cables can make might just surprise you. A hi-fi system is only as good as its weakest link, so ensuring you have high quality cables and interconnects is a no brainer, and certainly not an area you want to skimp! Not only is a good quality cable likely to sound better, they are often built to a higher standard than free giveaway or cheap cables, and usually come with large warranties – a sign that they are well made and sure to last!
We have a range of audio cables and interconnects, ideal for connecting a source to an amplifier, or a power amplifier to a pre amplifier. A high quality interconnect will ensure that no signal or information is lost, and can even affect the characteristics and tone of your music. We have a huge range of audio cables, with a variety of connection options and terminations, a range of lengths and a product to suit every taste and budget.
Speaker cables can greatly affect the sound produced by your speakers, and as such a good speaker cable is essential. We have a huge range of speaker cables, including custom lengths off the reel. We offer cable termination services, providing high quality banana plug or spade plug termination to a selection of custom length cables. We also offer a range of pre-terminated cables to suit your requirements.
It isn’t just audio cables which can offer an improvement to your enjoyment of music and films. We offer a range of digital cables, ranging from optical cables, coaxial cables, HDMI cables to USB cables for connecting a DAC to an amplifier.