Articles by Futureshop

A great place to start your cable upgrades is with power cables. By introducing a good quality power cable from the wall socket to a power block, there can be a noticed increase in performance of all equipment powered by that block. With even more power cables added to each and every socket, there can be a more complete cleaner set-up which can be noticed almost immediately. Here are our top picks when it comes to power cables: (Continue reading...)

Mains Power Blocks are a great addition to any electrical equipment connected up within your house. The power you receive and travel around your houses nowadays are not of the same quality as in the past and with higher energy requirements now, this power is spread thinly affecting the performance of certain products, e.g. Hifi and TVs. There are however products that can clean, condition and isolate the power that you do use. (Continue reading...)

Nowadays where there are clusters of power cables and connections all around, digital signals can be susceptible to interference which will degrade the signal being received at point B. There are however many USB cables made to carry signals less susceptible for various lengths and actually improve what will be seen or heard. Here is what we think you need to consider for that important upgrade: (Continue reading...)

Did you know that by cleaning the connectors for your cables, you can improve the quality of the signal passing through astronomically? Over time connectors oxidise and reduce their performance but by cleaning them once every few months, you can keep them in pristine condition and ensure that you always have the best connection possible. Future Shop has two products that can be used by you to clean your plugs: (Continue reading...)

New cables often have very high levels of electrical charge caused by the production process. In addition, gases are often trapped between the insulation and the conductor during manufacture. This can often result in new cables sounding brittle, bright and lacking detail. These charges must be neutralised if the cable is to ever achieve maximum performance. (Continue reading...)

Speaker cables run from the amplifier to the speakers. There has been much talk amongst the industry in that does the higher the quality speaker actually means better the sound? Traditionally, speaker cables had standard copper wiring, but today there are other options available. (Continue reading...)

Speaker Cables have and always will be the staple for all Hi-FI systems. A good speaker cable can truly reveal the potential of your speakers and enter you into another world. Over the years, technology for speaker cables has been researched thoroughly and now there are many top-of-the-range cables brimming with innovation to bring you the best sound possible. Here we have a list of our top picked must-haves when it comes to speaker cables:  (Continue reading...)

Digital Optical Cables are becoming more and more popular with rises in sales of external amplifiers and speakers connected to TVs. By connecting your TV to external equipment with a Digital Optical cable you can hear greatly improved sound over the basic TV speakers. Digital Optical cables contain strands of glass fibres to travel high bandwidth multi-channel digital audio signals through to soundbars, soundbases or external amplifiers. There are many Digital Optical cables available so we produced a list of top must-haves in the range of optical cables: (Continue reading...)

Newer HDMI cables run a specification called HDMI 2.0 that improves the limit of the bandwidth they can carry and allows higher resolution signals to be sent from your sources to your TV. On top of improving the conductors in HDMI cables, there is also an improvement on shielding and protection to prevent the signal being interfered with by nearby power cables and power supplies. We have compiled a list of HDMI cables that we recommend for being must-haves: (Continue reading...)

Ethernet Cables are becoming increasingly more popular with the increase of streamers and streaming services for audiovisual distribution. By using higher performance level ethernet cables within networked situations, there can be a noticed increase in the quality of audio and visual being streamed due to better shielding preventing interference and more conductive materials being used within. Here are our top picks that will help you to delve into improving your streaming experiences: (Continue reading...)