Reviews for Tellurium Q Black II Speaker Cable - Factory Terminated

If you can't hear a difference with these cables, you must have poor amplification or something wrong with your ears. It is literally night and day!

I'm 47 years old and have used all sorts of branded cables ranging from £10 a meter - £400! These are a genuine bargain at their price, and to be honest, what they do to your sound! A good affordable cable that DOSN'T break the bank and punches well above its weight !!!

I highly recommend this cable to all my friends as their first upgrade, then RCA cables next!

Thank you for your advice. Money well spent.

My old 31-year speakers sound as if they had been in a cupboard and the door had been opened. My EAR 899 amp is excellent but never high on dynamics. Now there is plenty. I'm putting pennies into a piggy bank to bi-wire. I will go back to my music again.

Fantastic cables! Improved soundstage, more clarity, bass, and vocals have pushed a bit forward. Matching my Naim Unity Atom paired with KEF LS50 Metas just nicely. Fast delivery and excellent service as always!

It is highly recommended!

I brought it to replace my ten-year-old DIY 'silver plated' cables, serving my Elac BS312 and Naim Unit Atom.

Very good for the money spent, natural sound, and balanced than my previous cables.

Excellent speaker cable. I bought it based on reviews, as it’s quite hard to audition in retailers, and I am not disappointed. There is excellent bass that feels balanced with the mids and treble. I had good cables before, but these are in a different league—good detail retrieval from the music, and very relaxing to listen to. I’m glad I bought them. I opted for full burn-in, which may have helped. Thank you also to Futureshop for their exemplary customer service, clear website and speedy delivery.

I purchased a set of Tellurium Q Black II Speaker Cables for my recently reinstalled audio system comprising a Cyrus CD8 cd player/Sugden SF100 amplifier/Jamo Concert 8 speakers, which circumstances had led to me not using for a number of years. I initially connected the speakers to the amp with the recently acquired QED 79 Strand Speaker Cable, also purchased from FutureShop and only used for a few hours – the QED cables were not burnt in.

The Tellurium cables did improve the sound; however, the improvement was only discernible to my ears following a direct back to back comparison with the QED cables by playing one short piece of music, immediately swapping the cables and replaying the same piece of music. The bass was tauter and the percussion more “percussive” (I can’t think of a better way to describe the difference). I should add that the Tellurium cables had been burnt in for 96 hours by FutureShop, and it is possible that if the QED cables had experienced a similar burn, the improvement might not have been so noticeable.

I certainly did not hear the dramatic improvement in sound quality that others claim to have experienced, and without back to back comparison, I doubt I would have noticed much difference at all.

I believe that the Tellurium cables are better than the (considerably cheaper) QED cables, but whether the improvement merits the much higher price is another matter. I’m not a cable sceptic, but I’m not convinced that the higher price is justified by the relatively small improvement in the sound quality and remain dubious about some of the overblown claims made for cables and other related HiFi ancillaries, especially the much-used expression “fantastic value for money” bandied about by many reviewers for products costing hundreds of £s.

Finally, I cannot fault the service provided by FutureShop, which was excellent.

More natural sounding than other speaker cables I have used.

Firstly I must say how impressed I have been with the friendly communication, support, advice, and service received from all at FutureShop.

Secondly, the cables arrived beautifully packaged, with precise directional instructions. Connecting them up to my Naim 282/250 was straightforward, and despite only a 96-hour burn-in, the sound quality is superb. Mark advised me that they would continue to improve with an extended period of use. This won't be a hardship as the sound is already airy, dynamic and more entertaining than my old Linn cables.

The cable's compact dimensions make them both practical and aesthetically pleasing too. I also purchased two sets of matching jumper cables, as my Linn Kabers have a tri-wire option. I have always loved these speakers, but the addition of the Tellurium cable and jumpers have moved them into a different league!

You would have to believe in this cable to use it for the speakers on a 5.1 av system. I can find nothing better.

I have to admit that over the near 40 years I have been a hifi enthusiast, speaker cable was never at the forefront of my 'to-do list. The venerable 79 stranded cable, in my mind, was more than capable of fulfilling the needs required in my quest for sonic heaven.

I was wrong!

Placed an order for a 5-metre pair of Tellurium Q Black II, with matching jumpers, along with the recommended 96-hour burn-in. They arrived yesterday and once in place and fired up. I have to say I am aghast! The difference in what is now a sweet, airy top end, low-end depth with far more control really is night and day, and far more than I would have expected or believed.

As a speaker cable sceptic (now ex!), I am totally bowled over and not a little shocked by how much the whole sound stage has pulled itself out of the dark ages. I was concerned after placing the order that I had in some way wasted over 600 hard-earned sheets. In no way whatsoever has that happened, and in the process, I have been reminded that every day is a school day!

Equipment used - Roon FLAC server to Cambridge Audio 851N Azur Streamer. Anthem AVM60 preamp, Anthem Statement A2 power amp, Bowers & Wilkins 800 Nautilus Speakers.