Ultra Black II XLR Cable
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Ultra Black II XLR Cable
Like the Black XLR, just much better and using our Tellurium Copper connectors. For a richer more detailed sound.
Performance Profile
Blue Family
Warm and forgiving for systems with a slight edge or for those who like a more smooth laid back presentation. Blue and Ultra Blue are especially good for AV and home cinema.
Black Family
Smooth, fine detailed and great resolution while actually reducing apparent harshness. Music is presented as a coherent, organic whole, with a jaw-dropping sense of realism and naturalness.
Silver Family
Totally uncoloured, acting as a wide open channel sounding unforced, vivid and dynamic with phenomenal resolution, transparency and natural tonal colours. All this while sounding extremely analog and coherent, from the exceptional top end extension to bottom with finely detailed, separated bass notes.
Reviews and User Comments
“Tellurium Q Statement cables managed to forge extreme transparency with the unprecedented organic flow….
With any high-end audio cable, one can be too quickly trickled into the phenomena of an initial emotional impression impact. This is still sadly associated with too many high-end audio cables on the market. In reality, this tricky-exuberant effect starts to echo off almost as instantly as it was introduced in the first place. Tellurium Q Statements differs by far in this regard. There is no after effect, no aural morphing, no big waving of emotional impressions. Just a steadily verisimilitude!
Tellurium Q Statements deliver the authority, sonic VR alike holographic nature, captivating relief soundstage structure, pinpointed three-dimensionality and finely micro/macro dynamics.
All that in the absence of the sonic smear, subtle distortion and with the high definition amount of acoustical focus points!? Yes Tellurium Q Statements truly deliver an extreme resolution without introducing the clinical and analytical momentum too often associated even with the most exotic top tiers…
Their stand out, extraordinary performance are more than worthy of the 2019 Editor Choice Award!”
– Matej Isak, Mono & Stereo
“Finally I plugged in the mains cable to the Creek amplifier. I wasn’t expecting a huge difference but the change was rather stark. “Way Down In The Hole” became larger and more substantial in its presentation. “Bizarre Love Triangle” was more vibrant. I could hear little notes that had previously escaped me and was delighted at just how much more the music seemed to flow effortlessly through the system.
These set a new standard that out performs all other cables we’ve heard.”
– Jon Myles, HiFi World
“Had I known then what I know now, that this is Tellurium Q’s best ever cable achievement, I likely would have been biting his arm off to get my hands on one.
This was a very big difference and I will say it again I was not prepared for it… I installed the Statement II USB back in to see if the magic came back and it did and it was at that point I realised the enormity of the achievement.
…it’s been the biggest shock a cable has made in my system for some time and the fact it come from a USB is crazy. That is why I think this is Tellurium Q best cable to date.”
– Terry Ellis, Pursuit Perfect System
“We already have the new Tellurium Q Statement SPDIF digital cable up and running. Already in the unpacking process you can appreciate the great care that Geoff Merrigan and the Tellurium Q team have put into its realization and there is an Anglo-Saxon concept that comes to mind: “proud of ownership”. But the really big thing comes when we put the cable to work. Fresh out of the box and replacing the wonderful Tellurium Q Silver Diamond (the best digital cable I have tried to date), the Statement makes clear why Geoff has considered that it should carry that last name … much more air, more detail throughout the frequency range that is very evident in the amount of texture that the instruments revails, making this detail fully integrated into the sound of each instrument and making this detail add even more naturalness and realism to the sound. Absolutely awesome.”
– Francisco Moya, www.audiohum.es
I never Imagined that only one clock line or rather a Statement II digital line could affect the original characteristics of the entire reference system and make a significant change.
Even if you only use a Statement II cable for clock signal transmission, it will have an immediate effect!!
– HiFi Review Magazine
Everything is cleaner, and less electronic sounding. Listening to very fine acoustic details reveals more information, and of a higher quality. Spatial relationships are more defined too. The three-dimensional space created between my ears feels larger as well. Tonal balance is not affected at all, these cables merely offer a cleaner, less grainy look into your music. Honestly, I prefer that approach, and again, that has been my experience with all of the other TQ cables I use. I was definitely expecting some improvement but was excited by how much more natural everything sounded with these cables.
… everything has a better sense of pace and timing with the TQ cables in place. And when listening to solo vocal records, voices are more detailed yet more natural at the same time..
– Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio Magazine!
“One of those OMG moments!….
Every now and again we try a new bit of kit to see if we can improve on our already capable top end system. Little by little we push the bar higher, but every now and then something very significant comes along.
KOG audio told us about a new Tellurium Q cable that goes from the DIN output socket on a record deck to a couple of RCA (Phono) plugs. Part of their Statement range, at an eye watering £3600, we thought we’d try one to see if it justified its price tag.
Plugging it into our smart new Technics SL1000R direct drive record deck (not to be confused by previous models of the SP10 / SL1000 – this is a whole new ball game), via a Lehmann Audio Decade pre-amp, into the 500 series Naim system with the gorgeous Focal Scala Utopia speakers. It took about 5 seconds to realise it had transformed the whole system into something so special, I haven’t heard anything as good, anywhere, at any time, for any price !”
– HiFi Cinema
“Detail was impressive. Cymbal taps offered body and a presence with a beginning middle and an end. I could hear effort and pressure, Bringing a sense of realism that was impressive.”
– HiFi World
“So far, nothing we’ve yet tried preserves the integrity of the signal [more] than the Statement Phono from Tellurium Q.”
– Tone Audio Magazine
“Switching the original Statements out and installing the Statement IIs I cued up the same record and returned to my listening seat. I had changed no amplifier settings and yet here was Harlan County Line sounding better than I have ever heard it. The delineation between the instruments was more pronounced but not at the expense of coherence, and then the voice was there. Actually it was here, in front of me, just a few feet away. I felt that I was in some Kentucky roadhouse, surrounded by miners and country people, all absolutely silent as Mr Alvin told us his stories. The Statement IIs were the only difference from the first spin of the record, so I had to attribute this added realism and authenticity to them. It had been fascinating to hear the differences in the TQ studio, but if anything it was even more noticeable and impressive in my own home system…
What Geoff Merrigan has achieved with this new version of Statement II is little short of remarkable. He took an already class-leading product and made it even better.”
If you have invested in the MKI version and are now feeling the urge to upgrade my advice would be to do it if you have the financial means…. only audition Statement IIs if you can afford them. You have been warned!”
– Chris Kelly, The Ear
Only an essence of the review using google translate:
“…excellent balance and excellent full frequency analysis…made me hear the singer’s rich emotions…pronunciation is as clear and real as it can be….and the two female singers who sang in the chorus in the left channel have a sense of “mouth shape” and positioning which is amazing! … If you are using a tube preamplifier, TQ Statement II is here to help you upgrade. A short cut, worth a try”
– HiFi Review Magazine
“What on Earth did Tellurium Q do to make the music much more moving?… finally I have to admit the magic power of Statement [II].
After switching to the speaker and signal lines [XLR] of the Statement II, I replayed this album again. My wife suddenly asked me what I had changed (she was used to the test of playing acoustic equipment at home). She said that those songs were better than before… Oh!! If I have the financial resources, I should leave the Statement II.”After switching to the speaker and signal lines [XLR] of the Statement II, I replayed this album again. My wife suddenly asked me what I had changed (she was used to the test of playing acoustic equipment at home). She said that those songs were better than before… Oh!! If I have the financial resources, I should leave the Statement II.”
– Kelvin, Audiotechnique
| Family | Product Code | Name / Performance Level | Price Per Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statement | ST-II-XLR | Statement | £5,934.85 /set |
| Silver | SD-XLR | Silver Diamond | £2,881.42 /set |
| Black | BD-XLR | Black Diamond | £1,606.95 /set |
| Silver | US-II-XLR | Ultra Silver | £1,226.60 /set |
| Black | UB-II-XLR | Ultra Black | £684.79 /set |
| Silver | SL-III-XLR | Silver | £570.02 /set |
| Black | BK-II-XLR | Black | £453.81 /set |
| Blue | BU-II-XLR | Blue | £293.32 /set |
