Entreq Speaker Cables
Entreq Speaker Cables
Over the past few years Entreq speaker cables (and interconnects) have overwhelmingly become the most popular choice of cables here at Audio Therapy.
At all levels of their range they perform to an exceptionally high standard and have taken many by surprise. At a cursory glance to many they may look complicated, even bewildering with ground boxes and ground cables and many people dismiss them out of hand as a result. But, for those who take the time to understand what Entreq is about and importantly spending some time with cables in their system it almost always results in a very happy customer.
Entreq signal cables can elevate system performance to a whole new level, to a place many customers thought not possible from ‘merely cables’, Entreq’s principle of extraneous noise removal is key to their ability and performance.
The range of Entreq speaker cable follows the same hierarchy as the interconnects, it starts with the entry level Hexa range, then Primer Infinity, from there it goes to Revelation, Sudoku followed by the flagship Olympus Infinity.
The hugely impressive Olympus remains Entreq’s flagship range of cables. Primer Pro was the entry level range of cables but a new range called Hexa was launched in the summer of the 2023, this has now replaced Primer Pro, it is a new design and is the first Entreq cable which does not require a ground box to work and it offers excellent value for money.
Primer Infinity comes with hardwired ground cables and a Primer Ground Box
Revelation has been designed in the same manner as Hexa and a grounding is not required. Sudoku comes with hardwired ground cables and an Olympus Ten T Ground Box.
The flagship Olympus range comes with hard wired ground cables, but without a ground box, allowing the selection of the most suitable box for the system in question.
Hexa, Revelation, Sudoku and Olympus start at 2.2m pairs, longer lengths are available in 0.55m increments.
Primer Infinity Speaker cables start at a 2.5m pair and increase in 0.6m increments.
Hexa is priced at £480 for a 2.2m length which equates to just over £100 per metre, which is a new price point for Entreq, as mentioned above this new entry level cable has been redesigned so no ground box is required to help keep the pricing down. Longer lengths are no issue, additional stereo increments of 1.1m are £80, so a 3.3m pair is £560.00.
Hexa performance is very natural and organic, too many cables from well known cable brands can sound strident and artificially detailed which many find initially impressive but after extended listening many become tiring and fatiguing, it’s a constant theme I hear from customers. All Entreq speaker cables excel at being even handed and incredibly well balanced and Hexa is a great starting point.
Primer Infinity is the next step up the Entreq range, a 2.5m pair is £1280 including a Primer Ground Box, longer lengths are priced at £160 per additional 0.55m. The addition of the ground box results in a quieter cable, the grounding arrangement has a simple function – to remove noise and pollutants present in the signal path and drain them to the ground box to allow the signal to be free from noise.
The next cable up the range is Revelation, this is priced at £1700 for a 2.2m pair, as mentioned above Revelation has been designed like Hexa, so Entreq’s EED’s system is built into the cable, no ground box is required. In performance terms Revelation performs beyond the older (but very popular) Konstantin Infinity, even without the grounding.
Sudoku is the next step and this is a new cable released in the Autumn of 2024, priced at £3600 for a 2.2m pair, this price includes an Olympus Ten T, the ground cables are 0.55m long. I’ve not yet heard Sudoku so this will be updated once I’ve had some time with it.
Olympus remains unchanged in the range although it’s price has been reduced and is now £17500 for a 2.2m pair.