This section is divided as follows:
- LAT: News
- LAT: Q&A
- LAT: Technical information about
- LAT: An interview with the founder (Later in 2008)
- LAT: Risk-free purchase
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LAT: News
Insight into, and Demystification of, the High-End Wire and Cable Industry
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LAT: Q&A
None currently. Come on you lot – surely there's something about LAT products you want to know?
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LAT: Technical information
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LAT: An interview with the founder (Later in 2008)
It's far from clear if the main man even wants to be interviewed. I'm working on it though.
LAT: Risk-free purchase
All power strips and standard length interconnects and standard length loudspeaker cables are available on 30-day no-risk sale or return.
Please phone me on 020 8447 8485 for details
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LAT power distribution blocks and speaker cables
Options and UK prices
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In a nutshell …
LAT power distribution blocks have in my experience ALWAYS made a POSITIVE difference.
The degree of improvement, in terms of background quietness and dynamics is of course a variable depending on the circumstances. There is no substitute – not even an LAT power distribution block – for a dedicated mains spur into your listening room. I have a dedicated spur. Nevertheless the use of my LAT distribution block has provided worthwhile improvements.
In a room without a dedicated mains spur, the improvements can be astonishing. I'm so confident, that I offer a 30-day no-questions-asked full 100% refund for anyone in the UK who isn’t sufficiently impressed.
I use LAT SS 800MkII speakers cables throughout my demonstration room. I've yet to find any other cable that offers such a high combination of sonic performance, construction, durability and sheer value.
Just £30 per metre off the reel i.e. un-terminated. Prices for standard and customised lengths with pretty much any ultra-quality terminations you can think of, are available on request. Tel: 020 8447 8485.
The back story …
In 2006 I was called in by an importer. His retailer had relieved a customer of over £75,000 for a system. According to the importer, the system sounded "good" – but no better than one of say £15k. The importer’s concern was threefold.
First, it was his imported amplification, and it was not properly representing what could or should have been achieved. Secondly, the importer’s retailer was, he thought, incapable of elevating the quality of the overall sound and finally, the importer rarely felt comfortable dealing face-to-face with end-users.
So I visited, with a few CDs and a couple of records. The system’s performance was as described by the importer. In all aspects, I’d have valued the system at even less than the importer’s estimate of £15k. I’ve owned systems at £7k that were more musically satisfying. All of the makes had an excellent pedigree.
It was just that the amplification was wrong for the speakers, and vice versa. The signal sources were pretty much neutral.
Each item was powered through massively expensive power cords running through some sort of anonymous mains filtering unit supplied by someone who, in the context of the end-user’s system, really should have known better. But there was a profit for him in it so ….
Anyway, I lent the person an LAT 8-way distribution block with instructions that he plug one end into the only remaining filter-less 13amp wall socket and then reconnect everything, and then listen. Which he did.
The end-user was overjoyed. I went to listen. The transformation was frankly extraordinary. The dynamic potential of the system was partly but noticeably improved and bass speed, attack and tautness were significantly more substantial. All this for an outlay of just under £300, representing just 0.4% of the total outlay.
A cautionary note
To date, I have never experienced such an improvement as I did there. There were a combination of factors at work which helped elevate the improvement above the norm. The LAT block did a superb job, but bypassing the so-called 'audiophile' mains filtering unit was a contributory factor too.
A paradox?
The point is though, the introduction of an LAT distribution block is both unpredictable and predictable. The predictability is that based on my direct personal experiences and those of my customers, the introduction of an LAT mains block ALWAYS leads to a sonic improvement. The unpredictability is the degree of improvement obtained. Hence my 14-day money back guarantee.
Bringing you up to date:
I can supply you with the following options:
4-way, 6-way and 8-way blocks with UK sockets with internally upgraded re-wiring using LAT AC-2 Mk II cable. Prices on request at 020 8447 8485.
But can you go further?
There are a group of enthusiasts who take the view, rightly or wrongly, that having the minimum number of mains fuses in the power chain is the way to go.
They take the view that power fuses are the weak link.
I don’t have a view on this, but that’s what some people think. They argue that as there is a fuse in the 13am plug that powers the block, and a fuse in every power cord that goes between the block and the item of equipment plus (no doubt) internal power supply fuses in the equipment itself, at least those with CE approval, then reducing fuses to a minimum is desirable.
The only legal and safe way I can envisage this taking place is to use an LAT distribution block that has Schuko (European) plug sockets. This means you can use power cords with Schuko mains plugs at one end. As Schuko plugs don't use fuses, then one fuse in each chain has been removed. Neat and simple.
I can supply these, and the power cords too. Please note though that due to the specialised nature of this, these are not sold on sale or return.
Incidentally, this type of power distribution box has the heavy duty UK 13amp mains plug on the captive lead end.
LAT AC power distribution blocks.
Prices as per April 24 2008.
UK postage to you is free i.e. is paid by Stereonow
Basic version (with 1m of LAT AC-2 power cord & MK Toughplug & IEC 13 amp ToughPlug termination.
Order reference 01 4-way £179
Order reference 02 6-way £211
Order reference 03 8-way £242Identical to the above but with a 2m external training lead
Order reference 04 4-way £230
Order reference 05 6-way £262
Order reference 06 8-way £293Identical specification but with a longer than 2m trailing lead
Prices on request (Telephone 0208 447 8485 please)
Internally upgraded version (with 1m of LAT AC-2 power cord & MK Toughplug & IEC 13 amp ToughPlug termination. This upgrade in a complete internal re-wire using conductors from the AC-2 Mk2 cable
Order reference 07 4-way £218
Order reference 08 6-way £261
Order reference 09 8-way £303Identical to the above but with a 2m external training lead
Order reference 10 4-way £269
Order reference 11 6-way £312
Order reference 12 8-way £354Identical specification but with a longer than 2m trailing lead
Prices on request (Telephone 0208 447 8485 please)