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Cables
Hand-builds Dutch silver-and-gold cables, vetted by Stereophile.
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about ikigai audio
Ikigai Audio is a Dutch high-end cable maker based in Roosendaal, focused on interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords designed, engineered, and handbuilt in the Netherlands. The brand organizes its catalog into named tiers, running from the entry Tanoshimi through Sugure, Kangai, Kinzan, and the top Tanso, so a dealer can place a customer at a price-and-performance level rather than a single model. The Kangai series is the most-reviewed line and uses 5N silver conductors with 24-karat gold in its construction. Above it sit the Kinzan and Tanso tiers; below it, Sugure and Tanoshimi serve the more accessible end of the range. Ikigai sits in the boutique import segment of the cable market, cross-shopped against other European high-end cable houses rather than mass-market brands. In the US, Ikigai Audio distributes through Analog Matters of Ormond Beach, Florida. Its named-press footprint is strong for a boutique cable maker: Herb Reichert reviewed the Kangai-level cables favorably in Stereophile's Gramophone Dreams #82, and the line has also been covered by StereoTimes and HiFi Pig. The brand showed at AXPONA 2023, building US visibility ahead of broader distribution. Ikigai Audio exhibits at HIGH END Vienna 2026 and ships to the US through Analog Matters. Cables are handbuilt in the Netherlands.