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Cables
Engineer signal and power cables, racks, and connection accessories from a German house with US distribution.
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about in-akustik
in-akustik was founded in 1977 in Ballrechten-Dottingen, in Germany's southwest near the Black Forest, and built its name on cable and connection engineering rather than electronics. Part of the Braun group, the company runs its own cable confection operation and a music label alongside the audiophile brand, which keeps production and assembly close to home. The current catalog spans analog interconnects, speaker cable, power cords, digital and HDMI cable, racks, and a deep line of connectors and accessories. The Reference line is the audiophile tier, topped by the Reference AIR series, where the conductors are held in an air-dielectric helix geometry rather than a solid jacket dielectric. The AIR Helix construction is what the reviews single out, and it carries down through speaker, interconnect, and power versions. in-akustik competes in the same conversation as AudioQuest, Nordost, and Chord Company at the serious-cable end of the market, distributed in the US through Worldwide Wholesales in Bedford, New Hampshire and Music Video Distributors in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The Reference AIR Helix series has drawn positive coverage from Dagogo, The Sound Advocate, and Analogue Fellowship. It sits as a well-known German import rather than a flagship Stereophile or TAS regular, which is the honest read on where the brand lands with US press. Cable and accessory work is done in Germany at the Ballrechten-Dottingen facility, where the company also handles contract cable confection.