Few things we write about annoy a section of What Hi-Fi?’s readership as much as a cable review. For many of these readers, the idea of spending any more than the minimum makes no sense as long as the cable meets the necessary impedance and current-carrying requirements. If they are happy with their system’s sound, we see no reason to argue.
However, in our experience, the quality of the conductor and dielectric, along with the construction, makes a notable difference to the way a cable performs. With this in mind, Merlin Cables has taken a hard look at the affordable speaker cable market and come up with the Tarantula: an understated but carefully conceived speaker cable designed to offer class-leading performance for the money.
