I am not very familiar with Tiglon products and was introduced to these Japanese-made components through Kenix Chua of Begins Acoustics.
So I visited the Tiglon website to find out more and discovered that the designer has a liking for magnesium. He uses magnesium for its vibration-damping qualities. He is not the only one as tonearm and speaker driver manufacturers have also used magnesium to dampen vibrations.
He also has a liking for dip-formed oxygen-free copper. Google says dip-forming is “a process for continuous production of copper wire rod in any required length. A shaved copper rod is passed vertically upwards through a crucible of molten copper, emerging as a much thicker rod that passes up a cooling tower before being led to a rolling mill for reduction to the required size as a continuous process.”
From the Tiglon website: Dip-formed oxygen-free copper (DF-OCFCs), which is said to be a miraculous conductor, is twisted into a revolver strand of our own devising, and a ‘magnesium shield,’ a world-patented technology, is applied to the structure. The outer jacket is made of a special outer tube used in the aviation industry and treated with antistatic treatment, and tuned up with “HSE Grande”, an advanced version of our original burn-in technology newly introduced for 2000SP. The ‘Advanced Magnesium Filter (AMF)’, a patented technology that strongly suppresses lateral and vertical vibration of the cable, and the ‘Super Clear Isolator’, a special insulator, have been used to pursue a faithful sound field and a high sense of quietness to the limit.”
I cannot recall any other manufacturer of cables that uses magnesium.
So how does it sound? The Tiglon TPL-2000P speaker cables are the company’s flagship model. It is quite stiff and is directional and it replaced the Kimber 12TC that I normally use in my system.
Immediately I noted a stronger bass which went deeper and tighter than the Kimber 12TC. However, the strong bass did not overpower the tonal balance, but it was noticeable.
Overall the music sounded very smooth and there was a tendency for the leading edges of music to be ’rounded off’ and softened. Another thing I noticed was there was a tendency to thrust the vocals upfront which is not a bad thing especially when the recording is good. For e.g. Diana Krall’s Wallflower sounded exquisite.
The soundstage was quite wide and deep and layering was good.
Overall the Tiglon TPL-2000P speaker cables performed quite well, but I would prefer more ‘bite’ to the leading edges of music.
Call Kenix Chua of Begins Acoustic at 012-6500610 for more details. The cables are priced at RM9,880 (promo price).
