What's in these cables that they're so darn expensive?

While the materials we use in NBS cables are undeniably the best money can buy, it's what's NOT in them — as well as what IS — that makes them costly.

Many cable manufacturers use a "cheap fix" to attain a reasonably good sound. Some simply modify mass-made spooled cable with their own connectors. Others incorporate resistors, capacitors, or coils to alter the frequencies the cable delivers. Most rely entirely Teflon™ or other synthetic materials for a dielectric.

While these approaches work to a certain degree, each possesses it's own set of limitations. NBS cables do NOT rely on pre-manufactured designs nor on additives or synthetics to achieve “pure” sound. The secret is in the design itself—a Passive Frequency Inductive Network—which can only be achieved at the NBS level of efficiency through hand-made construction, using the purest available copper, gold, rhodium, chromium, and silver.

Every NBS cable is individually crafted — NOT machine manufactured — and is then hand-tested. All NBS cables are guaranteed for life to the original owner.