{"id":2951,"date":"2016-09-14T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kleinnovations.com\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2014-09-25T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T11:10:32","slug":"klei-copper-harmony-phono-rca-plug-review-by-hifipig-rfc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kleinnovations.com\/bartime\/klei-copper-harmony-phono-rca-plug-review-by-hifipig-rfc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"KLEI Copper\u00aeHarmony Phono\/RCA Plug Review by Hifi Pig Magazine and RFC  (Dursley\/UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\"><b>Hifi Pig Magazine<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">I reviewed the original Reference Fidelity Components (RFC) Pluto cables for Hifi Pig a while ago and I think it is fair to say that I gave them a rave review! I know of quite a few folks who subsequently bought a pair and were very happy indeed with their purchases. It is only right to remind you that I know Paul, the proprietor of RFC, well. But that cuts no ice as far as reviewing his gear is concerned \u2013 as always, I tell it like I hear it! The Pluto Mk2\u2032s use the same conductor cables as the originals, but take advantage of the latest RCA connector technology with the new Eichmann Harmony copper plugs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\"><b>Technicalities<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">KL (<b>Keith Louis<\/b> Eichmann) claims the following features and benefits for the KLEI Copper\u00aeHarmony Phono\/RCA Plugs;<\/p>\n<ul lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI','Cambria', 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #441E1F; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Signal\/Ground pins are pure Copper and >101% IACS (not Tellurium Copper (95% IACS) or Brass (28% IACS).<\/li>\n<li>Signal\/Ground pin optimization to enhance electron flow<\/li>\n<li>Signal\/Ground pins are now much stronger and shaped like a tag, which makes soldering small\/large\/multiple wires, very easy.<\/li>\n<li>Signal\/Ground Anti-Short shield has been added between the Signal\/Ground solder tags.<\/li>\n<li>Signal\/Ground pins are arranged to maintain a maximised distance from each other, and the utilised foil technology ensures that Capacitive, Inductive, and EMF effects are minimized.<\/li>\n<li>The Head Assembly jaw structure has been redesigned and mechanically improved, to allow an easy snap-like connection to a Phono\/RCA socket, ensuring the ultimate connection with easy removal.<\/li>\n<li>Ground pin includes thread teeth which ensures that a metal Housing is star-point grounded.<\/li>\n<li>The Housing Assembly uses 2 screws to retain and secure the Cable.<\/li>\n<li>Extremely high temperature melting point thermoplastic polymer has been utilized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">If you\u2019re a technical specialist the above will certainly mean more to you than it does to me, but RFC says that connection to sockets is much improved\u2026 more positive and plug is more durable, they are lower in capacitance too, for a cleaner signal and use pure (5 or 6 nines pure) copper rather than using the commonly found pitch or tellurium based coppers, which has then been silver plated. Oh, and personally I think they look damn sexy, too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\"><b>The Sound<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">Well, the proof of the audiophile pudding is, as ever, in the listening \u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">They are stunningly transparent cables. A new level of detail has been resolved for me in recordings I have played dozens of times. Bass is deep, powerful, vibrant and superbly defined.  No fat or flab, just the music. They lock on to rhythms like a hungry python, just amazingly foot-tapping. Imaging is naturally focused and in-the-room 3D. Treble is extended and pure, not harsh at all, sibilance is naturally presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">This is one of those happy occasions when comparisons become difficult, because the component is unequaled in my experience, so superlatives become mandatory! The Pluto Mk2 are not a \u2018nice\u2019 cable like some, colouring and smoothing or accentuating the signal in a euphonic manner.  They just allow the most transparent pathway for the music signal that I have yet heard. They take the excellent Pluto mk1 and just do it all even better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441E1F;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/hifipig.com\/rfc-reference-pluto-mk2-interconnect-cables\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\"><b>Reference Fidelity Components (RFC)<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">New improved RFC Reference RCA Interconnect launched by Reference Fidelity Components (RFC, Dursley\/UK), now uses the KLEI Copper\u00aeHarmony Phono\/RCA plug!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">Hot off the heels of the success of the original highly reviewed Reference Pluto RCA interconnects, RFC is delighted to announce the launch of a new, improved version which uses the advanced and new-to-market KLEI Harmony RCA plugs.  This represents improved electrical, mechanical and sonic performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">So what is a \u201cHarmony\u201d plug and who are \u201cKLE\u201d? Well, KLE stands for \u201c<b>Keith Louis<\/b> Eichmann (aka KL)\u201d the inventor of the very successful original Bullet plug.  Just about every aspect of the original Bullet plug has been improved for the new KLEI Harmony version, particularly plug durability and quality.  The new KLEI Copper\u00aeHarmony plugs also use an ultra pure copper in place of the older Tellurium (pitch) copper for better conductivity.  The conductor surfaces are then heavily silver plated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">The fit onto the receiving RCA socket is now about the best available short of using a locking RCA plug but they are also easier to insert and remove than KL&#8217;s older Bullet plugs. The Earth\/Ground pin is also improved, squared section and much tougher with a better contact area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441e1f;\">Sonically, these new KLEI Harmony plugs, in combination with the cable used in the Reference Pluto offers unrivaled resolution at or anywhere near the price&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Khmer UI', 'Cambria','Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #441E1F;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/hifipig.com\/rfc-reference-pluto-mk2-interconnect-cables\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<o:RelyOnVML\/>\n<o:AllowPNG\/>\n<\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hifi Pig Magazine I reviewed the original Reference Fidelity Components (RFC) Pluto cables for Hifi Pig a while ago and I think it is fair to say that I gave them a rave review! I know of quite a few folks who subsequently bought a pair and were very happy indeed with their purchases. 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