I’m sure that Tellurium Q are perfectly competent in soldering their own cables. After 10 years things can go wrong. Let’s remember that while Alastair and Andy are excellent dealers and Kudos are a decent company, that other dealers and speaker manufacturers are available.
I sold the SuperLumina cables that I used with the 300 and SL2s, and bought Tellurium Q Black II to go with my ProAcs. They seemed more cost appropriate somehow. I’ve recently bought some NACA5 off eBay for the princely sum of £125 and am going to give them a go once they arrive; I like the idea of dispensing with ugly jumpers and using simple F connections.
A bit late with the reply but looks like you found your issue and not too bad thankfully. I had a 5 pin din to din Naim interconnect that came with the nat05. 17 years old and no longer worked with only one channel working. A continuity tester check of the pins was a simple and effective way to check.
The cables have been treated like a basket of eggs, as I know they can be quite delicate. They have never come in contact with pets or children. It is actually the solder that has sheared, snapped off.
If so, then that is rather disappointing from a company like Tellurium Q. It will be interesting to hear if getting your speaker cables re-terminated improves SQ.
I’m not sure about children or pets, but placing them too close to the wall and straining the joints may do it. At least, that’s what they said in regards to my interconnect that broke. The important thing is that it’s an easy fix, albeit a tad irritating that they broke in the first place. Stuff happens.
I totally agree @anon4489532, after all, they are 10 years old. The MD of Tellurium has suggested that I have all eight connections re terminated.
Whilst on the subject, I had a conversation with him about cable lengths…
Yes, and it seems HH had a similar problem, although I guess we can’t read too much into that. I have already banged on about the dangers of anecdotal evidence.
But yes I agree, get all eight re-terminated for peace of mind, and let us know how the cables perform after.