Ok, things are settling very nicely indeed. The combination of my 423.5 PhonoLitz tonearm cable (arm to SUT with single destination earth tag) and 223.5 ConnectLitz (SUT to phono preamp with destination earth tag) is superb.

Earthing is critical! My turntable, arm (via the tonearm cable), SUT and ConnectLitz are all four connected to the phono preamp's earth post, star-earthing style. Leave out any one and the sound degrades. I was puzzled earlier in the evening as to why the sound had gone off, and it was the SUT earth which had come loose. So even if you think everything is earthed, double-check as you may yield a nice upgrade in SQ for the sake of a bit of green wire.

These two cables yield a huge amount of detail, together with a fabulous wide and deep soundstage with pinpoint focus. Despite the detail being extracted, they are not bright, edgy or harsh. This proves that construction is king and silver need not necessarily be tainted with the 'bright' tag. Frequency bandwidth goes from extreme highs to deep, deep bass. They are essentially tonally neutral with nothing favoured. Midrange and vocal quality are of the highest order, really thrilling with good recordings.

I am over the moon with these cables and can only say they represent extremely good value for money and have very high build quality. Yannis has produced something very special here and I thank Marco for having spotted his products and given them a punt.

Right then, I've been chatting with Yannis and he is now making me a 223.5 ConnectLitz XLR balanced cable to go from my phono preamp to main preamp, thus completing the phono chain. If that gives me a further improvement, then I shall order one more for the preamp to power amp run, and perhaps yet another for my SACD player to preamp run.

P.S. all my cables are fitted with WBT 0110Ag plugs at extra cost. I have requested Neutrik NC3MXX/NC3FXX silver pin plugs for the XLR cable.