Welcome to the Turnbull Audio forum: Restoring emotional connection through musical refinement

Turnbull Audio

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Sep 17, 2025
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Arvada, CO
Turnbull Audio is excited to officially join What’s Best Forum! We look forward to hearing about your personal experiences with our Prestige products as well as directly answering any questions you may have. Here is an introduction to Turnbull Audio, our ethos, and a quick overview of our technologies.

About Turnbull Audio
Turnbull Audio launched in 2024 but we’re not new. We started generating our first conductor prototypes over 10 years ago, culminating in our current product line called the Prestige collection. Our mantra is “Power Refined” as that defines our approach to signal purity. Our goal is simple - use the most effective materials to mitigate the issues caused by various types of noise to bring enhanced emotional connection with your music.

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The Pursuit of Excellence
At Turnbull Audio we believe that music is the most primal expression, using sound as the universal language of emotion. The primary purpose of any music system is to preserve the original intention of the artist with the utmost respect and care. Turnbull Audio uses four core technologies to enhance signal purity to preserve that artist’s original intent. We believe, though, that there should be no character, no fingerprint, no DNA, no artifact of any kind to distinctly identify the refiner. True refinement leaves no mark.

Our Technologies
99.999% pure solid core copper - We utilize PCVCC - pure copper by vacuum continuous casting - that is triple annealed and polished to preserve uniform and uninterrupted signal flow.

Field Obfuscation - Turnbull Audio has developed a proprietary particulate blend that obfuscates - or shields - against noise-related issues across the entire EMI spectrum. This shielding is so comprehensive, in fact, that even x-rays can’t penetrate through the cable!

Constrained Layer Damping - Turnbull Audio also uses custom-developed, multi-layer dielectric assemblies to control vibration. While the number and geometry vary and are application dependent, Constrained Layer Damping is a key innovation that is used in all Prestige collection products.

Noise-Resistant Geometry - Bringing it all together, Turnbull Audio employs a unique orientation to further reject and eliminate EMI noise both inside and outside of the conductor.

Lasting Performance
From the coating durability of the transition pieces to the termination processes themselves, all Turnbull Audio products are designed to perform at the highest possible level. Each parameter of the connector and the transition pieces is designed to enhance electrical signal transfer through resonance control and solid connections. We also take great care that every connection of every material held within is secured robustly, maintaining the integrity of every aspect of the cable for years to come.

The Spirit of the Bull
The Turnbull Audio stamp of approval is the Shield with the bull. Any product that bears the Shield attests to the achievement of our superlative standards of performance and quality.

Please feel free to ask any questions about Turnbull Audio or share your experiences in this forum. We will use this space to discuss our growing dealer network both domestically and internationally, our upcoming presence at shows, new product launches and more. We look forward to interacting with all of the dedicated audio enthusiasts here at What’s Best Forum!

Edited to add a website link: www.TurnbullAudio.com
 
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Welcome to WBF, Nathan!
 
Hi Nathan,

As one goes up the line from Elemental to Prestige what are the sonic differences you hear? In what ways do you hear the sound of the same stereo changing?
 
Hi Ron, thank you for your warm welcome and question. The short answer is, we don’t know.

Elemental is simply an idea, with no existing developmental projects. The Prestige collection is the current focus of Turnbull Audio, and we are working to fill it out in order to establish a benchmark of performance that is needed prior to altering the scale of performance.

When we first started developing the basis for the Prestige products in 2016, it was with the approach of trying to achieve a low noise floor with a completely uniform response regardless of signal type and frequency, at the lowest possible cost. As we addressed each of our four core technologies, each requiring entirely bespoke manufacturing, it became clear that to achieve the uniformity objective, we needed all four technologies working together in concert. We went through rigorous testing to minimize the costs and applications until the final product could not have anything taken away or altered without significant detriments..

We are, however, very proud to announce that our latest projects are being finalized and will be premiered at Capital Audio Fest in November. We will be in the Wilson room with The Voice That Is, presenting the new Prestige Power Distributor. Please feel free to stop by the room and experience it in person!
 
No link to a website?
 
Congratulations, Nathan, on the release of this new power distributor!

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Thank you Ron! The first unit is shipping to Hi End Theater and Audio in Dallas today, so Dallas and Capital Audio Fest will be the first places anyone can experience it firsthand. The Voice That Is will have a static display in addition to the working unit at CAF, we are looking forward to seeing everyone there!
 

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