Esprit Beta Master Clock Cable (BNC) – Handmade in France

Richard Cesari says the importance of the connectors on a clock cable is enormously underestimated. Fit a brass connector or a poorly chosen plating to a very good clock cable, he says, and it is as if you had soiled the signal.

The Esprit Beta Master Clock Cable is a BNC cable for master clock links from Esprit's Beta range. The Beta clock cable is assembled by hand at Esprit's workshop in Confolens, in 1 and 1.5 m and in 50 or 75 ohm.

The idea

Inside Esprit, the Beta range goes by a nickname, the "cable killer", and the Beta clock cable belongs to that family. Esprit builds Beta around fine-strand pure copper, optimized insulation and protection against high-frequency interference, the foundations of the Beta clock cable. Its dielectrics are controlled and its shielding is adapted to each use, so the Beta clock cable is protected in the way its own signal needs. The aim Esprit sets for the range is fluid, coherent transmission in analog and digital alike, and the Beta clock cable is built to that brief.

By hand, in Charente

In Confolens, Charente, the Beta clock cable is made the way Esprit has always worked, entirely by hand. Esprit says this hand method lets it control every step of making the Beta clock cable and keep each one consistent. Each Beta clock cable then passes two complete inspections, one by its assembler and one at final packing, before it leaves the workshop. It is unhurried work, and the Beta clock cable is made at its pace.

How it sounds

Esprit describes the sound of the range as balanced, dynamic and remarkably legible, and it presents the Beta clock cable as a foundation for a stable, musical system.

The Beta clock cable uses Esprit's own Eh 50 connectors, fitted to BNC, since Esprit designs a connector as an extension of the conductor itself. Inside, the Beta clock cable uses a coaxial construction, insulated in polyamide imide rated to thermal class 200°. Esprit specifies the shielding of the Beta clock cable as fully shielded. For Esprit, a cable such as the Beta clock cable should simply let the system express what it can do.

Finding your place in the range

The Beta clock cable is level 2 of Esprit's nine and the first level in which Esprit offers a clock cable, below Celesta. Order the Beta clock cable in 50 or 75 ohm, whichever your equipment specifies, and in 1 and 1.5 m. You can see the Beta clock cable beside the other Esprit ranges in our Esprit collection.

Specifications

Questions

How does the Celesta clock cable compare with the Beta clock cable?

The Celesta clock cable is the next level up from the Beta clock cable. Where it differs from the Beta clock cable, the Celesta clock cable uses a twinax geometry and shielding specified as double fully shielded.

Which connectors does the Beta clock cable use?

The Beta clock cable uses Esprit Eh 50 connectors with BNC. Esprit has developed several connector generations so that each range, the Beta clock cable included, has an interface matched to it.

Should I choose 50 or 75 ohm for the Beta clock cable?

Choose the impedance your equipment specifies for that connection; the Beta clock cable is made in both 50 and 75 ohm versions. If the manuals are unclear, send us the model names and we will help you check before you order the Beta clock cable.

What does the Beta clock cable cost?

The Beta clock cable is $399 for 1 m and $499 for 1.5 m. Sales tax is included in the price of the Beta clock cable, and we deliver it free anywhere in the USA.

Where is the Beta clock cable made, and when will it ship?

Esprit builds every Beta clock cable by hand in its workshop in Confolens, France. The Beta clock cable usually ships in about 2 weeks, with free delivery anywhere in the USA and sales tax included in the price.

From our boutique to your listening room

HiFi Boutique is an authorized Esprit dealer. Delivery is free anywhere in the USA, and sales tax is included in the price. Hand-built in France — usually ships in about 2 weeks.