Esprit was founded over 20 years ago and remained totally unknown to me until a friend in PR put my name forward to represent the brand in the UK.

At first I was a little apprehensive. Oh no more cables – do I really need another cable brand?

Some demonstration cables were sentover, the middle of the range Eterna. This is where it got interesting – the first thing I noticed was the presentation and the construction were both superlative, so on to the auditioning.

Initial positive impressions of the audio performance hardly prepared me for the transformation after a recommended 80 hours or so of ‘running-in’ resulting in a detailed, delicate and musically nuanced presentation in a manner I have not heard in any previous brand – individual aspects of the sound are never allowed to take precedence over the integrity of a beautifully balanced performance.

Maestro!