Isle of Wight businesses used to create premium speaker cables

Entrepreneur and businessman William Eikos lives in Ryde and develops the cables in his home workshop, using leather from Fortune Leathercraft at Arreton Barns, and washers from water jet cutting services Hydromar in Shanklin.

Diametric in Newport supply badging for the cables, and A. R. Bull Engineering in Ryde make cylinders.

Stitching for the cables is done by West End costume designer Mandy Haslam, who has most recently worked on Wicked.

William with the Aurigen, the speakers that he developed (Image: IWCP)

The cables have been shipped to the US, with William's clients based in places including Malibu and Beverly Hills.

William has also lended a speaker cable to Platform One to use as a microphone cable.

Platform One artists recently performed at Warrior Festival at Robin Hill.

He has been on the Island since 2018, and volunteers as a tour guide at Appley Tower. 

Appley Tower has recently reopened after a restoration project.

Speaking to the County Press, he said: "Our ears are the most sensitive sense we have next to our emotions.

"If they were any more sensitive we'd hear molecules banging together."

William has also developed a new set of speakers, Aurigen, which uses new concepts and technology to get more out of music recordings.

The speaker mounts took a week to be formed in the setup pictured (Image: IWCP)

Explaining the speakers, William said: "The speakers are set up as a pair of arrays with eight units on each side, at an angle of 60 degrees to the listener.

"The sound isn't filtered like other speakers, which means that they send out a much stronger and coherent wave of sound, like speakers at festivals.

"This allows the listener to sit anywhere in the room and hear far more detail, as well as space captured on the recording."

On the resultant sound, William said: "You're sharing the space with the performer and you're emotionally connected."

"Live music makes more endorphins in your brain than listening to music, and this is as close to live music that you'll get without actually being in front of someone."

The speakers were painted and sprayed at Ocean Coats in Cowes.