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Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Has anyone tried this "minimalist" cable kit? After receiving a recommendation from someone with similar musical values to myself, and whose ears I trust, I could not resist ordering one. I will report on how they sound in a few weeks, but am interested in others' opinions too.

For those that have not heard about them look at www.sakurasystems.com for an interesting read. The cable sounds as if it is very close to the specification of the conductors in Belden Cat5. So I may have spent around 100 times what the kit is worth. We shall see.

If you have not heard this cable, please don't bother posting your opinions of how it MUST sound here. Nor am I that interested in hearing how stupid I must be to order this kit - it's my money and you are free to make different decisions with yours. Sorry for this condition, but I am bored with those that have nothing positive to offer on this site, and post their opinions based on deductive logic rather than actual experience.
redkiwi
abex
322 posts
 
Cryo treated Cables have not returned as yet,but I did get to use the Eichmanns in place of the Plastic Plugs and that works fine.

Would have liked to have gotten the newer Silver Plugs ,but they were not available yet.Cost being another factor,they were something like 3x the price of regular ones.

Satisfied so far ,but I did notice the cable can be all over the place in the Freq. spectrum with the Mids falling out as has been mentioned.Waiting on a better Digital Cable also.

Happy Listening!
brulee
564 posts
 
Anyone who wants the best from the OTA, please use the supplied RCAs. This is part of the magic and design of this plug. Why go through a pin, solder when you can go wire to connector. Use as intended or you will never know what this wire is capable of.
ivo
13 posts
 
I agree with Brulee. Ivo
abex
322 posts
 
I have to agree given that is the opinion of other's also.The Plasic gives the most direct contact to the post.

OTOH,I was forced to use a connector for my CDP.For some reason I could not get them to work so I tried Eichmanns whch seem to work fine.

I will be doing some test using Cryo treated OTA .That shall be very intresting.I will have enough to run Treated with and without Eich Plugs and using the Plastic Connectors.
slawney
242 posts
 
I agree with Brulee and Ivo on the sonic superiority of the 47 Labs plug over the Eichmann. In the end, I use the Eichmann on only one set of IC cables, and that is located on the TV!
I do not know if it has been announced already on this thread, but 47 Labs has recently started shipping a new speaker cable, and has announced new IC and digital cables, whose sonic superiority over OTA has already been documented by at least one contributor here. I think we should start a new thread on these new cables, since they have a new construction, and probably new set-up requirements. I personally do not have these new cables yet (I still run OTA), but hope to have them soon, otherwise I would start the thread myself. You can see a picture of the new speaker cable on either the sakurasystems or the konusaudio web-sites.
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