Oyaide

I've got a bunch of Black Sand Mark V PC's with Wattgate 330i / 350i terminations and one with the Oyaide 004 series terminations. IMHO, the Black Sand / Oyaide has markedly more sparkle.

I installed a pair of Oyaide Tunami GPX power cords on my amps today. The short story is more clarity and a lower noise floor which has resulted in more apparent volume at a lower setting on the preamp's volume knob.

They seem very transparent (meaning neutral), as I also discovered using Oyaide PA-02 wire for balanced interconnects between my preamp and amplifiers. I'd say there is a definite "house sound" between the two examples of Oyaide products I own. Crisp and clear with excellent tonal balance. Akin to Shunyata in that regard.

How is the Oyaide Tunami GPX wire attached to the C-O46 plugs--solder, crimp, screws? I'm obviously new to DIY, and I couldn't tell from the web site pictures.

My Tunami GPX are factory built, so I have no idea how the plugs are attached, nor does it concern me.

I have a 1.5 m length of Oyaide Tunami I bought from
VH Audio terminated with Oyaide p/c-004 plugs i also purchased there, you can see pics here;

http://home.comcast.net/~cpkver8/images/pc2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~cpkver8/images/pc3.jpg

The drop in noise floor was so dramatic I had to adjust my volume setting and panicked I had screwed up the attachment some how causing a drop in volume level somehow,lol.. It was a rather startling and obvious change from the
pre-fabbed stock cable I'd had. Mating it with their R1 may have had something to do with the overall success of the effort but I am very satisfied.