Black Cat Silverstar BNC to BNC

@shkong78 

Did you come to a conclusion with your Black Cable comparison?

I have been using the Silver Star MkII for a month or so and its the best digital cable I have ever used.

HOWEVER!!!! 

I took a risk and bought the TRON MK3 and installed it today. Currently have about 7 hours on it. Will report back with impressions soon vs the SSMKII. Was it worth the big upgrade price??? We shall see

Both of these cables are clearly cut from the same cloth as Wig has stated. No question about that. At first I thought Chris had sent me a SSMK2 with different jacket. I admit I was concerned.
WIth just 7 hours, things changed quite a bit. Its like comparing a 5 year old wine to a 25 year old wine from the same winery. If you want your digital to sound more like music this is the type of cable Chris is designing, he is not trying to make special effects. While the soundstage on the SS was very good, the Tron is mesmerizing. It will only get better.

@ aniwolfe

Thanks for the update and I am certain it is going to get even better! Chris has got musicality mastered...

Wig :)

Question re: BC Silverstar Mk2 (or any digital cable for that matter): I have read that cable length is important-- that you use at least a 1.5m cable to prevent bounce-back reflections.  In email back and forth to Chris (maker of BC cables) he said that there shouldn't be a problem, but I figured I'd ask the forum here since you all seem experienced in various cable types.  I'd prefer to use 1m, less cable mess and less cost!  Thanks in advance for replying.

A dealer I work with in the Seattle area (Quinn Audio Video) was kind enough to loan me several cables to audition in my own system.  I recently scored an EXCELLENT deal on some Martin Logan Theos speakers, and I am running them bi-amped from a Marantz SR7007 (which isn't too bad in "pure direct" mode!). 

After purchasing the speakers, I upgraded my speaker wire to Anticables 3.1 (2 sets for bi-amp).  I then became frustrated by the audio limitations of my Chromecast, so I invested in a Bluesound Node 2i and a set of Audioquest Golden Gate cables (ran analog to get MQA decoding).  After Amazon launched their HD (I hate that term) music service, I decided to grab a generic video/digital coax cable and see how it sounded using the DAC in the Marantz, since Amazon isn't using MQA.  Digital sounded MUCH better than the analog, even with the generic digital cable vs. the Golden Gate cables.  I added the Silverstar (with the included BNC to RCA adaptors) and was stunned how much better the sound became.  The "fuzz" around everything all but disappeared...and the vocals were much more defined in space.  Bass was tighter, and everything in general had improved definition.   The sound improvement is completely worth the price of admission, in my opinion.  I have no idea if this cable is broken in or not, but I have a few weeks to play with it.

I almost hate to try the other loaners...I am completely sold on this cable...next I am going to try the iDAC he loaned me with and without the linear power supply upgrade.  I also have a set of Black Cat Coppertone to try, as well as power cable upgrades.  If they are as significant an improvement as these, I might just go broke buying all of this! :)