New Esoteric P02 D02

How are the Snake River Audio and Boomslang cables ? I have never heard them. Did you compare them with any cables ? Also most people including me are sometimes complaining or noticing that the p02/d02 is a bit forward compared to older Esoteric products and some competitors (Accuphase, Soulution). Did any of these cables change this ? Some people recommend Odin or Valhalla 2 AC cables to make the overall sound more cohesive and flowing with ease.

Pharma, The Snake River cables are affordable High End. The Signature Series are Silver on Copper, all hand made with ultra high end connectors all hand Terminated with Silver fill solder. I was using Wireworld Platinum Eclipse Series 7 ICs with Shunyata ZiTron PCs . First I changed the 75 ohm connector to my server. I liked it and moved to Signature series ICs DAC to Preamp. Now I have them between the DAC and Transport , and all clock connections.
They are the best affordable cables I have used, a real sleeper. I think cables are the biggest challenge, and though these are a bit dark and tilt the treble back a little, they are certainly worth the price of admission and then some! Look at the website, and if you have questions, you can talk to the owner, he will make whatever you need!

Colekat: I own the C-03 preamp for several years now and love it; what are the essential differences between the C-03 and C-02 (other than the 2nd set of XLR outputs which is a nice touch; the C-03 allows multiple simultaneous outputs but has 2 RCA and 1 XLR which I could never understand :-) )? Thanks!

Colekat: Thanks.
I am using Acrolink/Esoteric 6300 xlr. between transport and dac. I am using another 6300 between dac and preampand sometimes a Van Den Hul 3T The Mountain which is less detailed but warmer and more cohesive that works better with lesser recordings. I will listen to Valhalla 2 and some others as well. I am considering Acoustic Revive for aes/ebu connection instead of 6300.
Which BNC cables are you using for the clock ?

Pharma, I'm using the WireWorld Platinum Eclipse 7s clock and AES/EBU, and also analogs to the C-02. I also switch them out and use the Snake River cables to get a warmer presentation, which definately benefits CDs. The WWs are better cables for deliniating sounds, but the Snake River cables are really growing on me. They are such a good deal in a complete rip off industry, I have to really let myself enjoy them. If I paid more, it would be easier to explain why they sound so damn good.
I've been auditioning Synergistic Research Element Power cords with the Powercell 10 mk3 . First time I've had active cabling in my system. It is very holographic, three dimensional. At first it is great, but over time I've had listening sessions when it is intense, not in a bad way, just intense. I haven't decided on weather or not I'm going to make the switch.