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Oyaide Cables

Information on this cable brand was showing up in another thread, which is fine, but I figured this cable line deserves it's own thread.  I have very little experience with the brand so far as I have only had the Black Mamba V2 PC  in my system for about 200 plus hours and just installed the  TUNAMI GPX-R V2 PC last night.  I only need one PC for my system at this time as my Integrated amp has a DAC and my music streamer doesn't take after market PCs.    Firstly, the Black Mamba V2 PC is excellent.  I know audio is very system dependent, but in my system the BM V2 was the best PC I have had, it really made a noticeable difference.  It kind of gives you the  best of both words, good clarity and extension but at the same time the system is relaxed and natural sounding.  Very important if you have a lot of rock and pop and poorly produced material in your music collection.   The Tsunami GPX-R V2 PC improves upon the BM V2 in that the air and spacing is better, the stage is deeper and wider,  and the bass is still tight, but thicker.   I am thrilled with these PCs so I ordered the Tunami Nigo V2 speaker cables and those should be here soon.  I am very happen with the Western Electric 14 GA, but after hearing how good their PCs are, I just had to give the Oyaide SC a try.     Anyway, bottom line is I suspect it would be very hard to find a line of cables that sound this good at such affordable prices.  A Big thanks to Wig for letting me know about these PCs and Speaker cables and guiding me along.  
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nicked_wicked
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Anyone found Black Mamba's for cheap in EU? I'm going crazy, absolutely set on these cables but European dealers let you bend over so much it isn't even funny anymore. I could either grab a few meters of BM cable and attach some 004's to them, but of course European dealers have exorbitant prices, more than double of what dealers outside of Europe offer, especially for the euro plug version they thought it was a great idea to throw 150$ extra on it compared to a US plug.

The other solution is to get the BM sigma with the (custom) 004's already attached, and is even cheaper than the DIY solution but of course only a 3 pin is available to buy, but I do know Oyaide has a European version of it as well but ofcourse no one seems to sell it.

At this point I might be better of contacting Oyaide to place an order for 3 EU BM sigma cables + 4 PA-02 TX AES/EBU cables, it'll probably be several hundreds of dollars cheaper than here in the EU, absolutely shameful!

Anyone in the EU with success please let me know, would appreciate it a lot!
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lak
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@nicked_wicked, even in the USA buying from a dealer one had to pay a ridiculous price which is why I purchased on eBay from reliable establishments. Several people posted that they purchased the Oyaide wire and built their own power cords and were very happy with them. Sorry, I have no EU experience.
nicked_wicked
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Thanks it’s just very annoying, heard some very good things about the beryllium copper 004’s from Oyaide. Guess I’ll need to figure out some other plugs that aren’t artificially price raised to hell and back. :(
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lak
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CPT Super Stroke is good for the money but in my opinion at the bottom of the list. I think the Oyaide Black Mamba, Furutech SO22N are a bit better than the Cerious Tech GE, which is also a very good power cord. I have no experience with Silnote power cords.
Based on what you have stated I'd go with the Black Mamba, flexible, lightweight, sounds good with deep bass and a nice connection that will snap into outlet on your equipment.
The Matrix power cord will be a lot less flexible and heavier, and the DPS-4 is a heavy power cord.
bsavage
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I purchased a used Black Mamba Sigma V2 to replace an 18 year old Harmonic Technology power cable on my Zesto Andros 1.2 phono stage. I am quite taken with the improvement it brings to my system. The sound is more dynamic with a quieter background. Bass is tighter with better articulation. The sound stage is noticeably deeper and images are better defined. But, the most captivating improvement is the dense, rich tone through the midrange. Instruments and voices are more lifelike and involving.  

I haven't compared the Black Mamba to any other similarly priced power cables available today, but I am very pleased that such a performance increase over my previous power cable can be had for such a bargain price. 
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