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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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t_ramey
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I think all the cables tuffy72561 mentioned are really good cables and like lak said its just a matter of trying them out in your own system to see what is preferred. From what I’ve heard thus far I would also say that if your system is a tad on the warm side that the Super Stroke and BM v2 could be a nice fit. And if things are a tad on the bright or lean side then probably anything from Furutech is good with the GE and Matrix being down the middle. But then you can always mix and match to each component to get a desired effect, which could have you going around in circles but hey that’s half the fun!

And don’t underestimate the cable going from the wall to your conditioner or power station. I was playing around over the weekend changing out the GE yellow for a DPS-4 and got really good synergy with everything. I currently have a BM v2 on both my dac and integrated amp with Matrix speaker cables and the DPS-4 on the conditioner that feeds everything really made for quite a nice soundstage and gave me some of the best sound I’ve heard. Of course I’m not done and will continue experimenting with different setups but I’m pretty happy with the way things are. Would like to get more Matrix cables but need to save up. The journey continues....
t_ramey
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I'm really liking these Terzo ic's. Need to try the rhodium connectors on them but so far the cheap gold Furutechs are working well. Looking at the prices of already assembled pairs of Terzo ic's it seems the diy doesn't save as much money as it does with the power cables especially considering which brand and model connectors you choose.
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wig
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t_ramey,

My Terzo V2 were factory terminated with their latest Genesis RCA and it's a very good sounding cable with no brightness. Let us know how the rhodium works out.

Wig
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pokee1016
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@david_ten   I compared it specifically to the Wireworld Starlight 7, AudioQuest Carbon and Chord C-USB so it was a real world comparison. I know that as you go up the scale, some people have claimed increments of improvement but I flat out stopped with the Neo d+ A. I know that silver works well in certain applications but I've found that it does best with tube gear and can be slightly "too" crystalline in certain setups. With SS I often prefer copper for a more organic presentation. For instance when I hear a cello, I want it to sound like a cello with aged wood, not a finely polished "new" instrument. I am using a tube pre of my own design feeding a Boxed Gobo chip amp based on LM1875's run with balanced power producing approx 15 watts. Speakers are also my own design (Speakerlab Fremont that I designed while with the company) and alternating with a tuned pair of Tannoy DC1000 speakers. Kimber cable throughout. The Oyaide made everything fall into place and gave me the goosebumps I was after. It just stopped sounding like a cable and a DAC and sounded like real music in a real venue.

t_ramey
651 posts
 
Does anybody know what the factory terminated Black Mamba V2 does with the shield wire? Just curious because I've been connecting the shield wire to ground on the ac plug side only as I've heard from others this is the most effective way but wonder if the factory bothers to do this or if they connect the shield to ground on both ends or not at all.
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