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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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Good to know lak, thanks! When I received the bulk version BM v2 cable I was pleasantly surprised to find the shield much easier to work with in connecting it to the ground versus Furutech’s braided mess you get.

Was also going to mention that I changed the gold Furutech plugs on the Terzo ic's to the rhodium Duelund and like the added clarity the rhodium brings. I'm going to bring the Terzo's home today and try them out in my main rig where I use Teo GC's.
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lak
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@tuffy72561 after doing further listening I still really like my Furutech SO22N power cords assuming they are built correctly because it does make a big difference!
With that said I believe the Matrix power cord would be a really good selection based on what I've read from others I know but I've personally not heard the Matrix. Over $1000 vs $250 depending on options.
The Furutech SO22N power cord is a lot of bang for the buck depending on what you use for the two connectors. Personally, I have several professionally made Furutech SO22N power cords (made by Mike Kay of Audio Archon others stores make them also) most with Rhodium over copper carbon fiber housing from overseas and inexpensive, but one power cord with Furutech Premium NCF connectors. I have pretty good audio ears (if I do say so myself) and I don't hear a difference, which tells me the inexpansive connectors and pretty darn good.
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samac
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@lak 

Thanks for sharing your experience with plugs. I just added (have about 50 hours on it) a power cable with Rhodium over copper and carbon fiber/stainless steel housing connectors from China. I have been very pleased with the results.

To satisfy my curiosity I would like to try connectors from Furutech someday. It's good to know you have had satisfying results from power cords using the more affordable plugs that are available.

Cheers,

Scott
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lak
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@samac, I agree you have to try the connectors from Furutech someday and be your own judge. Systems, like rooms are very different and mileage might differ. For something like $45 for a male and female rhodium over copper carbon fiber housing from overseas off eBay, it's hard to beat, it it sounds good :-)
t_ramey
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I agree lak. I think you might have been the one who posted the ebay link for the connectors I now use and think they’re just as good as Furutech but for pennies and allows me to buy better quality wire cabling without shelling out a large amount of dough. I use them for both the BM v2 and s022n which total makes each cable costing around $100 for 1m length and the DPS-4 for about $400.
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