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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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@samac 

I have the cover and frame for two NCF outlets and honestly I'm not sure if they really do improve things that much but I got them and installed them anyway. The receptacle is the star of the show so getting that first is my recommendation and if you ever want to tinker you can get the frame and cover later.

aniwolfe turned me on to this outfit in Canada. They do free burn in too along with a good price. Make sure to scroll the price to usd if not already.

https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/1682-furutech-gtx-d-ncf-rhodium-duplex-receptacle
maxima95
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Thanks to all for your help.
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samac
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@t_ramey 

Excellent comments and advice, thanks. I'll start with the outlet. Thanks for the link as well.

cheers,

Scott
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lak
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@maxima95 the link that t_ramey posted is where I purchased a pair.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Set-Copper-Rhodium-Plated-US-AC-Power-Plug-Carbon-Fiber-Connector-Adapter...
I also agree with aniwolfe, you can purchase parts or completed power cords from AudioArchon.com Mike made the majority of my Furutech power cords.
genjamon
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Regarding the Furutech NCF wall plate, I did find it to have a rather large effect in my system.  More than I expected.  And I've had similar great improvements first from going to all GTX(R) outlets, and then upgrading them all again to the NCF outlets.  Thought there wouldn't be that much more improvement to be had.  

However, I would say that in my system the wall plate wasn't completely neutral to timbre.  I got greatly enhanced microdetails and air, but a lighter overall timbre, not as meaty of a tone, and the soundstage depth increased a lot, but took away from that sense that the performance is right there in the room.  Greater depth into the recording, but that recording was no longer in the room with me.  YMMV.  

I kept the wall plate because I think I was hearing more clearly into the recording, and focused on preamp upgrade to address the "in the room" engagement factor.  But once in a while I do wonder about taking that wall plate back out of the system to see where I'm at now.  It's just not easy to A/B!
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