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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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twoleftears
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There's a difference between a minimum safe requirement, and what's recommended.  This guy says minimum 14awg for 15amps.

https://www.thespruce.com/matching-wire-size-to-circuit-amperage-1152865

But many cable companies use 10awg for power amps or power conditioners that will be powering a whole system.

I'll wait for the electrical engineers to provide the equations... 

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I finally received my Oyaide Tunami Nigor V2 speaker wire from Japan yesterday (9/M total). Wow, I didn't realize how heavy duty these were going to be. Now to create some time to make these speaker cables and jumpers and burn them in on the cable cooker.

@wig did you receive the PM I sent you yesterday?
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@ lak,

Just saw it and sent you a response.

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@tuffy72561 I think the Super Stroke is a good power cord, especially for its price of well under $99. With that said I find the Oyaide Black Mamba V2, TUNAMI GPX-R V2, Furutech SO22N, and Cerious Tech GE to be better, and kind of all in the same league, of course, the power cords I just mentioned are in the price range of $275 to $350.
I'm hesitant to attempt to describe the sound of each power cord because quite frankly what I hear in my system is going to most likely sound different in your system.
I have owned or had in my system until broken in all the power cords you listed above. I would say the upper-level power cords are the Furutech DPS -4 which might be better suited for digital gear and the Cerious Matrix that I believe would work on all components.
If funds ($) are not readily available I wholeheartedly recommend the following; Oyaide Black Mamba V2, TUNAMI GPX-R V2, Furutech SO22N, and Cerious Tech GE.
If this helps, I did not like the Black Mamba on my Plinius SA Reference amp, it sounded thin, the TUNAMI GPX-R V2 sounded good on that same amp. 
I'm sure some others will chime in, and be able to better assist you with your decission.
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lak,

Thanks so much for the review. I tried one of Audio Archon's SO22N cords and it seems pretty close to my SR Black UEF cord on my amp. Hard to swap them back and forth. I have been so shocked by the sound quality elevation after putting Tim Mrock's Total Contact enhancer on my Teo Ultra Interconnect, Silnote Anniversary Speaker Cables and my tube pins in my preamp side of my modded Bada Purer 3.3SE integrated amp that power cable changes seem pretty insignificant by comparison. I think I may try one of Cerious Matrix power cords on my source. Please try the TC enhancer in your system. Results are silly good after only a one week in my system except for tube pins...two weeks. Tremendous 3D effect on sound stage especially depth in my sysytem. Low level detail and ambience increased markedly. I hate to say making my system more analog like but now probably a mating of the better of both digital and analog qualities for my digital system. Already well worth the 300 clams. This stuff is really easy to apply to.
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